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Business & Finance

Apple supplier Foxconn Q4 profit misses estimates

The Taiwanese firm reported October-December net profit of T$45.97 billion ($1.61 billion), down 4% compared with the year ago period, the company said in a statement.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 11:35am

Life & Style

Streaming drives 7.4pc global music growth in 2020

PARIS: The global recorded music business grew by 7.4 percent last year, an industry body said Tuesday, as streaming...

Published 24 Mar, 2021 05:10am

World

Apple to pay $308.5m for patent infringement

NEW YORK: A federal jury in Texas said Apple Inc must pay about $308.5 million to Personalized Media Communications...

Updated 21 Mar, 2021 09:34am

Business & Finance

Taiwan February export orders seen up for 12th month in row

Taiwan's export orders are a leading indicator of demand for Asia's exports and for hi-tech gadgets, and typically lead actual exports by two to three months.

Published 19 Mar, 2021 11:39am

Markets

Apple Inc spending from 'green bonds' hits $2.8 billion

The company said the 200-meter tall turbines near Esbjerg will generate 62 gigawatt hours of electricity each year for Apple's data center in Viborg, with all surplus energy going to the Danish grid.

Published 17 Mar, 2021 01:02pm

Business & Finance

Apple to invest over one billion euros in Munich microchip R&D hub

Munich has been a home to Apple for four decades, Apple CEO added.

Published 10 Mar, 2021 05:22pm

Print

Malala signs Apple TV deal

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize as a teenager after surviving a ...

Updated 10 Mar, 2021 09:48am

Life & Style

Malala partners with Apple to produce dramas, comedies and documentaries

Malala and her new production company join Apple TV+'s growing roster of content creators including Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Will Smith and Jennifer Aniston.

Published 09 Mar, 2021 03:22pm

Business & Finance

Microsoft sets stage for mixed-reality future

SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft set the stage for a future in which long-distance coworkers can collaborate as though in ...

Updated 08 Mar, 2021 09:16am

Markets

Wednesday’s early trade: S&P, Nasdaq fall as high-flying tech stocks slide

NEW YORK: Wall Street’s major indexes dropped on Wednesday, weighed down by technology stocks as investors unwound...

Published 04 Mar, 2021 04:58am

Markets

Apple, Tesla pull Wall Street down

NEW YORK: Wall Street ended lower on Tuesday, pulled down by Apple and Tesla, while materials stocks climbed as...

Published 04 Mar, 2021 04:58am

Business & Finance

Apple ousted Samsung & Xiaomi as the top-selling smartphone brand in late 2020

Apple overtook Samsung and Xiaomi to become the top-selling smartphone brand in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Apple also claimed a market share of 20.8 percent in the 4th quarter of 2020.

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Published 23 Feb, 2021 04:22pm

Business & Finance

iPhone 12 sales propel Apple to top of smartphone market

WASHINGTON: Strong sales of iPhone 12 models lifted Apple to the top of the global smartphone market in the fourth...

Updated 23 Feb, 2021 09:30am

Business & Finance

Apple lobbies for India incentives as it plans iPad assembly

Foxconn will invest up to $1 billion to expand a factory in southern India where the Taiwanese contract manufacturer assembles iPhones, Reuters reported previously.

Published 18 Feb, 2021 01:11pm

Technology

Fortnite's Epic takes Apple feud to Europe

Apple has angrily called the complaints by Spotify and others as "baseless", describing them as sour grapes by companies that do not want to play by the same rules as everyone else.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 03:05pm

Business & Finance

Nissan denies being part of Apple car discussions

Nissan denied recent reports about it being in talks with Apple Inc for the tech giant's autonomous car project.

Published 15 Feb, 2021 03:57pm

Technology

Nissan says 'not in talks with Apple' over autonomous car project

“We are not in talks with Apple,” a Nissan spokeswoman said.
“However, Nissan is always open to exploring collaborations and partnerships to accelerate industry transformation."

Published 15 Feb, 2021 03:39pm

Markets

S&P, Nasdaq end slightly lower

• Twitter jumps after signaling rebound in ad spending NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq edged slightly...

Published 12 Feb, 2021 04:54am

Markets

Australian shares up, NZ down

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON: Australian shares rose on Wednesday, driven by a rally in tech stocks which hit a record high...

Published 11 Feb, 2021 04:34am

Markets

Nasdaq sets another closing high

NEW YORK: The Nasdaq scaled a new closing high on Tuesday, but the broad market barely missed eking out a seventh ...

Published 11 Feb, 2021 04:34am

Business & Finance

Apple partners with TSMC to develop micro OLED displays for AR devices: Nikkei

Bloomberg News in January reported that Apple was still working on underlying technologies for its AR glasses, codenamed N421.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 11:35am

Markets

Australia shares rise as tech stocks track Wall Street peers higher

The energy sub-index gained over 1%, boosted by stronger oil prices. Oil prices rose on Tuesday for a seventh straight session to hit a 13-month high.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 10:44am

Pakistan

Unlawful content rules: AIC submits letter to AGP over removal and blocking

ISLAMABAD: The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) has submitted a letter to the Attorney General of Pakistan stating that...

Published 10 Feb, 2021 04:12am

Markets

Tuesday’s early trade: S&P, Dow ease

NEW YORK: The Dow and the S&P 500 eased from record highs on Tuesday as investors digested recent gains while...

Published 10 Feb, 2021 04:12am

World

Hong Kong's top court denies bail to media tycoon Jimmy Lai

Tuesday's ruling by the Court of Final Appeal centred around bail.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 10:19am

Business & Finance

Hyundai, Kia deny Apple car talks, sending shares tumbling

Kia shares slumped 14.98 percent at the close in Seoul on Monday, while Hyundai fell 6.21 percent.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 04:58pm

Business & Finance

Hyundai, Kia deny Apple car talks, send shares tumbling

Reports last week suggested they could produce cars in the US state of Georgia.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 10:03am

Business & Finance

Ford to speed up push to electric autos, digitization

NEW YORK: Ford announced Thursday a dramatic acceleration of its investment push into electric autos and signaled...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

Business & Finance

Looming Apple privacy changes weigh on Snap despite revenue growth

Apple’s planned changes, to ask iPhone users for consent to track their data for personalized ads, could present a “risk” to advertiser demand, Snap said, but added it was unclear how that could affect business in the long-run.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 10:26am

Business & Finance

Apple near deal with Hyundai on autonomous cars: reports

The report said Apple wanted to work with an established automaker willing to allow the California tech giant to control the software and hardware that will go into the vehicle.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 09:15pm