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Italy: Apple fined €10 mn for misleading customers over water-resistance claims

Italy's antitrust authority has imposed the fine on Apple for inaccurately advertising the iPhone's water-resistance capabilities and avoiding warranty assistance to iPhones damaged by liquids

2 min read1 Dec 2020
Technology

Microsoft pledges to get gaming service on iPhones

The software company is having ‘ongoing discussions’ about how to improve the situation, Microsoft’s Xbox chief Phil Spencer says

1 min read22 Sep 2020
Technology

Apple closes stores in four US states, again, as Covid-19 infections rise

Arizona and Florida have both experienced rising incidents of new cases and rates of those testing positive for COVID-19Meanwhile, Apple continued to sell iPhones and other products in its online store

1 min read20 Jun 2020
Technology

Apple hikes iPhone prices in India thanks to increase in customs duties

Prices of iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 7, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac laptops have not been raisedApple is preparing to launch its first online store in India this year, and its first brick and mortar retail store in 2021

2 min read2 Mar 2020
Technology

2,000 iPhones given to passengers stuck in coronavirus-hit cruise ship in Japan

According to a report, the Japanese govt is providing approximately 2,000 free iPhones to passengers stranded in virus-hit cruise shipThe government body has ensured that both the ship's crew and passengers, have 'at least one iPhone in every passengers cabins and crew rooms'

2 min read17 Feb 2020
Technology

Apple to sell iPhones directly online in India: Report

Apple is set to launch online hardware stores around the third quarter of 2020, according to a fresh reportApple CEO Tim Cook is expected to take a trip to India in mid-2020, the report added

1 min read29 Jan 2020
Technology

Apple stems iPhone sales drop in India with hopes high for 2020

Apple is set to unveil a successor to the iPhone SE in March, reveals reportDiscounting the iPhone XR by $250 in the middle of the year made it Apple’s best-selling phone in the country, according to Counterpoint Technology Market Research

2 min read23 Jan 2020
Companies

Apple's upcoming low-cost iPhones to enter mass production in February

This will be the first lower-cost iPhone model since the iPhone SEIt will look similar to the iPhone 8 from 2017 and include a 4.7-inch screen

1 min read22 Jan 2020
Companies

Apple's iPhone manufacturer gets into electric cars via Fiat venture

iPhone manufacturer Hon Hai and its subsidiaries will hold 50% of the venture and Fiat Chrysler the restShares of Hon Hai were up as much as 2.7% in Taipei trading Friday

2 min read17 Jan 2020
News

Amid Apple-FBI spat, iPhone hacking firm updates tool that allows data access

The tool uses an exploit called Checkm8 that allows access to chips running on iPhones released between 2011 and 2017The latest version of the tool works with the iPhone 5S, first sold in 2013, through the iPhone X, sold in 2017

1 min read15 Jan 2020