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Apple Report Defends 30 Percent App Store Fees
Developers - Apple commissioned report finds that 30 percent commission is about average, as tech giant launches App store fee defence
Apple Pledges To Be Carbon Neutral By 2030
Green pledge sees Apple join other tech firms such as Microsoft and Amazon, by pledging to not to add carbon emissions to the atmosphere by 2030
iPhone Users Can Claim Money From Apple For Slowdown
Users of old iPhones in the United States can now claim money back from Apple, as a result of its lawsuit settlement for slowdowns
Apple’s £11.8 Billion Irish Tax Bill Overturned
Big relief for Tim Cook. EU court overturns Apple's need to pay 13 billion euros in back tax payments to Irish government
Apple Issues Damage Warning For MacBook Users
Apple MacBook users are being warned of possible damage to their displays if they close their notebook with a camera cover in place
Facebook Code Changes Crashes Dozens Of iOS Apps – Again
Popular iPhone and iPad apps such as Spotify, Tinder, TikTok and Waze offline for hours after Facebook makes changes to widely used login code
Apple Irish Back Tax Ruling Expected Next Week
Ruling in appeal against European Commission's order that Apple pay the Irish government $16 billion in back taxes due next week
Apple Reconfigures Macs To Block Adware
Apple will no longer allow user profiles to be installed on Macs without user interaction, in move targeting 'plague of adware'
Apple Criticised For App User Tracking Alert
Plan for iOS 14 to give app users the option to decline ad tracking has been criticised (surprise, surprise) by advertising associations
Coronavirus: Apple Closes More Stores In US
As Coronavirus infections rise in the United States, Apple continues to close down more of its stores across seven American states
WWDC 2020: Apple Redesigns Desktop, Mobile Software
Mac desktop gets an iPad-like look, iPhones can now unlock cars and the Apple Watch gets customiseable watch faces, amongst other announcements
WWDC 2020: Apple Drops Intel Chips In Favour Of ARM
Apple shifts to its own custom silicon for the Mac, bringing it into line with iPhone and iPad and promising major boost to performance and power-efficiency
Researchers Find Weaknesses In Apple-Google Trace Tech
Apple and Google's coronavirus contact-tracing framework fails to accurately log exposures on a commuter bus, Dublin academic study finds
NHS Says Apple-Google Contact Tracing Tech ‘Inaccurate’
Technology developed by Apple and Google for use by contact-tracing apps is unable to accurately determine how far away other devices are, NHS says
Apple App Store, Apple Pay Hit By EU Antitrust Investigations
Double whammy. Apple now facing two separate official European Commission investigations into its App Store and Apple Pay
Apple’s App Store ‘Facilitates More Than $500bn’ In Trade Worldwide
Apple says App Store facilitates more than half a trillion dollars in worldwide trade, with the lion's share being physical sales from which it doesn't take a commission
Apple To Replace Mac Intel Chips With In-House Processor – Bloomberg
Fresh media report suggests Apple is just a week away from official announcement of the replacement of Mac Intel processors with its own chips
Apple Project Aims To Improve Password Managers
Apple's open source Password Manager Resources project includes site-specific data aimed at improving compatibility of third-party password tools
Apple Tracks iPhones Stolen By Looters
We are tracking you. Apple warns looters after some street protests in the United States result in the looting of Apple stores
Lawsuit Accuses Apple Of Cover Up Over Falling iPhone Sales
Lawsuit filed by Apple shareholders allege that Tim Cook and co fraudulently concealed declining demand for iPhones, especially in China
Italy Releases Controversial Covid-19 Contact-Tracing App
Italy's Immuni app makes use of Apple and Google's decentralised exposure notification API, but concerns remain over privacy and security protections
Tile Accuses Apple Of Anti-Competitive Practices
Tile files complaint with European Commission ahead of expected launch of Apple locator device that competes more directly with Tile
Coronavirus: France Approves Contact Tracing App
French minister defends centralised approach of its Covid-19 contact-tracing app, citing the French and UK's nuclear deterrent
Apple iPhone Exploit Allows Users To ‘Jailbreak’ Devices
Fully updated Apple devices contain the exploit that allows the first public jailbreak for Apple's iOS operating system for nearly four years
Coronavirus: Apple To Re-open Most US Stores
Post Coronavirus: With enhanced deep cleaning and kerbside pickups, Apple is to re-open most of its stores in the United States
Latvia Set To Release Covid-19 App Based On Tech Companies’ Framework
Latvia is aiming to be one of the first countries to release a Covid-19 contact-tracing app based on Apple and Google's API, released only last week
Coronavirus: Apple, Google Release Contact Tracing API
Both firms say 22 countries and a number of US states have requested to use the contact-tracing API for their own systems
FBI Criticises Apple For Failing To Help Unlock iPhones
Agency says it had to develop its own tool to access two locked iPhones used by gunman who attacked Pensacola Naval Air Station in December 2019
Apple And Google Set To Release Coronavirus API Amidst Privacy Furore
Native coronavirus contact-tracing tech set to make official debut in the next few days as UK and Germany differ on triggering 'positive' alerts