How Apple and Salesforce optimise customer experience
Marc Benioff, one of Salesforce's CEOs, said the iPhone and iPad are the best business devices in the world. Salesforce has been working exclusively with Apple since last year to maximize the Salesforce experience on Apple. Apple helps Salesforce develop and optimize its apps. Marriott hotels are o...
Developers accuse Apple of unfair competition
A number of app developers have written a letter to Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. The group believes that certain changes in iOS 13 lead to negative effects on the development of their apps. In iOS 13, a number of changes have been made in terms of privacy. Apple is trying to prevent the misuse of locat...
Apple sues virtualization company Corellium for copyright infringement
Apple sues Corellium, a producer of virtualization software, for offering customers the opportunity to create virtual iOS devices. iOS firmware can also run on it. Apple requires the company to immediately cease all activities related to iOS virtualization products, and to compensate the tech gi...
Apple offers record amount of million U.S. dollars at iPhone bug bounty
Apple now offers security researchers up to $1 million ($893,000) if they find an error in iPhones. That's the highest amount a company has ever offered in a so-called bug bounty. Apple is also changing its policy on bug bounties, writes Reuters. Previously, the company only gave rewards to security...
Apple now makes everything but the memory and Mac processors themselves
With Apple taking over much of Intel's smartphone modems business, the manufacturer is making virtually all the parts for its devices itself. Only the memory chips for the iPhone and iPad and the processors for the Macs are still designed and made by third parties. Apple acquired Intel's smartpho...
FTC investigates iPhone deal between Amazon and Apple
The American watchdog Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would investigate a deal between Amazon and Apple. Last year, the two companies concluded a deal to sell Apple iPhones and other products directly through the online store. With the deal, Apple was able to sell directly via Amazon for the firs...
Apple, Microsoft and Google test standard for access to digital health data
Apple, Microsoft and Google are testing a new standard that allows patients to access health data. The standard, called CARIN Blue Button API, was developed by partners in the private sector, and is also tested by American BlueCross/BlueShield providers and the state of Washington. CARIN Blue Button...
Tim Cook confirms rollout of Apple Card next month
Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that the Apple Card, Apple's own credit card, will roll out next month. Earlier there were rumours that the credit card would appear at the beginning of August. At the moment there is a beta test of the map, says Cook opposite TechCrunch. Thousands of Apple employees...
Apple acquires Intel branch for smartphone modems for $1 billion
Apple takes over a large part of the Intel branch that develops smartphone modems for $1 billion (about $897 million). Intel's division has been making losses for a long time. With the acquisition, Apple says it will take over approximately 2,200 employees from Intel. In addition, the company acquir...
Apple has unfair dominance in its own search results
Apple would routinely put its own mobile apps at the top of the search results in the App Store. This also puts itself above the competition, with which it gains the upper hand in a marketplace that annually sells 50 billion dollars. Apple apps are at the top of more than 60 percent of basic searche...
US Department of Justice opens competition investigation into tech giants
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the launch of a major investigation into large tech companies. The purpose of the competition investigation is to find out whether the companies are impeding unlawful competition. The investigation is led by Attorney General William Barr and goes beyond t...