Big tech companies added $2.5 trillion in value to 2021
Big Tech pushed US stocks to the third straight winning year in 2021. Giants like Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and others, continue to experience demand, even as the economy slogs on to the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The most notable names, Alphabet (Google’s parent company), Amazon, Mi... Read more
Blackberry OS is shutting down
Blackberry phones will soon be rendered useless as the company phases out their OS for good.
Blackberry was the crème de la crème of smartphones during its initial years. People got so attached to it that it is not surprising to see someone still using a blackberry device. There is bad news, h... Read more
Apple pays bonuses to prevent employees from job-hopping to competitors
Apple has recently paid out massive stock bonuses to employees. Bloomberg speculates that the tech giant aims to prevent employees from switching to Meta.
According to Bloomberg, Apple has increasingly been trying to prevent talented employees from job-hopping to competing tech giants. Its sight... Read more
Dutch market authority threatens Apple with 50 million euro fine
The Dutch Consumer & Market Authority (ACM) threatens to slap Apple with a 50 million euro fine. According to the ACM, Apple abuses app providers by imposing unfair charges.
The ACM claims that Apple mistreats developers. The authority will impose a maximum fine of 50 million euros if Apple ... Read more
Apple M1 chips continuously catch on: break with Intel bears fruit
Jamf rolled out a million Macs with Apple M1 chips in the past year. The answer to the question of whether Apple chose right by splitting with Intel is increasingly evident.
In November 2020, Apple introduced a new chip family. Devices with the so-called M1, M1 Pro and M1 Max have been seeing th... Read more
CMA initiates reduction of Google’s and Apple’s market influence
Apple and Google's market share in operating systems, app stores and web browsers is too great in the United Kingdom. That's what the national market authority implies following a new investigation.
"A vice-like grip over mobile devices", says the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) about th... Read more
Polish regulator starts investigation into Apple’s privacy policy
Apple is about to face an investigation in Poland over whether its new rules on privacy and personal data processing for devices running its iOS violate competition law. The investigation was announced by the Polish antimonopoly regulator on Monday.
The iPhone maker released an update of its iOS... Read more
Apple’s latest move: partnership with TSMC
Apple has teamed up with a Taiwanese chipmaker to make its iPhones. This new partnership will allow the Cupertino-based company to use a faster and more advanced manufacturing process.
According to Nikkei Asia, the soon-to-be-released iPhone might be equipped with a new modem chip, allowing it t... Read more
Apple patches older macOS version with much delay
The latest Apple news is a tricky affair involving security lapses with profound implications. In a write-up by Vice and a post from Google’s Threat Analysis Group, we know there's a privilege escalation bug in macOS Catalina used by a well-funded, likely state-backed hacker group to target visit... Read more
Apple goes DaaS, introduces Business Essentials for SMBs
Apple is introducing a beta of Business Essentials for managing and setting up business devices. Despite being exclusively enabled for users in the United States at this time, the service is to become widely available eventually.
With the arrival of Business Essentials, end users of Apple device... Read more