137 countries agree to new tax rules for tech giants
Large tech companies moving to countries from which it is possible to operate more cheaply, because of favourable tax rates; it happens often. In an attempt to prevent such practices in the future, 137 countries have joined forces to tighten up tax rules for large companies including Amazon and Goo... Read more
Apple and Broadcom to pay billion dollar fine for patent infringement
A bummer for Apple, and indirectly for Broadcom. The two tech giants together have to cough up 1.1 billion dollars (about 994 million euros) for violating multiple patents from the California Institute of Technology.
Caltech started a case against Apple in 2016 after it believed that unauthorise... Read more
‘iCloud backups not encrypted due to pressure from FBI’
Apple apparantly decided, two years ago, not to fully encrypt backups of users' devices. This was allegedly due to pressure from the FBI, who complained, according to sources, that encrypted backups would not benefit their investigations.
Normally, Apple regularly takes a fairly straightforward ... Read more
Three months with the iPhone 11 Pro
What’s in a name? When Apple introduced its 2019 iPhone models, the addition of the word ‘Pro’ made us frown. On paper, the iPhone 11 Pro is a logical evolution from its successors, the iPhone X and iPhone XS. We’ve been using the iPhone 11 Pro for almost three months now, and it’s time t... Read more
‘Apple is working on secret satellite program for mobile network’
Apple is working behind closed doors on a special "satellite program" to enable Apple devices to communicate with each other. In doing so, the company hopes to bypass mobile network providers, writes Bloomberg.
It is not yet certain if that will be the outcome of the program. Bloomberg suggests ... Read more
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.
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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... Read more
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... Read more
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... Read more