Operating Systems
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Apple to Pay up to $500 Million to Settle Lawsuit in US Over Slow Iphones
Apple Inc has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle litigation accusing it of quietly slowing down older iPhones as it launched...
Coronavirus: Apple Pulls Out of South by Southwest Festival
A spokesman for Apple Inc has announced that the Cupertino, California-based business is pulling out of this month's South by Southwest music and tech...
Microsoft Asks Staff in Seattle and Silicon Valley to Work from Home
Microsoft Corp has joined the growing number of US companies asking employees to work from home in order to limit exposure to the spreading...
French Antitrust Regulator Fines Apple $1.2 Billion
France's competition watchdog on Monday fined iPhone maker Apple approximately $1.23 billion, saying it was guilty of anti-competitive behaviour towards its distribution and retail...
Amazon Asks Shoppers to Cooperate with US Probe of Coronavirus Price-Gouging
Amazon.com Inc has started asking customers to cooperate with a Department of Justice criminal investigation of third-party sellers on its e-commerce marketplace, according to...
Apple Limits Online Iphone Purchases to Two Per Person
Apple Inc is limiting customer purchases of iPhones over its online stores in many countries including the US and China to a maximum of...
Apple Doubles China Donations for Covid-19 Recovery Efforts
Apple more than doubled its donation to China's efforts to fight COVID-19 to over 50 million yuan ($7 million), CEO Tim Cook posted on...
Apple and Google Plan Software to Slow Virus, Joining Global Debate on Tracking
Apple and Google have announced that they’ll work together to create contact tracing technology that aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus by...
UK’s NHS is Working with Apple and Google on an App to Track Coronavirus – Report
Interested to read that the UK's National Health Service (NHS) has been working on a mobile phone app with Google and Apple that the...
Apple Launches Website to Show How Coronavirus Lockdowns Affect Movement
Apple has said it would release data that could help inform public health authorities on whether people are driving less during lockdown orders to...
The Apple and Google Alliance Welcomed by European Coronavirus App Platform
Apple's collaboration with Google will make it quicker to get systems for tracing coronavirus infections up and running, according to the prime mover behind...
Goldman Sachs Predicts 36% Drop in Iphone Shipment, Suggests its Time to Sell Apple Shares
Goldman Sachs says it expects iPhone shipment to drop some 36% during the current quarter due to coronavirus-related lockdowns around the world and downgraded...