Tasmania will offer Apple prizes in a bid to speed-up vaccination of 12 to 18-year-olds in the state. The government is organising a five-day vaccination blitz to drive up lagging inoculation rates from Nov. 20. “If you’re aged 12 to 18 and have had a first or second dose of the vaccine by the 24th,…
Australian Teenagers Offered iPad, iPhone Prizes in Vaccination Drive
ICO Probes Companies Including Apple, Google
November 19, 2021
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The UK’s data protection regulator contacted 40 companies in the areas of social media, gaming, video, music streaming, including Apple Inc. and Google, Financial Times reports. The Information Commissioner’s Office aims to investigate their interactions with children, including location tracking, personalizing content or advertising, and serving up behavioral nudges, like automatically playing videos endangering children online and…
Apple Announces ‘Self Service Repair’ for Customers: What You Need to Know
Apple, Inc. announced Wednesday the launch of “Self Service Repair,” beginning with iPhones. What Happened Apple said through the “Self Service Repair,” it will make available genuine Apple parts and tools to customers who want to complete their own repairs beginning early next year in the U.S. The service will be expanded to additional countries…
Apple Working on Privacy Glasses for iPhones That Will Block Others From Peeping Into Your Screen, Here’s How
Apple Inc. has filed for a new patent for a pair of glasses that will only allow the iPhone owner to view content on the phone’s display, and it will block others from clearly viewing the screen. Technology being developed would make the screen appear blurred to anyone looking at it, except the person wearing…
Here Is How Much Apple Has to Pay Store Workers for Harsher Security Checks
Apple Inc. has agreed to pay $30 million to retail workers who were subjected to routine searches of their bags off the clock when they left work after or during their shifts. In 2013, Apple Store employees filed a class-action lawsuit claiming that they were not paid for their time undergoing security checks. After an…
Apple, China, and the Violation of Users’ Privacy
Commentary Apple has a “responsibility” to do business wherever it can. No country is off limits, not even China—a known violator of human rights. That’s the opinion of Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. On Nov. 9, at The New York Times’ virtual Dealbook conference, Cook said in a speech that his aim was to achieve “world peace through world trade.” To…
Apple Supplier Foxconn Cautious on 2022 Revenue Outlook
November 12, 2021
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TAIPEI—Apple supplier Foxconn forecast on Friday that a global chip shortage would run into the second half of 2022 and its fourth-quarter revenue for electronics, including smartphones, would fall more than 15 percent. Chairman Liu Young-way said during a conference call that Foxconn was cautious about its 2022 revenue outlook, citing uncertainties surrounding the coronavirus…
US Judge Denies Apple’s Request to Pause Antitrust Orders in ‘Fortnite’ Case
November 10, 2021
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A U.S. judge denied on Tuesday Apple Inc.’s request to pause a set of orders handed down after an antitrust lawsuit brought by ‘Fortnite’ creator Epic Games. Apple had sought to pause an order that would require it to permit buttons, links, and in-app messages about ways to pay for apps without using its own…
Google Parent Alphabet Crosses $2T Mark, Sharing Podium With Apple, Microsoft
Alphabet Inc GOOGL rallied on November 8 to surpass the $2 trillion in market value for the first time, rubbing shoulders with Apple Inc and Microsoft Corp, Bloomberg reports. What Led To Growth? A rebound in spending on digital ads and growth in its cloud business fueled the rally. The Class A shares gained as…
Apple Is the Most Overpriced Tech Stock Right Now: Satori Fund Founder Dan Niles
Apple Inc. is up about 14 percent year-to-date, but the stock may be overvalued, according to Satori Fund founder and portfolio manager Dan Niles. “If you look at it in terms of how much they’re growing relative to the multiple, it just doesn’t make any sense,” Niles said Thursday on CNBC. Niles thinks Apple is…
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