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S&P 500, Dow Jones slip ahead of Fed outlook; Nasdaq scales fresh high
The tech-heavy Nasdaq, by contrast, hit a record high for the fourth straight session, with gains for Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp driving rally
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Make in India boost: Samsung, Foxconn, Lava likely to apply for PLI scheme
The government will offer the scheme to five global and domestic entities.
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Cook, Nadella and Pichai stand together in support of racial equality
Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, said the company has decided to share its support for racial equality in solidarity with the black community on Google and YouTube homepages in the US.
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Apple doubles RAM upgrade charges for 13-inch MacBook Pro in some countries
In US, customers will now have to pay $200 to get a RAM upgrade to 16GB RAM from 8GB RAM that comes standard with the MacBook Pro. Previously, such RAM upgrade used to cost $100
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Apple may postpone iPhone 12 launch to November due to coronavirus pandemic
The delay could be due to demand uncertainty owing to coronavirus pandemic
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Apple may postpone iPhone 12 launch to October due to coronavirus pandemic
Apple is currently mulling the situation, and considering to push the 2020 flagship smartphone launch in October to cut short a gap between the event and handsets reaching store shelves
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Apple, Google release coronavirus tracking tools for iOS, Android devices
The companies said 22 countries and several US states are already planning to build voluntary phone apps using their software
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iPhone SE goes on sale at 12 noon with Rs 3600 instant discount on Flipkart
Launched in April, the Apple iPhone SE is a cross of the iPhone 8 and iPhone 11 - it takes design cues from the iPhone 8 and ships with hardware and features of the iPhone 11-series
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Covid-19 crisis: Donald Trump may tax firms manufacturing outside US
In an interview with Fox Business News, Trump said taxation was an incentive for companies to return manufacturing bases to the US.
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India's mobile device market entry a worry for China and Vietnam
Three firms- Apple, Samsung, and Huawei - account for 75% of global exports
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Apple to host its annual developers conference virtually from June 22
The company also announced the Swift Student Challenge, an opportunity for student developers to showcase their coding skills by creating their own Swift playground
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Covid-19: Apple issues cheapest bonds in years to fund buy-backs, dividends
The technology company raised $8.5 billion by selling four different bonds with maturities ranging from three years to 30 years
Apple, Google ban GPS tracking in apps using contract tracing framework
Both companies said privacy and preventing governments from using the system to compile data on citizens was a primary goal
Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch gets Magic Keyboard, Intel 10th-gen SoC, and more
Price starting at Rs 1,22,990, the new lineup of MacBook Pro will be available soon in the country
Will Apple's iPhone SE dramatically alter the company's prospects in India?
A completely redesigned iPhone SE with thinner bezels and better battery life could have been a brand new iPhone unlike any other
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Apple Q1 earnings pinched by Covid-19 pandemic; iPhone hardest hit segment
The results released Thursday give the first sign of how one of the world's best-known companies is faring as the US economy plunges into its first recession in more than a decade
Apple to pay $18 mn to settle suit accusing it of breaking FaceTime: Report
Over 3.6 million devices are said to have been affected by the iOS 6 update and each class member will receive an estimated $3
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Apple, Google release coronavirus contact tracing APIs to select developers
The release is to encourage feedback that will help improve various features of the framework before the final rollout
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UK declines to use Apple-Google framework for Covid-19 contact tracing app
UK's health organisation, NHSX, in a blog over the weekend said that it has prioritised security and privacy in all stages of the app's development, starting with the initial design, and user testing
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Apple's flexible batteries patent hints at foldable iPhone, iPad in making
According to the consumer survey, more than a third of Apple customers showed interest in paying as much as $600 extra for a foldable iPhone
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