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US Justice Dept to sue Apple today over violations of antitrust laws

The coming case will mark the third time that the Justice Department has sued Apple for antitrust violations in the past 14 years, but it is the first case accusing the iPhone maker

Flipkart to pay Rs 10k for mental harassment after cancelling iPhone order

A consumer disputes redressal commission here found Flipkart guilty of adopting unfair trade practices and ordered it to pay a customer Rs 10,000 for the mental harassment he suffered after it cancelled his iPhone order. The cancellation was intentional to make extra profit, which amounts to a deficiency in service and unfair and restrictive trade practice adopted by the online platform, said the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Central Mumbai, in the order passed last month. The detailed order was available on Sunday. The commission noted that though the customer had received a refund, he needed to be compensated for the mental harassment and agony he suffered because of the unilateral cancellation of his order. As per the complainant, a Dadar resident, he ordered an iPhone from Flipkart on July, 10 2022 and paid Rs 39,628 using his credit card. The phone was supposed to be delivered on July 12, but six days later he received an SMS from the e-commerce company tha

iOS 17.4: Apple iPhones get feature-packed update with new emojis and more

iOS 17.4 is now available for supported iPhones. The firmware update enables transcription in Apple Podcasts and shows elaborative battery health information in settings

Apple considers changing iPhone SE design to deploy big display, Face ID

The current generation Apple iPhone SE has a dated design, featuring a 4.7-inch display, Touch ID, and a single camera sensor on the rear

iOS 17.4: Apple to display elaborative battery health information on iPhone

Currently in beta, iOS 17.4 for iPhone shows detailed battery health information under two new option - Battery Health and Charging Optimisation. Read on for details

Do not put your iPhone in a bag of rice: Apple's advisory for a wet phone

Apple has noted in its support page for iPhones that placing the wet phone in a bag of rice or inserting foreign object into the charging connector may cause more damage to the smartphone

iPhone alert to MPs: Apple's reply on vulnerability not clear, says MoS IT

The government is still waiting for a clear reply from iPhone maker Apple on iPhone alert sent to opposition political leaders around five months back on alleged hacking of their devices by state-backed hackers. In an interview to PTI, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the government has asked Apple two questions: whether their devices are safe, and if so the reason for the alert was sent to opposition members. "In my humble opinion, this is not something that any proprietary platform will completely concede whether they have vulnerabilities in their platform. There's an instinct in any platform to deny that vulnerability exists," he said. "We are asking a clear question, is your phone vulnerable? The answer to that is not totally unambiguous," Chandrasekhar said. In October, several opposition leaders claimed they have received an alert from Apple warning them of state-sponsored attackers trying to remotely compromise" their iPhones and alleged ...

Apple building prototype of at least two foldable clamshell iPhones: Report

Apple recently approached at least one manufacturer in Asia for components related to two foldable iPhones of different sizes, the report said

Redington Q3 results: Profit rises to Rs 153 cr, income at Rs 111 cr

Information technology solutions provider Redington Ltd has reported a standalone net profit of Rs 153.58 crore for the October-December 2023 quarter, the company said on Wednesday. The company had registered standalone net profits at Rs 141.38 crore during the corresponding quarter of the last financial year. For the nine-month period ending December 31, 2023, the standalone net profit stood at Rs 920.67 crore as against Rs 946.97 crore registered a year ago, the company said. The total income for the quarter under review grew to Rs 111.19 crore from Rs 94.48 crore registered in the same period of last year. For the nine months ending December 31, 2023, the total income surged to Rs 312.29 crore as compared to Rs 261.43 crore in the same period a year ago. In a statement, the company said, "Supported by solid execution across businesses and geographies, Redington continues to gain share and secure new opportunities in the markets they compete in." The company emphasized that thi

Taiwan's Foxconn sees 'slightly better' 2024, warns on AI chip shortage

Foxconn Chairman said Demand for artificial intelligence (AI) servers will "of course" be good, but global economic uncertainty given geopolitical problems will affect consumer product demand

Apple's China slump deepens even as total iPhone sales grow again

Sales in China dropped 13 per cent to $20.8 billion in the fiscal first quarter, which ended December 30, the company said on Thursday. That fell far short of the $23.5 billion predicted by analysts

Apple India Dec qtr revenue hits record high on strong iPhone sales: Cook

iPhone maker Apple's revenue grew in double-digits and hit a new record in December 2023 quarter on strong iPhone sales, a top official of the company said on Friday. "India grew in revenue terms, grew strong double-digits in the December quarter and hit a revenue record," Apple CEO Tim Cook said during Apple's earnings call. Apple posted quarterly revenue of USD 119.6 billion, up 2 per cent year-over-year, and its installed base of active devices has now surpassed 2.2 billion, reaching an all-time high across all products and geographic segments. The company's revenue from iPhone grew by about 6 per cent to USD 69.7 billion in the reported quarter, from USD 65.77 billion. The company saw all-time high revenues in other emerging markets as well including Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland and Turkey, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia etc, Cook added. According to market research firm Counterpoint Research, Apple led the India market with highest revenue in 2023 for the first time, wh

Foxconn India journey gets a leg-up as CEO Young Liu gets Padma Bhushan

At present, the company reportedly has an estimated 15 subsidiaries in India

CCI clears Tata Electronics acquisition of Wistron's iPhone assembly plant

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday said it has cleared Tata Electronics' proposed acquisition of Taiwan-based Wistron's operations in India. Wistron Infocomm Manufacturing (India) operates an iPhone assembly plant near Bengaluru. In October last year, Wistron Group announced it has agreed to sell a plant in Bengaluru to the Tata Group. According to an update on the CCI's website on Tuesday, the regulator has cleared the deal between Tata Electronics and Wistron. Tata Electronics proposes to acquire 100 per cent of the Wistron Infocomm Manufacturing (India) equity share capital from SMS Infocomm (Singapore) Pvt Ltd (SMS Infocomm) and Wistron Hong Kong Ltd (Wistron HK), as per a notice submitted to the regulator. SMS Infocomm and Wistron HK owned 99.99 per cent while 0.01 per cent of the Wistron Infocomm Manufacturing (India) share capital on a fully diluted basis, respectively. Wistron InfoComm Manufacturing (India) was incorporated in 2017 by the Wistron group.

New vision: Apple takes a humble approach to launching its newest device

Analysts expect Apple to sell about 400,000 units of the Vision Pro this year. By contrast, the company sold an estimated 12 million Apple Watches in 2015, analysts said

Apple will add camera gestures to iPhone 16 using Capture Button: Report

Capture button will likely be mechanical in nature, but will respond to pressure and touch

India to tap 12% of global iPhone production in FY24, up from 9% earlier

Apple crosses PLI target of $8.9 bn this financial year

3nm chip to faster 5G: What analysts expect from Apple iPhone 16 series

According to 9To5Mac, citing a note by technology analyst Jeff Pu, the iPhone 16 series would feature Apple 3nm chips across all models but in different configurations and different 5G modems

Apple offers rare discount on iPhone 15 in China amid demand fears

Apple quietly introduced the savings on its official Chinese website on Monday. The deal runs from Jan. 18 to Jan. 21 ahead of the Lunar New Year shopping season

iPhone lands in functioning condition after 16,000 ft fall from Alaska Air

A new-generation Apple Inc. iPhone landed intact, unlocked and with hours of battery life remaining on a Portland, Oregon roadside, according to a post on X by a user calling himself Seanathan Bates