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In a surprising move, Apple revealed yesterday that it would introduce Rich Communication Services (RCS) to the iPhone next year. -
Nokia has signed a new patent cross-license agreement with Apple, replacing the current license that is due to expire at the end of the year.
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Smartphone shipments were down by 12% in 2022, according to market research company Canalys, and down by 18% in the last quarter of the year.
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Ericsson and Apple have reached a multi-year global patent license agreement, the companies have announced.
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Five hyperscalers make up the world’s five most valuable brands, according to the latest brand-value survey, and two others are also in the top 10.
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Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft have all broken their existing records for quarterly revenues in their latest financial results.
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Apple has officially opened its first Chinese data centre, in the south western province of Guizhou, reports state press agency Xinhua.
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Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have come closer to facing regulation in the US following approval of a report by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee.
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The chairman of the US House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel has unveiled a new strategy to take on big tech.
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Apple is planning a new semiconductor design centre in Munich, Germany, as part of its US$1.2 billion drive to secure supplies of semiconductor chips.
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The CMA has launched an investigation into Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) following complaints that its terms and conditions for app developers are unfair and anti-competitive.
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US chip manufacturers had their wishes granted yesterday when President Joe Biden pledged US$37 billion in funding to boost manufacturing.
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US senator Amy Klobuchar is taking on Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple (GAFA) in an anti-trust reform bill that she has introduced into Congress.
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Chinese messaging, social media and e-commerce service WeChat is one of the world’s strongest tech brands, according to ratings released today.
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Social Media giant Facebook has been sued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on the grounds of ‘anticompetitive conduct’.
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Japanese incumbent telco NTT and vendor NEC are working together to compete with US-based internet giants in future wireless and optical networks, and to wrest control away from largely English-speaking companies.
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The co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, is launching his second company, Efforce, to transform and disrupt the energy efficiency market, 45 years after starting the consumer electronics computer firm.
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From competition to regulation, the tech giants are rarely out of the headlines, but their days of dominance could be numbered.
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