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The European Commission will open five non-compliance investigations into how Apple, Google and Meta comply with its new Digital Markets Act (DMA).
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In a surprising move, Apple revealed yesterday that it would introduce Rich Communication Services (RCS) to the iPhone next year.
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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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More than half of all phones bought in China in the past three months work with 5G networks, according to a new survey.
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The sale of smartphones declined 20.2% in the first quarter of the year, with Samsung, Huawei and Oppo the worst hit, according to new analysis.
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France’s contact tracing strategy to combat the spread of Covid-19 has been thrown into question after the country admitted the impact of an under-development app could be limited due to privacy protections implemented by Google and Apple.
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Tech giant Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) has acquired its fourth start-up of the year, signalling that it could be about to return to the frenetic pace set in 2019, despite an impending global recession caused by Covid-19.
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There were 2,416,135 cases of people infected with Covid-19 and 165,939 dead, as of 20 April, 12:35 (BST).
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Reduced demand for electronic devices brought about by the global Covid-19 pandemic, has pushed Samsung to register its lowest Q1 profits in five years.
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As with other sectors, the telecoms, data and tech industries have faced huge disruptions over recent weeks, from Nokia’s cancelled AGM to the postponement of France’s 5G network auction and Samsung’s Foundry Forum.
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Following weeks of suspended production lines, store closures and profit warnings, the headaches continued this week for Apple when the tech giant and two of its partners were issued with huge fines.
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After Apple, Samsung, Schneider Electric and other major technology companies confirmed they had been hit financially by the the spreading virus, it’s now Microsoft’s turn.
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People in six major countries have told the mobile industry’s trade association they are happy with 4G and don’t want to upgrade to 5G.
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The US Justice Department has begun an investigation into what it thinks may be anti-competitive actions by online platforms.