Latest in Tag: Apple Highlight
Latest in Tag: Apple

EU proposes twin acts to rein in tech giants
Tech giants including Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook could face hefty penalties. Google criticized the draft legislation, saying it targets specific firms.

Apple and Google collaborate on COVID-19 contact tracing technology
In line with common consumer concerns, user privacy and security remain central to the product’s design. The tech giants’ contribution joins efforts by other software developers who are crafting technical tools to help combat the coronavirus and save lives.

Apple provides 20,000 educational applications for special needs children
Company holds seminar on skills of dealing with persons with special needs in Cairo

Apple bets billions on streaming service to curb Netflix dominance
On Monday, the tech giant is set to unveil a new video-on-demand platform with a string of much-awaited original shows. Apple no longer wants to just sell devices, but put its original content on them too."It's show time," proclaimed the invitation to the launch of Apple's new streaming video service. Sent to dozens of Hollywood …

Google, Apple criticised for Saudi app allowing men to track female relatives
Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, said in an interview with NPR that he was unaware of the Absher app, the Saudi-based government app which allows men to track the movement of female family members, but he will investigate. The app was first highlighted at the beginning of February in a report of Insider news. It is …

Samsung’s 2019 TVs to support rival Apple’s iTunes
Announcements came during first day of CES 2019

Apple takes back first place in tablet market in Egypt in August
Notably, Apple’s share grew by almost 5% compared to July, when Apple’s market share was 37.2%.

Apple partners falter after Trump demands production shifts
Shares in Apple’s Asia-based concept firms have tumbled after US President Donald Trump launched a broadside against the tech giant demanding it should move production to the US if it wanted to avoid tariffs on imports.Shares in Chinese Apple suppliers Luxshare Precision, Shenzhen Sunway Communication and Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing fell as much as 10 …

Australian teen hacks into Apple’s main network
Hacking by an Australian teenager into Apple’s main network has prompted the Californian computer giant to reassure customers that their data was not compromised. The teen is due for sentencing in Melbourne next month.An Apple spokesman in San Francisco insisted Friday that the Australian teen’s unauthorized access had been contained and the incident had been …

Apple, the stock market and a trillion dollars
The iPhone maker is now worth a trillion dollars on the stock market, the first US company to ever to achieve this prize. But does this market valuation really reflect the company’s success?It’s Thursday, August 2, just before noon on New York’s Nasdaq. The stock price of Apple inched up to a value of $207.39 …

Samsung regains lead of Egypt’s tablet market, Apple degrades
Samsung recovered its lead of the local market of tablets in June after raising its market share to 43.01%, up from 39.2% in May, surpassing Apple. According to a StatCounter report, Apple’s market share in tablet sales fell to 38.14% in June, compared to 41.13% in May—a decline of 3%. Thus, competition is likely to …

Apple, Samsung settle iPhone patent battle
Samsung has chosen to settle rather than challenge a ruling that awarded Apple hundreds of millions of dollars last month. Apple had accused the Korean tech giant of copying its iPhone design.Technology giants Apple and Samsung have reached an undisclosed settlement to put an end to seven years of legal battling over patents to the …

Apple slips to 41% of tablet sales in Egypt
Apple’s tablet market share slipped to 41.13% of device sales in May compared to 47.13% in April, bringing the company’s market share down 6%. According to a StatCounter report, Samsung followed on the list with a share of 39.2% of market sales in May, up from 34% in April, marking a growth of 5%. According …

Apple takes 47% of April tablet sales in Egypt
Apple accounted for 47.1% of Egypt’s tablet sales in April, leading the domestic tablet market. Apple’s share increased by nearly 3% compared to March, when its market share was 44.3%. Samsung came second on the list with 34% of market sales in April 2018 compared to 39.4% in March. Samsung’s market share of tablet sales …

Samsung continued to dominate Egyptian smartphone sales in March 2018
Huawei, Apple compete for second place

World’s 5 most valuable tech brandsÂ
Telecommunications and information technology (IT) companies managed to take the top nine spots of the world’s 10 most valuable brands in 2018, according to Brand Finance, an independent business valuation consultancy. According to the Brand Finance report, Amazon topped the list of the highest value brands in the world after its valuation at $150.8bn, up …

Apple sells almost 40% of tablets in Egypt
Apple dominated 39.7% of tablet sales in December 2017, leading the domestic tablet market. On the other hand, Samsung ranked second on the list after acquiring 38.7% of market sales in 2017. According to a Statista report, Samsung’s market share of tablet sales fell compared to 2016. The South Korean company’s share declined from 44.7% …

Global mobile sales grow 9% in Q1 2017
Chinese companies increase market shares and press Samsung and Apple

Global mobile sales grow 9% in Q1 2017
Chinese companies increase market shares and press Samsung and Apple

Apple reports unexpected fall in iPhone sales
US tech giant Apple has seen sales of its iconic iPhones dropping in its second fiscal quarter. The company downplayed the dip, saying customers had held back because of an upcoming anniversary edition.Apple announced it sold 50.76 million iPhones in its fiscal second quarter that ended on April 1, down from 51.19 million units a …

Imagination suffers at the hands of Apple
Shares in British tech firm Imagination have plummeted after US giant Apple revealed plans to no longer use the UK company’s graphics designs. The technology has been used in iPhones and other Apple products.The British company that designs the iPhone’s graphics was dealt a huge blow Monday when Apple said it would stop using the …

Tradeline to reduce Apple product prices in Egypt
The new price list will take effect starting 9 March

3% decline in iPhone prices, 4% in iPads this month
The price of iPhones declined by 3% in February, where according to the new price list of Apple products, the iPhone 7 Plus has declined by 3%, from EGP 19,999 to EGP 19,399, whereas the price of the iPhone 7 Plus-28GB declined from EGP 22,699 to EGP 22,018. The iPhone Plus 7-256GB declined from EGP …

Apple leads race to build a green internet
For yet another year, Apple has been found to be the most environmentally friendly of the world’s largest tech companies. A study by Greenpeace said the company was making the best use of renewables.In a fresh report called “Clicking Green,” environmental organization Greenpeace on Tuesday picked Apple as the tech company that for the third …

Apple deletes New York Times apps in China
As part of a heavy-handed crackdown on foreign media, Apple has complied with a request from unnamed Chinese authorities to remove two New York Times apps from its app store in ChinaThe technology giant removed both the English and Chinese-language news apps from its mainland China store on December 23, according to a report in the newspaper on Thursday.

Apple tops Brand Finance rankings as most valuable brand in 2016
The brand is worth $145.9bn

Apple tax raises existential questions for Ireland
Nobody likes to have their summer holidays cut short. But that’s what happened to Irish politicians, who were recalled to debate the European Commission’s tax ruling on Apple. Peter Geoghegan reports.

Apple launches iPhone 7
Analysts say Apple’s iPhone 7, unveiled Wednesday, represents another evolution, not a revolution, of its flagship gadget. So what’s the plan for the company’s more than $200 billion in spare cash?

Apple on the eve of iPhone 7
Anaysts say Apple’s iPhone 7, set for unveiling Wednesday in California, will represent another evolution, not a revolution, of its flagship gadget. So what’s the plan for its $200 billion (178 billion euros) in cash?

Ireland to appeal Apple tax bill
Ireland will fight an EU ruling that Apple must pay up to 13 billion euros in back taxes. At stake: A decades-old Irish low-tax policy that has attracted multinationals’ head offices at the expense of other EU countries.