SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – It has been four years since Apple Inc introduced a completely new gadget and the pressure is on for the world’s largest tech company to wow at its “special event” in Cupertino, California, on Tuesday. Apple has fed the high expectati... More »
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd reported a third consecutive quarterly profit gain Wednesday as the world’s largest contract maker of electronic goods continued to benefit from demand for products from No.1 client Apple Inc. Hon H... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has prohibited government agencies from purchasing Apple Inc hardware products due to security concerns, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing government officials familiar with the matter. Ten Apple products including versions... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s iPad is losing steam just four years after its release, but an alliance with International Business Machines Corp could rejuvenate a flagging product by entering into a largely untapped corporate market. Apple shipped 13.2... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc posted a smaller-than-expected 6 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Tuesday, but revenue surged 28 percent in greater China despite stiff competition in its third-largest market. It sold 35.2 million iPhones in the June qu... More »
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple, once a can’t-miss stock, is finding it tough to persuade portfolio managers to come back into the fold. The company’s shares are up 17 percent for the year, nearly three times the performance of the benchmark Standard ... More »
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple, once a can’t-miss stock, is finding it tough to persuade portfolio managers to come back into the fold. The company’s shares are up 17 percent for the year, nearly three times the performance of the benchmark Standard ... More »
PARIS (Reuters) – Apple has poached a senior executive from Swiss luxury watch brand Tag Heuer, which could be to help it with the launch of its iWatch expected this autumn. Tag Heuer, part of luxury goods group LVMH, said on Friday its vice president for sale... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O ) bid to delay a July trial to determine damages after the company was found to have colluded to fix the prices of e-books. In a brief order, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appea... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O ) said on Thursday it would integrate rival Salesforce.com Inc (CRM.N ) apps into its Windows and online Office platforms, furthering Chief Executive Satya Nadella’s drive to make the company more cloud-computin... More »
(Reuters) – One of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit that accuses tech firms including Apple Inc and Google Inc of conspiring to hold down salaries has asked the court to reject a $324 million settlement negotiated by his own lawyers. Michael Devine, one of the four... More »
(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc’s Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is working on a plan to persuade Apple Inc to ditch Google as its default search engine in favor of Yahoo, technology news site Re/code reported, citing sources within Yahoo. Mayer’s effort is in advanced s... More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – As the smartphone action shifts to the mass market, leaders Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Apple Inc are under pressure to make their high-end phones more affordable to revive sales. And that may spell trouble for already-softening margins. S... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s new Chief Executive Officer, Satya Nadella, finally unveiled Office for Apple Inc’s iPad in a polished debut that set him apart from his energetic predecessor while signaling his plans to make mobile apps the top prio... More »
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp’s shares scaled levels last seen in the dotcom boom following reports that the company plans to unveil an iPad version of its Office software suite, potentially generating billions of dollars in revenue. Reuters reported late on Mond... More »
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Lufthansa on Wednesday announced plans to offer wirelessly streamed movies to passengers on trans-European flights, sparking a clash over the future of traditional seatback systems at the world’s largest travel fair. Europe’s large... More »
BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies believes it can take advantage of recent changes in how operators in the United States sell phones to get a foothold in the all-important market, an executive with its consumer division said on Sunday. H... More »
ADELPHI, Maryland (Reuters) – President Barack Obama has a pen. He has a phone. And on Tuesday, he wielded an iPad to help make a point about how he hopes to do more for schools without more funding from Congress. Obama toured Buck Lodge Middle School in Adelp... More »
(Reuters) – Lower-than-expected holiday iPhone sales and a weak revenue forecast by Apple Inc renewed fears about Chinese demand and a tepid global market, wiping 8 percent off company stock. This year was to have been Apple Inc’s watershed moment in China, wh... More »
(Reuters) – Apple Inc missed Wall Street’s lofty target for iPhone sales over the crucial holiday shopping season and offered a weaker-than-expected forecast for this quarter, sending its shares down 8 percent on Monday. The world’s most valuable technology co... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc has acquired social media search and analytics startup Topsy, an unusual purchase for a hardware-focused company that has made few forays into social networking. Apple confirmed the acquisition but would not say why it bough... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc has acquired social media search and analytics startup Topsy, an unusual purchase for a hardware-focused company that has made few forays into social networking. Apple confirmed the acquisition but would not say why it bough... More »
(Reuters) – A California federal judge has dismissed a consumer lawsuit over data privacy against Apple Inc, saying the plaintiffs had failed to show they had relied on any alleged company misrepresentations and that they had suffered harm. The four plaintiffs... More »
(Reuters) – Attention, shoppers: If you just decided to join the Black Friday shopping crunch but didn’t prepare well, don’t despair: Just pick up your smartphone. It could be your new best friend. Even if you haven’t invested a week or more reading sales circ... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said on Thursday he would expand his company’s small contract manufacturing business, paving the way for more chipmakers to tap into the world’s most advanced process technology. With Intel far behind rivals i... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc will pay $17 million to settle allegations by 37 states and the District of Columbia that it secretly tracked Web users by placing special digital files on the Web browsers of their smartphones. The deal, announced Monday m... More »
SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) – A top Apple Inc executive testified on Friday that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd undermined his company’s marketing efforts, reputation and business by selling devices that copied the iPhone and iPad. Apple marketing chief Phil Sc... More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd vowed to double its dividend yield, invest in new technology and boost marketing as it sought to topple Apple Inc in the mobile devices segment and ease investor concerns over its sagging share price. The world’s le... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp CEO Kazuo Hirai’s determination to stick to the consumer electronics that made the company’s fame will be put to the test in the months ahead as domestic rivals step up a shift to more profitable industrial technology. On Thursday t... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Airline passengers will soon be able to use certain electronic devices throughout their entire flight after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ended a long-standing ban on Thursday. Mobile phone calls remain barred under Federal Co... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc on Thursday unveiled the newest version of its Android smartphone software, aiming to allow more smartphone users access to its evolving menu of online services such as driving directions voice-activated search. The new “Ki... More »
(Reuters) – Apple Inc has not reinvented the wheel with the iPad Air, but the thinner device, priced higher than many of its competitors, is a major improvement on a successful product, the reviewers wrote on Tuesday. Writing for the Wall Street Journal, Walt ... More »
(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s iPhone sales and revenue forecasts, due to be released on Monday, may offer clues as to whether its low-cost 5C model missed the mark or whether the world’s largest tech company can continue its run of smash-hit gadgets. Signs have emer... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Tuesday offered free upgrades for life on its operating system and business software, and unveiled thinner iPads and faster Mac computers ahead of a competitive holiday shopping season. The debut of the one-pound iPad Air... More »
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Siri, whose voice do you have? The question has intrigued millions of Apple iPhone and iPad fans, who use the devices’ voice-activated personal assistant for help with everything from finding restaurants and directions to organizing their d... More »
TAIPEI/TOKYO (Reuters) – Apple Inc will be unable to widely roll out a new version of the iPad Mini with a high-resolution “retina” display this month, people who work in the company’s supply chain said, leaving the gadget without the sharper screen found on r... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In as little as a few months, airline passengers could play video games, read e-books, watch movies and listen to music while their flights take off or land, ending a long-standing ban on devices being used during those risky phases. But l... More »
BOSTON (Reuters) – Hackers are gearing up for Friday’s iPhone 5S release with a contest to crack the device’s first-ever fingerprint scanner, a high-tech feature that Apple Inc says makes users’ data more secure. A micro venture capital firm joined a group of ... More »
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has made an impassioned plea to investors to support his vision of the world’s largest software company as a unified devices and services powerhouse in his swan song before Wall Street. Ballmer, who in A... More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean upstart Infraware Inc is in a David and Goliath battle with software giant Microsoft over a lucrative niche of the mobile office business and just like the diminutive biblical hero, it believes it can win. Infraware already domin... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Edward Snowden’s unprecedented exposure of U.S. technology companies’ close collaboration with national intelligence agencies, widely expected to damage the industry’s financial performance abroad, may actually end up helping. Despite... More »
SINGAPORE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – By adding a fingerprint scanner to its newest mobile phone, Apple Inc is offering a tantalizing glimpse of a future where your favorite gadget might become a biometric pass to the workplace, mobile commerce or real-world sho... More »
CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) – Apple Inc unveiled on Tuesday an iPhone with a fingerprint scanner to help it stand out in a crowded field of similar smartphones, plus a cheaper plastic model for emerging markets that proved pricier than expected. The “iPhon... More »
CUPERTINO, California (Reuters) – Apple Inc unveiled a high-end iPhone with a fingerprint scanner as it tries to stand out in a crowded market, and a cheaper, colorful plastic model for emerging markets that proved pricier than expected. Apple did not disclose... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge who found Apple Inc conspired to fix e-book prices imposed new restrictions on the iPad maker on Friday, limiting its agreements with publishers. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in New York also said she would appoint an exter... More »
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The next CEO of Microsoft Corp has one big decision to make: press on with retiring chief executive Steve Ballmer’s ambitious plan to transform the software giant into a broad-based devices and services company, or jettison that idea and ra... More »
(Reuters) – The monthly cable and Internet bill for the Adrienne Capollupo’s Roanoke, Virginia, family had reached $150 when they decided to cut the cord – the one that runs to the television set. Now Capollupo, 37, estimates that she saves $100 a month, and m... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – If Apple hopes to woo more Chinese by adding a glitzy coating – some call it champagne, some gold – to its next iPhone, it may be in for a surprise. While gold is hugely popular as a safe haven and a status symbol – China is set to overtake... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Magazine publisher Conde Nast announced a major partnership with Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday in which the Internet retailer will handle print and digital subscriptions for glossy publications such as Vogue, Wired and Vanity Fair. Conde Nast ... More »
(Reuters) – Barnes & Noble Inc’s founder and largest shareholder on Tuesday suspended his plan to buy the bookseller’s stores, dashing investor hopes for a deal as the company again reported poor quarterly results. B&N shares fell 15 percent to $14.17, their l... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dell Inc, the PC maker embroiled in a takeover battle between its founding CEO and activist investor Carl Icahn, on Thursday reported a 72 percent slide in quarterly earnings as PC sales extended their downward spiral. Dell, which onc... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge said on Friday she is considering imposing tough restrictions on Apple Inc for illegally conspiring with publishers to raise e-books prices. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said she was weighing whether to restrict Apple for f... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some older Samsung Electronics Co. mobile devices face a sales and import ban in the United States after a U.S. trade panel ruled for Apple Inc. in a high-profile patent infringement case. The U.S. International Trade Commission on Frida... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. trade panel on Friday ruled that South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd infringes on portions of two Apple Inc patents on digital mobile devices, a decision likely to inflame passions in the long-running dispute. The U.S. Intern... More »
(Reuters) – Five of the largest U.S. publishers objected to tough new restrictions sought by the U.S. government against Apple Inc for illegally conspiring to raise e-book prices. In a motion filed on Wednesday in U.S. district court in Manhattan, the publishe... More »
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Technology and media circles are abuzz at how e-commerce wunderkind Jeff Bezos plans to modernize The Washington Post, a money-losing bastion of the old economy. Among the top predictions: the man who transformed retailing will want to wean... More »
SEOUL (Reuters) – The South Korean government on Monday expressed concerns about the decision by the United States to overrule a sales ban of some Apple Inc (AAPL.O ) models. The Obama administration vetoed a U.S. trade panel’s ban on the import and sale of so... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration has overturned a U.S. trade panel’s ban on the sale of some older iPhones and iPads, reversing a ruling that had favored Samsung Electronics Co Ltd over Apple Inc in their long-running patent battles. The U.S. In... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc is headed for a showdown with the U.S. government and dozens of states, which on Friday urged that tough new restrictions be imposed on the company for illegally conspiring to raise e-book prices. The changes proposed by the U.S.... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc is headed for a showdown with the U.S. government and dozens of states, which on Friday urged that tough new restrictions be imposed on the company for illegally conspiring to raise e-book prices. The changes proposed by the U.S.... More »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Thursday it would delay a decision on whether some mobile phones and tablets made by Samsung Electronics Co Ltd infringe on Apple Inc’s patents. The decision had been expected on Thursday b... More »
BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday met with the head of China Mobile Ltd, the world’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers and the only Chinese carrier that doesn’t offer iPhones and iPads. The meeting with China Mobile Chairman X... More »
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s next software update for its iPhones and iPads will fix a security flaw that allows hackers to engage in spying and cyber crimes when the victim connects the device to a fake charging station, the company said on Wednesday. Ap... More »
BEIJING (Reuters) – Pegatron Corp, a Taiwanese company that makes Apple Inc products, is violating workers’ rights at its Chinese factories in Shanghai and Suzhou, New York-based rights group China Labor Watch said in a report on Monday. Pegatron, which assemb... More »
(Reuters) – Apple Inc shares opened about 5 percent higher on Wednesday after the technology company’s third-quarter profit beat analysts’ expectations due to stellar sales of its iPhones. The world’s largest technology company said it sold 31.2 million iPhone... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc on Wednesday showcased a new-generation, slimmer Nexus 7 tablet that the Internet search company hopes will expand its presence in consumer hardware, and ensure that its online services remain front-and-center on mobile dev... More »
SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG (Reuters) – A sharp drop in Apple Inc’s China revenue in April-June underscores the challenges it faces in its second-largest market as the technology gap with cheaper local rivals narrows and as Samsung Electronics keeps up a steady st... More »
BOSTON (Reuters) – A website that Apple Inc uses to communicate with its community of some 6 million software developers remained shuttered on Monday, four days after a cyber attack that prompted a harried upgrade to prevent future breaches. It was not immedia... More »
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp on Thursday reported lower-than-expected quarterly earnings as slow personal computer sales ate into its Windows business and the company took an unexpected $900 million charge for its inventory of unsold Surface tablets. The... More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Vimpelcom, one of Russia’s top mobile operators, will no longer sell Apple Inc’s iPhone, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, after similar moves by other mobile companies in Russia. Vimpelcom ended negotiations with Apple over iPhone ... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – In a sweeping rejection of Apple Inc’s strategy for selling electronic books on the Internet, a federal judge ruled that the company conspired with five major publishers to raise e-book prices. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan ... More »
(Reuters) – Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc have ended their lawsuit over who has the right to use the “app store” name, clearing the way for both companies to use it. U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland, California, on Tuesday ordered that the case b... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Apple Inc has applied for a trademark for “iWatch” in Japan, a patent official said on Monday, signaling the iPhone maker may be moving ahead with plans for a watch-like device as gadget makers turn their attention to wearable computers. The ... More »
SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp released a test version of its Windows 8.1 software on Wednesday, bringing back the “start” button and adding a host of features it hopes will appeal to users, while spurring developers into writing more applica... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc>- Chief Executive Tim Cook’s one-time stock award worth over $413 million as of Friday is now partly subject to the performance of the shares, a move that followed discussions with the company’s largest shareholders. Cook,... More »
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Apple Inc, on trial for allegedly colluding to raise the price of e-books, said on Thursday an adverse ruling would have a “chilling effect” on how businesses investigate new markets. If Apple was found guilty, it would “send shudders thro... More »
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Nvidia Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang said he will license graphics technology to other companies, a new model for the chipmaker that could lead to new business with Apple, Samsung and other mobile device makers. Huang told the Reuter... More »
(Reuters) – Fox Broadcasting Co has asked a federal judge to stop Dish Network Corp from letting customers who use Dish’s controversial Hopper digital video recording device watch Fox programs on tablets and smartphones. Fox, a unit of Rupert Murdoch’s News Co... More »
(Reuters) – Newsweek, one of the most internationally recognized magazine brands in the world, will cease publishing a print edition after nearly 80 years. The decision to go all-digital underscores the problems faced by newsweeklies, as more consumers favor t... More »
(Reuters) – Time Inc’s stable of 20 magazines, including Sports Illustrated and People, are now available for subscription on Apple’s Newsstand, the company said on Thursday. The publishing arm of Time Warner Inc was the last holdout, among large magazine comp... More »
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Apple Inc began talks earlier this year to stream films owned by EPIX, which is backed by three major movie studios, on devices including a long-anticipated TV, according to two people with knowledge of the negotiations. Apple, which no... More »
