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Apple supplier Foxconn said it would resume normal production in China by the end of March and that more than half its seasonal workforce in the country had restarted work following the coronavirus outbreak. The flu-like virus, which originated in China late last year and can be transmitted from person to person, has spread to

The Cupertino-based tech giant Apple has sent gift packages that include an iPad, face masks, hand sanitizer and more, to its employees stranded in Wenzhou and Hubei due to the coronavirus. According to details shared on Chinese social network Weibo, the care packages also enclosed with a letter from the iPhone maker to the employee

The introduction of 5G iPhone model later this year would serve as a catalyst that can accelerate Apple growth in the financial year 2021, a Morgan Stanley report said on Wednesday. Apple is working with channel partners to expand the distribution of iPhone trade-in and financing programmes, which will be an important factor driving upgrades

Apple is closely watching how the coronavirus outbreak is unfolding in South Korea and Italy, where the company has suppliers, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook said in an interview. Apple counts major Korean display makers Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics; among its suppliers. It also sources chips from a factory in Italy run by Franco-Italian

Apple is planning to launch a new version of its Smart Keyboard for the iPad Pro that will feature a built-in trackpad, according to a media report. The new iPad keyboard accessory is said to be launched officially later this year — likely to debut alongside the next-generation iPad Pro. The new report comes a

Brooklyn Nine-Nine season 7 and Narcos: Mexico season 2 were the big names in February on TV, with both shows giving fans what they were looking for. The former continues all through March; it airs Mondays on Comedy Central in India. Speaking of ongoing series in March, there’s the eighth and final season of Homeland,

iPhone XR was the world’s best-selling smartphone last year, a report by research firm Omdia shows. The report says that the iPhone XR sold 9 million units more than the next best-selling device, the iPhone 11. According to Omdia’s Smartphone Model Market Tracker report, Apple shipped 46.3 million iPhone XR units in 2019, more than

Apple’s Tile-like AirTags item trackers will be completely waterproof and use similar magnetic wireless charging to that seen on the Apple Watch, as per a report. Evidence of AirTags – aka Apple Tags – has been found in builds of iOS 13 and it appears the small item trackers will show up in the Find

Apple Maps’ ‘Look Around’ feature is now live in three more cities in the US, including Boston, Philadelphia, and the Washington, DC area. The feature is also available in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York City, Las Vegas, Houston, and the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The feature, Apple Maps’ answer to Google

WhatsApp has received a new beta update for its iPhone client that makes the Dark Mode feature widely available to users. The previous WhatsApp beta update reportedly made the feature available to only a small bunch of users. In addition to expanding the availability of dark mode, the fresh beta update also adds solid colours

US legislation will be introduced in the coming weeks that could hurt technology companies’ ability to offer end-to-end encryption, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, and it aims to curb the distribution of child sexual abuse material on such platforms. The bill, proposed by the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham and

Microsoft, the US software giant, is planning to extend its Defender antivirus software to Android and iOS ecosystems and will showcase a preview during the RSA Conference that will be held February 24 – 28. With this, Microsoft aims to provide security solutions to millions of active Apple and Google users, amid growing malware threats

Silicon Valley on Wednesday was mourning a pioneering computer scientist whose accomplishments included inventing the widely relied on “cut, copy and paste” command. Bronx-born Lawrence “Larry” Tesler died this week at age 74, according to Xerox, where he spent part of his career. “The inventor of cut/copy & paste, find & replace, and more was

Apple’s next iPhone — the iPhone 9 or iPhone SE 2 — is likely to see a delay in launch in the wake of the deadly coronavirus outbreak in China, a report claims. Touted as a budget iPhone, the mass production of the device was supposed to start by the end of this month but

Apple has released the trailer for Amazing Stories, its reboot of the Steven Spielberg-created 1985 original sci-fi anthology series that finds Spielberg as executive producer and arrives in early March on Apple TV+. The new Amazing Stories will be a “reimagining”, per Apple, with each episode “transporting the audience to worlds of wonder through the

If a new report is to be believed, then we might see Apple relying on a custom made 5G antenna for its 2020 iPhone 5G model. The rumours are suggesting that Apple isn’t very satisfied with Qualcomm’s antenna, and because of this reason the company is planning to make its own custom antenna for 5G

Seems like Qualcomm’s antennas are too big for Apple and that’s why the iPhone maker is designing the antenna module that will be used in its 5G iPhone models. According to a report in Fast Company, in a year where the 5G radio will be the new iPhone’s spotlight feature, Apple has decided to design

Taiwan-based compound semiconductor manufacturers are gearing up to fulfil shipments components for a new iPhone model, tentatively dubbed SE2. The new developments hints that Apple’s “iPhone SE 2” may be gearing up for full production in the next few weeks, DigiTimes reported recently. Additionally, while the lower-cost iPhone may be on track, Apple has stopped sending

If a certain commit on the Chromium Gerrit is to be believed, then we might see the Live Caption feature soon making its way to computers. It is believed that the feature that was initially introduced as a Pixel 4 exclusive, is under development and we may soon get to see it on the Google

Lightroom is the photo editor of choice for a lot of users. Now, Adobe has released some major updates for Lightroom that will improve productivity across all platforms. With this new update, iPadOS users will be able to make use of side-by-side multitasking using the Split View feature built in to the operating system, while

Taiwan’s Foxconn hopes to resume half of its production in China by month-end, a source told Reuters on Wednesday, as the supplier to tech giant Apple and others reopens plants shut over a coronavirus outbreak. The world’s largest contract electronics maker also aims to resume 80 percent of production in China in March, added the source,

A US appeals court on Monday denied a request by Apple that it reconsider a decision upholding a finding Apple iPhones infringed VirnetX Holding patents relating to secure communications technology. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit declined to reconsider a split decision it issued on November 22 in the long-running litigation. In the November

Local Chinese authorities have not blocked Apple supplier Foxconn from resuming production amid a coronavirus outbreak, they said in a statement on Sunday, denying an earlier report in the Nikkei Business Daily. The Nikkei, citing four people familiar with the matter, said on Saturday that public health experts had carried out inspections at Foxconn’s factories

Apple’s highly anticipated successor to the iPhone SE – heavily rumoured to debut as the iPhone 9, or iPhone SE 2 as per some rumours – has reportedly entered trial production. Multiple reports have claimed a Q1 2020 debut for the iPhone 9 aka iPhone SE 2. Now, a fresh leak coming from a reliable

WhatsApp finally introduced dark mode for its Android app earlier this year. And even though the feature is still limited to beta testers, it is a clear sign that it will soon be released widely via the stable channel. However, iPhone users have so far been left out of the equation. That changes now, as dark

Google Maps on Thursday launched a redesign that prominently solicits users’ reviews and photos of places they visit, seeking to grow its data in a field led by local search apps such as Zomato, TripAdvisor, and Yelp. More than 1 billion people now turn to Google Maps to see and explore the world, the company

Apple Watch is one of Apple’s bestselling products, and since its launch, the wearable has upended the market. Strategy Analytics, a research and consulting company, has released new sales estimates that suggest Apple sold more watches last year than all of the Switch watch brands combined. According to the estimates, 30.7 million Apple Watches were

The US Justice Department has reached out to app developers as part of its investigation into Apple, one of the four big tech companies being probed for alleged anti-competitive behaviour, according one of the developers and another person familiar with the investigation. The chief executive of developer Mobicip, Suren Ramasubbu, told Reuters he was interviewed in

Flipkart is hosting Apple Days on its site offering discount and deals on varied iPhones. The sale will begin on tomorrow i.e., February 5, and go on till February 8. The iPhone XR will be listed with no-cost EMI options, and the iPhone XS 64GB variant will be listed with a Rs. 5,000 discounted price

Google Earth for mobile will now let users get a wide view of the stars in our universe. Yes, the feature that up until now was only available on Google Earth for the Web and Earth Pro, has also made its way for smartphones and tablets. For those who don’t know, before the search giant