Spotify asks Apple to play nice, tiff between tech giants gets heated December 15, 2022 A podcast featuring Spotify’s CEO called Apple out for making the tech market unfair. Spotify has been campaigning for years to have free and fair market competition in the tech sector and have levelled accusations that Apple is harming developers and other streaming services. Over the years Apple has refused to allow competing app stores [...]
Apple expands data-encryption practices in security push December 7, 2022 Apple plans to to significantly expand its data-encryption practices, allowing users to make photos and notes stored on its iCloud service even more private. The tech giant said it would expanding the end-to-end encryption protections in its iCloud service as the security threats increase across the world. The feature, known as Advanced Data Protection for [...]
Apple expands DIY repair service to UK December 6, 2022 Apple has expanded its iPhone self-repair service to the UK as Brits hoard their phones for longer than ever before. The tech giant said today that the Self Service Repair is now available in eight European countries, providing repair manuals and genuine Apple parts and tools. The service will apply to iPhone 12 and iPhone [...]
Foxconn faces revenue slump after iPhone factory fallout December 5, 2022 Revenues slumped for Foxconn as the iPhone manufacturing partner feels the sting on ongoing unrest over Covid restrictions and pay. The company reported NT$551bn (£14.7bn) in revenue last month, tumbling 29 per cent from October, and 11 per cent on the year before. November is usually a prosperous period for the firm, as it gears [...]
Foxconn boosts efforts to lure in staff as iPhone supply concerns mount December 1, 2022 Apple’s iPhone supplier Foxconn has boosted efforts to lure new employees as unrest continues in the crucial Zhengzhou region. Foxconn is now offering a 1000 yuan award (£117) to any employee that successfully refers a friend or family member to work at the plant. This new employee will need to work at the company for [...]
Mayhem in Chinese hub could mean 6m iPhones losses for Apple November 28, 2022 Mayhem at Apple’s key iPhone hub could mean that six million Pros models are lost this year, in a major blow to the tech firm in the run up to the all-important Christmas period. Production has been stunted by protests at Foxconn Technology’s Zhengzhou production factory over the past few weeks, as well as impending [...]
Foxconn apologises for pay issue after iPhone factory protests November 24, 2022 Apple’s iPhone partner Foxconn has apologised for a pay-related “technical error” when hiring new staff at the Covid battered Zhengzhou plant. Protests erupted this week across the world’s biggest iPhone factory, with videos circulating on social media of workers taking action against strict lockdown measures and pay issues. Foxconn said in a statement this morning: “Our [...]
Riots break out at world’s biggest iPhone factory in China over Covid and pay November 23, 2022 Protests have broken out at the world’s biggest iPhone factory in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. According to reports from Bloomberg, workers at the Foxconn Technology plant started to protest overnight over unpaid wages and fears of Covid rates. Footage has circulated online, showing hundreds of workers marching, with riot police present. Tensions have been growing in [...]
Competition watchdog launches deeper probe into Apple and Google’s mobile dominance November 22, 2022 Competition regulators continue to cast their net towards Google and Apple, with a new in-depth investigation launched this morning over their mobile browser dominance. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it would be examining whether new rules are needed for users and developers in this space after it conducted a consultation. Around 97 per [...]
Tech troubles: Apple iPhone 14 shipments hit by Chinese Covid-19 curbs November 7, 2022 There will be fewer iPhone 14’s under Christmas trees this year after Apple forecast smaller shipments of its latest offering. Apple supplier Foxconn issued a significant production cut as it battled against a Covid-19 outbreak at one of its large facilities in China in mid-October and tough local pandemic restrictions. The Zhengzhou plant – one [...]