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Apple’s Entry into Car Industry Will Help iPhone

14Jan By AdityaNo Comments

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Apple’s Entry into Car Industry Will Help iPhone

Apple is secretive about Project Titan, its alleged future mobility program. However, considering the recent hiring spree of automotive experts, patent publications related to connected car technology, and the $10 billion spent on research and development, Apple is expected to offer connected, autonomous and shared mobility solution. Frost & Sullivan's Scenario Analysis of Apple's Strategy to Enter the Car Industry discusses the possible products and/or services that Apple could offer through "Project Titan." The analysis also explores the rationale behind Apple's interest in the automotive industry and details the most probable service and/or product that is Apple is expected to release by 2021. "Apple has a long way ahead before its autonomous vehicle becomes a reality. With au...

Why Did Apple Invest $1billion in Didi (China)?

18May By NitishNo Comments

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Why Did Apple Invest $1billion in Didi (China)?

From last 2-3 days, we were discussing a topic daily in our team meeting that Why Apple invested $1Billion in Chinese Taxi aggregator Didi xihuang? Why an iPhone maker company changes its strategy? Is this a master stroke from Apple to convince chinese government that they are not US based company only? Or Apple wants to show chinese people that they are ready to invests on chinese people on the theory of "if you care about us, we care about you"? Or A Gameplan from chinese government to show the world that how world's most innovative smartphone company depended heavily on China? Yesterday, I was watching a youtube video of Jack Ma (Alibaba founder) speech in Harward university, where he said that at business point both country's China and America should support and mai...

Head of Apple’s Electric Car Project, Steve Zadesky, to Leave Company: Report

23Jan By AdityaNo Comments

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Head of Apple’s Electric Car Project, Steve Zadesky, to Leave Company: Report

Steve Zadesky, who has been overseeing the Apple's electric car project for the last two years, has said he is leaving the company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Zadesky, who previously worked with the iPod and iPhone teams, is leaving for personal reasons not related to his performance, the WSJ said. It was not clear when the 16-year veteran would leave Apple, the Journal said. As of Friday afternoon his profile on LinkedIn still listed him as working at Apple. Apple has never acknowledged it is looking into building an electric car, but the company has recruited dozens of auto experts, many from car makers like Ford or Mercedes-Benz. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook went to BMW's headquarters in 2014, and senior Apple execut...

Apple registers automobile domain names, including “apple.car”

9Jan By reutersNo Comments

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Apple registers automobile domain names, including “apple.car”

Apple Inc has registered domain names related to automobiles, adding to speculation about the company's plans to develop an automobile. The iPhone maker registered the domain names, which include apple.car, apple.cars and apple.auto in December, according to domain information provider Who.is. MacRumors had first reported the news on Friday, but said the domain names could be related to Apple's CarPlay, which lets drivers access contacts on their iPhones, make calls or listen to voicemails without taking their hands off the steering wheel. While never openly acknowledging plans to build a car, Apple has been aggressive in recruiting auto experts from companies such as Ford or Mercedes-Benz. Car technology has become a prime area of interest for Silicon Valley companies includin...