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Facebook To Notify Users When Photos Of Them Are Uploaded

20Dec By reutersNo Comments

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Facebook To Notify Users When Photos Of Them Are Uploaded

Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would begin using facial recognition technology to tell people on the social network when others upload photos of them, if they agree to let the company keep a facial template on file. The company said in a statement that it was making the feature optional to allow people to protect their privacy, but that it thought some people would want to be notified of pictures they might not otherwise know about. The feature would not immediately be available in Canada and the European Union, Facebook said. Privacy laws are generally stricter in those jurisdictions, though the company said it was hopeful about implementing the feature there in the future. Tech companies are putting in place a variety of functions using facial recognition technology, despit...

Apple In Talks To Acquire Music Identification App Shazam – Source

9Dec By reutersNo Comments

ACQUISITION

Apple In Talks To Acquire Music Identification App Shazam – Source

Apple Inc is in talks to acquire Shazam Entertainment Ltd, whose software helps users identify songs by pointing their phone at an audio source, according to a person familiar with the situation. Shazam’s smartphone app is already tightly integrated with Apple’s Siri digital assistant. Users of Apple’s iPhone with the Shazam app installed can say: “Hey Siri, what’s that song?” and the app will identify it. But Shazam has other features, such as the ability to identify television shows, that do not yet work with Siri. Tech news website TechCrunch reported the talks earlier, writing that Apple could pay about $400 million for Shazam and that a deal could be signed as early as next week. Shazam did not respond to a request for comment. Privately-held, UK-based Shazam has raised $1...

Apple To Pay $15B To Ireland In Back Taxes

5Dec By AnkitaNo Comments

BUSINESS

Apple To Pay $15B To Ireland In Back Taxes

American multinational tech giant company Apple Inc has agreed to pay over $15 billion to Ireland in back taxes in 2018. Apple and Ireland agreed to the terms of an escrow fund for the money, said Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe, according to the source Wall Street Journal. The EU had earlier launched a fresh crackdown back in 2016 over taxes paid by the iPhone manufacturer. The EU said it planned to refer Ireland to the European Court of Justice for failing to recover the money in back taxes from Apple. The tax deal had allowed Apple to pay almost nothing as taxes on its European profits between 2003 and 2014, said European Union. It also said that Apple's Irish tax benefits were illegal, enabling the firm to pay a corporate tax rate of no more than one percent. Ireland...

4Dec By reutersNo Comments

CHINA

Apple’s Tim Cook Says Developers Have Earned $17B From China App Store

Apple Inc’s chief executive Tim Cook said developers using its platform in China number 1.8 million and have earned a total 112 billion yuan ($16.93 billion), representing roughly a quarter of total global App Store earnings. Cook shared the data on Sunday during a speech at China’s top public cyber policy forum, organised by the Cybersecurity Administration of China (CAC), which oversees internet regulation including censorship. Earlier this year, Apple said that developers had earned roughly $70 billion in total revenue through the store. Apple is facing criticism from local users and rights groups for bowing to pressure from Beijing cyber regulators after it decided to remove hundreds of apps from its Chinese store this year, including messaging apps and virtual private network (VPN)...

Bargaining Chip? China Seen Closely Scrutinising Qualcomm, Broadcom Deal

7Nov By reutersNo Comments

BUSINESS

Bargaining Chip? China Seen Closely Scrutinising Qualcomm, Broadcom Deal

A potential mega-merger between chipmaker Broadcom Ltd and U.S. rival Qualcomm Inc is likely to face stern scrutiny in China, antitrust lawyers say, amid a strategic push by Beijing into semiconductors. Broadcom made an unsolicited $103 billion bid for Qualcomm on Monday, aimed at creating a $200-billion-plus behemoth that could reshape the industry at the heart of mobile phone hardware. But Chinese regulatory approval could be a hold-up. Beijing and Washington have sparred over technology deals, including in chips, with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) knocking back a number of takeovers involving Chinese firms this year. The thorny topic is likely to come up when U.S. President Donald Trump visits China this week - with Qualcomm executives in tow....

Apple Firmly On Course For $1 Trillion Valuation: Analysts

4Nov By reutersNo Comments

ANALYSIS

Apple Firmly On Course For $1 Trillion Valuation: Analysts

Apple Inc’s shares rose to a record high on Friday as more analysts set a trillion-dollar valuation on the company, following a blowout fourth quarter and an upbeat forecast that quashed investor concerns around the iPhone X. The stock rose as much as 3.7 percent to $174.26, briefly breaching $900 billion in market value, amid declines in the broader market. The gains added nearly $32 billion to the company’s market capitalization. The Cupertino, California-based company also forecast a strong holiday quarter ahead, which will include the iPhone X that started selling on Nov. 3. “We see iPhone X unlocking pent-up iPhone upgrades, especially in China, driving more than 20 percent iPhone unit growth and a revenue and earnings beat in 2018,” analyst Katy Huberty on Morgan Stanley said....

Qualcomm Sues Apple For Breach of Software License Contract

3Nov By reutersNo Comments

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Qualcomm Sues Apple For Breach of Software License Contract

Qualcomm Inc has sued Apple Inc, alleging that it violated a software license contract to benefit rival chipmaker Intel Corp for making broadband modems, the latest salvo in the longstanding dispute between Qualcomm and Apple. Qualcomm said in a lawsuit filed in California state court in San Diego on Wednesday that Apple used its commercial leverage to demand unprecedented access to the chipmaker’s highly confidential software, including source code. Apple declined to comment on the suit. The company started using Intel’s broadband modem chips in the iPhone 7. In its complaint, Qualcomm alleged that Apple was required under its contract to ensure that Apple engineers working with Qualcomm did not communicate details about Qualcomm chips to Apple engineers working on competing chip...

Apple Hit With Trademark Lawsuit Over iPhone X “Animoji” Feature

21Oct By reutersNo Comments

USA

Apple Hit With Trademark Lawsuit Over iPhone X “Animoji” Feature

A Japanese software company is suing Apple Inc in a U.S. court over the trademark for the term “animoji”, alleging the U.S. technology company stole the name to use on a feature of its iPhone X. Tokyo-based Emonster kk sued Apple on Wednesday in federal court in San Francisco, saying it holds the U.S. trademark on the term animoji and that Apple’s use of the word is a “textbook case” of deliberate infringement. An Apple spokesman declined to comment. Apple’s animoji feature allow users to animate the facial expressions of emojis using facial recognition technology. It will be included on the iPhone X which is scheduled for release in November. Phil Schiller, Apple’s chief marketing officer, touted the animoji feature during the iPhone X launch event on Sept. 12, calling it a “g...

Bharti Airtel Is Selling iPhone 7 at Rs 7,777

16Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Bharti Airtel Is Selling iPhone 7 at Rs 7,777

Bharti Airtel is selling iPhone 7 32GB at a down payment of Rs 7,777 and 24 monthly instalments of Rs 2,499 each through its online store, which went live today. The company will sell other devices as well through its online store and the handsets will come bundled with monthly mobile service plans. "Airtel's online store went live today with Apple's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus variants and the company plans to add devices from all leading brands to the stores offerings in the near future... The iPhone 7 (32 GB) is available at a down payment of just Rs 7,777 and 24 monthly instalments of Rs 2,499," Airtel said in a statement. The monthly instalments have a built-in high-end postpaid plan which offers 30 GB data, unlimited calling (local, STD, national roaming), and Airtel secure packa...

Be Intellectually Honest And Have The Courage To Change Says Apple CEO Tim Cook

14Oct By RishabhNo Comments

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Be Intellectually Honest And Have The Courage To Change Says Apple CEO Tim Cook

Starting out with his conversation and speaking to an audience of students and to be entrepreneurs at the opening of the Foundry startup hub in Oxford, UK, Cook talked about his early life and what are the key elements to succeed as a CEO and as an entrepreneur. Back when Tim Cook was 21(1988), he says "I wanted to find a job that I loved and I wanted to love the work I did." Having grown up in a "very lower middle-class family" and watching his father working a "blue-collared job" for his family and not doing the thing he would love. Soon after his undergraduate school Tim realized that "the purpose of life is not to love your job. It was to serve humanity in a broad way and the outcome of that would mean that you would love your job." He also says that "after joining Apple, I re...

14Oct By reutersNo Comments

CHINA

Qualcomm Files Lawsuits In China To Ban iPhones

Qualcomm Inc confirmed an earlier report that the chipmaker had filed lawsuits in China, seeking to halt the manufacture and sale of Apple Inc’s iPhones in the country. Qualcomm filed the suits in a Beijing intellectual property court, claiming patent infringement and is seeking injunctive relief, a company spokeswoman confirmed on Friday, but did not provide further details. Bloomberg had earlier reported about the lawsuits in China. Apple’s shares were marginally up, while Qualcomm shares were marginally down in late-afternoon trading. The iPhone maker has always been willing to pay fair and reasonable rates for the patents it uses, Apple told Reuters in an email. “In many years of ongoing negotiations with Qualcomm, these patents have never been discussed and in fact were o...

Founder and Chairman of Apple’s Top Chipmaker Announces His Retirement

2Oct By RishabhNo Comments

BUSINESS

Founder and Chairman of Apple’s Top Chipmaker Announces His Retirement

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. world's largest producer of made-to-order microchips chairman and founder Morris Chang will retire in June next year, as per the reports by Bloomberg. Two chief executives of the company will be taking over after him. 86-year-old Morris' place will be taken over by Mark Liu, as chairman of the company who will be then responsible for all strategic decisions and business directions. C.C. Wei will become chief executive officer, orchestrating operations but taking his cues from the board, Chang told Bloomberg. When Chang stepped down as CEO in 2013, Mark and Wei took over as the chief executive officers of TSMC. TSMC entertains world's leading corporations such as- Qualcomm Inc. and Apple Inc. The soul reason be...