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Apple Partners With LG Display To Make Foldable iPhone
16Oct By RishabhNo Comments
Tech

Apple Partners With LG Display To Make Foldable iPhone

Following the launch of iPhone X, which is being considered as a the start of new future phones, Apple is now working with LG Display (LGD) to make a foldable iPhone. Reports have that LG Display has already been working on a foldable OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) panels for the Cupertino giant, and we could see the first foldable iPhone before 2020. The recently launched iPhone X represents a significant change in the design pattern that Apple had been following, which includes a front-facing sensors that could read your face to unlock the phone. And not to forget the new bezelless OLED screen and the removal of the home button. Samsung has already been working on foldable OLED Screens and foldable phones, which might not be very far from reach of common man now. ...
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Be Intellectually Honest And Have The Courage To Change Says Apple CEO Tim Cook
14Oct By RishabhNo Comments
Story

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...
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Qualcomm Files Lawsuits In China To Ban iPhones
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...
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Indian Govt Weighing Up Apple’s Proposal To Set Up Manufacturing Unit
10Oct By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments
INDIA

Indian Govt Weighing Up Apple’s Proposal To Set Up Manufacturing Unit

The government is considering iphone maker Apples proposal for setting up manufacturing unit in India, Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam said today. Cupertino-based iPhone and iPad manufacturer Apple has sought certain concessions for setting up manufacturing unit in the country. "We would like Apple to come in India (for setting up manufacturing unit) and we are examining Apple's proposal," said the Minister of State for Electronics and IT on the sidelines of an event organised by industry body CII. The company had sought concessions, including duty exemption on manufacturing and repair units, components, capital equipment and consumables for smartphone manufacturing and service/repair for a period of 15 years. The technology major had also asked for relaxation in the mandated 3...
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Chinese State Media Report Bloated Battery in Apple’s iPhone 8
7Oct By reutersNo Comments
CHINA

Chinese State Media Report Bloated Battery in Apple’s iPhone 8

A fresh case of Apple Inc’s new iPhone popping open due to a swollen battery has been reported in state media in China, the world’s biggest smartphone market where the U.S. firm is seeking to revive faltering sales. The incident comes as Apple investigates similar cases reported in Taiwan and Japan of batteries in its latest iPhone 8 Plus becoming bloated, causing the device’s casing to open. On its website on Thursday, China’s state-backed ThePaper.cn cited an iPhone buyer surnamed Liu as saying his newly purchased iPhone 8 Plus arrived cracked open on Oct. 5. There was no sign of scorching or an explosion. Liu told ThePaper he bought the handset through online marketplace of JD.com Inc. He said he did not charge the new device and returned it to the seller. Pictures taken by ...
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Indian Government Considers Exemptions Sought By Apple
5Oct By reutersNo Comments
INDIA

Indian Government Considers Exemptions Sought By Apple

The Indian government is considering exemptions sought by Apple Inc for setting up a unit to assemble iPhones, Ramesh Abhishek, the top bureaucrat in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), said on Thursday. The department is a part of India’s commerce and industry ministry. Apple has asked federal government officials for a range of tax and policy changes to help build out its iPhone assembly work in India. ALSO READ After Tata, Mahindra & Mahindra Bagged The Electric Car Contract From Indian Government It is seeking permission to open its own retail stores in India where it currently sells iPhones through resellers. India has given Chinese smartphone maker Oppo the go-ahead to open its own single-brand retail stores, boding well for rivals li...
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Apple Shares Flirt With Correction Territory
26Sep By reutersNo Comments
News

Apple Shares Flirt With Correction Territory

Shares of Apple Inc dipped on Monday and flirted with correction territory following a report that the company had told suppliers to scale back shipments of parts for its upcoming iPhone X. (more…)
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Was That An iPhone 8 That Tim Cook Was Carrying In His Pocket
29Aug By PriyankaNo Comments
Tech, USA

Was That An iPhone 8 That Tim Cook Was Carrying In His Pocket

People have been going crazy ever since last year to get a peek of Apple's new iPhone 8. The internet has been taken over with dummies of the iPhone 8 model and there are about a thousand videos describing about the probable specs of iPhone 8 alone. It is understood that the device is somewhere being tested in Apple's labs and very much exists. However, Apple CEO Tim Cook might be using one and he might have flaunted us a glimpse of it. Tim recently uploaded a picture of him with team members at CTS in Cincinnati, where he seemed to carry an iPhone 8 in his pocket. Besides there was no confirmation about it, people realized that the phone was too tall to be an iPhone 7 and too narrow to be a 7 Plus. "Looks like Tim Cook is carrying an iPhone 8 in his pocket. It is too tall to be an...
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Movie Production House Eros Approaches Apple and Netflix To Sell Its Library
8Aug By reutersNo Comments
News

Movie Production House Eros Approaches Apple and Netflix To Sell Its Library

Indian movie production house Eros is in early talks with Apple, Amazon and Netflix to sell its film and music library, a source familiar with the matter said. Global content streaming companies are jockeying to boost their Indian television, movie and music offerings in the world's fastest growing Internet services market. (more…)
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