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Apple to set up own retail outlets soon as Govt may waive 30% sourcing norm: Report

The firm is seeking an approval for being a provider of 'state-of-the-art' and 'cutting edge' technology, The Times of India reports

Your iPhone will expire in 3 years, says Apple

Daily usage patterns are specific to each product and are a mixture of actual and modelled customer-use data, the company said

Apple to stop security support for 'QuickTime for Windows'

However, this does not apply to QuickTime on Mac OSX system

As Apple plots India push, Samsung takes turf with revamped phones

Long the leader in price-conscious India, the South Korean giant had been losing ground to local rivals such as Micromax and Lava

US presses bid to force Apple to unlock iPhone in New York

Apple calls it an attempt to establish a precedent that could help unlock hundreds of other phones

Apple still strong at 40, but are best years behind it?

Apple boasts that more than 1 billion devices iPods, iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches are in regular use around the world

Apple turns 40, sets eyes on emerging markets like India

Company aims to make inroads into the Indian smartphone market with a huge base of 160 million plus users

US Justice dept cracks iPhone code, drops case

Tim Cook, had argued that the government request and resulting court order were a massive overreach that would give courts unlimited authority to force private companies to work as their agents

There is a winner in Apple's battle with the FBI

Did Apple win? Or the US government? Neither did.The only winners in the legal fight between Apple and the US government over the right to access a dead terrorist's iPhone are the security firms who play both sides of this fight.Some work for governments and intelligence services to help them crack phones and computers, while others pitch their services to companies and individuals seeking to beef up their defenses.On Monday, the FBI abandoned its efforts to force Apple to help them break into the iPhone of one of the San Bernadino shooters because, well, their services were no longer required.Apple, which had been prepared to fight the request all the way to the Supreme Court, was deprived of a dramatic court battle that would have shown how willing it was to protect customers' data.Apple had created the mystique that security was less of a problem on their smartphones than on rivals by adding security features like device encryption. With the US publicly announcing that it can break

FBI hacks into Apple iPhone, fears rise about users' security

Symantec's security intelligence team had predicted that the opportunities for cybercriminals to compromise Apple devices will grow in 2016.

FBI hacks into attacker iPhone, drops case against Apple

The data, stored on the San Bernardino terrorist's iPhone was retrieved using a new method suggested by a third party

Eyeing India and China, Apple may unveil smaller, cheaper iPhone on Monday

The 4-inch iPhone SE is reported to be a replacement for the iPhone 5s series

Apple to unveil iPhone SE, iPad Pro, new Apple Watch tomorrow

The iPhone SE is expected to be smaller in size and a mixture of iPhone 6 and 6S but in a body resembling of an iPhone 5

Apple hires corporate security officer

The new security executive to oversee its corporate digital defenses

After Apple dispute, Facebook, Google and WhatsApp to fortify user data security

Whatsapp is set to roll out encryption for its voice calls and Google is investigating 'extra uses' for encryption in secure email

Apple's FBI clash threatens EU privacy shield

National regulators from across the European Union promised to give their verdict next month on the so-called privacy shield deal

Apple users under first Mac ransomware attack

Ransomware, one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats, encrypts data on infected machines

US apex court rejects e-books appeal

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Apple Inc's challenge to an appellate court decision that it conspired with five publishers to increase e-book prices, meaning it will have to pay $450 million as part of a settlement. The court's decision leaves in place a June 2015 ruling by the New York-based appellate court that favoured the US Department of Justice and found Apple liable for engaging in a conspiracy that violated federal antitrust laws.

UN warns of 'Pandora's Box' in FBI Apple case

An FBI demand that Apple unlock an iPhone risks setting a dangerous precedent that could have a chilling effect on human rights, the United Nations rights chief warned on Friday.Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein's intervention came after Apple's largest rivals backed the tech giant's bid to resist the US government demand seeking to access the iPhone used by one of the attackers in a deadly rampage in San Bernardino, California in December."In order to address a security-related issue related to encryption in one case, the authorities risk unlocking a Pandora's Box that could have extremely damaging implications for the human rights of many millions of people, including their physical and financial security," Zeid said in a statement.He warned that the FBI order would "set a precedent that may make it impossible for Apple or any other major international IT company to safeguard their clients' privacy anywhere in the world".The FBI wants to unlocked the iPhone used by Syed Farook, who was behind th

Apple gets tech industry backing in iPhone dispute

Yet behind the scenes, it took time for some of the tech companies to make the decision to support Apple