The market for used mobile phones is booming. In fact,it’s now growing faster than demand for new devices.
European Union watchdogs just fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros in a move that could inflame trade tensions with the US.
The US Justice Department says the best way to address Google’s monopoly in internet search is to break up the $2.8 trillion company.
People are discovering that the very security tools that are meant to protect them if their iPhone is stolen are being used against them – by Apple.
Even before the threat of US President Trump’s tariffs,there were questions about the company’s inability to make good on new ideas.
Donald Trump’s exemption of electronic goods from his tariffs highlights the inconsistency,lack of logic and the risks for the US in the way he is pursuing his trade war on everyone.
Every time the president changes direction on tariffs,his lieutenants insist he is following a grand plan. Americans know better.
Moving iPhone production from China to India or elsewhere would have been a Herculean task for the tech giant. Now it’s been handed a major reprieve.
The exemption seemed to reflect the US president’s realisation that his tariffs on China are unlikely to shift more manufacturing of electronic gadgets to the US any time soon.
For years,Apple boss Tim Cook has become something of a horse whisperer in his dealings with Donald Trump. But his delicate manoeuvres have hit a brick wall.