Samsung smartphone users get a shock: They can't delete Facebook
Nick Winke, a photographer in the Pacific Northwest, was perusing internet forums when he came across a complaint that alarmed him: On certain Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones, users aren't allowed to delete the Facebook app. Winke bought his Samsung Galaxy S8, an Android-based device that ...
As demand slows, Apple iPhone supplier Foxconn plans deep cost cuts
Foxconn Technology Group, the biggest assembler of iPhones, has become the latest Apple Inc. supplier to warn of anemic demand, with an internal memo suggesting that expenses will be cut by almost a half next year. The contract manufacturer aims to cut $2.9 billion from ...
Google's Pixel 3 smartphone, complete with AI-powered camera, to debut in Japan in November
Google LLC said Wednesday its Pixel 3 smartphone series with artificial intelligence-powered cameras will hit shelves in Japan in November, the first time the American tech giant has released its signature phones in the country. The move into Japan pits Google against Apple Inc.'s iPhones, ...
Apple to expand iPhone X design with new colors, big screens
Apple Inc. is not only doubling down on the iPhone X, it's tripling down. The world's most valuable company plans to soon launch three new phones that keep the edge-to-edge screen design of last year's flagship, according to sources. The devices will boast a wider ...
Samsung's new $1,000 power-user phone reflects slowdown in hardware innovation
Samsung's new smartphone illustrates the limits of innovation at a time when hardware advances have slowed. The new phone, the Galaxy Note 9, will be faster and will last longer without a recharge. But while earth-shattering new features are in short supply, it will carry ...
IPhone chipmaker TSMC races to recover from computer virus, warning of shipment delays
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which makes chips for the iPhone and other devices, has revealed details of its recovery from a debilitating computer virus, and warned of delayed shipments and reduced revenue because of the impact on its factories. TSMC said that 80 percent of ...
Apple becomes first private-sector company to reach landmark $1 trillion valuation
Apple — the culture-changing company behind the iPod, iPhone and iPad — hit another milestone Thursday, becoming the first private-sector company to surpass $1 trillion in market value. Shares of Apple finished the formal Wall Street trading day at $207.39, topping the magic number two ...
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Designed in California and made in China: How the iPhone skews the U.S. trade deficit
U.S. President Donald Trump often tweets from his iPhone about pressuring China to address its $375 billion trade surplus with the United States. But a closer look at the Apple smartphone reveals how the headline figure is distorted. The big trade imbalance — at the ...
How Samsung's new Galaxy S9 compares to the iPhone X
When Microsoft revealed a replacement to Windows 8, it skipped the number 9 and went straight to Windows 10. Apple's iPhone 8 was followed by the iPhone X (pronounced "ten"). But Samsung refused to follow: The successor to its Galaxy S8 is the Galaxy ...
Steven Soderbergh's thriller 'Unsane' shot on iPhone premieres in Berlin
Director Steven Soderbergh said on Wednesday he so enjoyed making his psychological thriller "Unsane" on an iPhone, he would find it hard to go back to conventional filmmaking. "Unsane," which premieres at the Berlin film festival, was shot over just two weeks — way shorter ...
Paris consumer protection group leads Apple probe over 'planned obsolescence'
Paris prosecutors have launched a probe of U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. over suspected "planned obsolescence" in some of its iPhone models, a judicial source said Monday. It comes after a complaint by the association Stop Planned Obsolescence (HOP or Halte a l'Obsolescence Programmee) ...
