Clubhouse tops Japan chart as CEOs and celebrities embrace chat app
The invite-only drop-in conversation app, currently only on iPhones, topped the country’s download charts with more than 440,000 new installs last week.
Japanese mobile carriers start taking preorders for the iPhone 12
The nation's three major mobile phone carriers on Friday started taking preorders for Apple Inc.'s first 5G-enabled iPhones ahead of their Oct. 23 release. "The era of 5G has come," KDDI Corp. President Makoto Takahashi told a news conference, referring to the ultrafast wireless network. KDDI ...
Can the iPhone 12 accelerate 5G's lagging rollout in Japan?
Currently, there is hardly any content that takes full advantage of 5G’s tech merits and network coverage remains spotty.
Trailing are Microsoft and Amazon, each at about $1.6 trillion, followed by Google-owner Alphabet at just over $1 trillion.
Apple threatens to block Epic's Unreal Engine in app store commission dispute
Under Apple's rules, games must bill subscriptions and purchases through Apple’s own billing system, which charges a 30 percent fee.
Japan's new virus contact-tracing app promises privacy in bid for reach
Officials hope the app will serve as a deterrent against a second wave of infections considered to be a growing risk in Japan.
Japan mobile carriers launch new iPhone SE after virus-delayed debut
The updated budget model from 2016 hits the market after a two-week coronavirus delay as parts of Japan cautiously resume economic activity.
Japanese government to release coronavirus contact-tracing app in May
The new app will detect nearby phones with the same app and send alerts to those who have been in close contact with users diagnosed as infected with the coronavirus.
Apple finds no evidence hackers exploited Mail flaw on iPhones and iPads
The technology giant is countering assertions by cybersecurity company ZecOps Inc. that hackers may have been able to infiltrate iPhones and other iOS devices for more than a year.
Apple plans to ditch Intel and make its own chips for some Macs
By next year, Apple Inc. is planning to start selling Mac computers that contain main processors it has made itself, relying on designs that helped popularize the iPhone and iPad, according to people familiar with the matter. The Cupertino, California-based technology giant is working on ...
Apple iPhones and iPads vulnerable to hackers by flaws in mail app
Apple Inc. plans to release a patch after the cybersecurity company ZecOps Inc. found vulnerabilities that may have allowed hackers to exploit iPhones, devices used by hundreds of millions of people. San Francisco-based ZecOps discovered two "exploitable vulnerabilities” in Apple’s mail app and alerted the ...
