Apple News & Updates

[Siva]

Apple has been declared the world’s most valuable brand in the annual Brand Finance Global 500 index after a five-year hiatus.

While AAPL was the first company to reach a $2T market cap, brand value indices try to work out the value of the brand name itself, as distinct from the business. Specifically, it estimates the fees that could be earned from licensing the brand name …

MarketWatch reports Apple took back the No. 1 slot from Amazon.

World's most valuable brand is Apple again after 5-year break- 9to5Mac

 

[Siva]

Fortune’s annual most admired ranking for companies around the world is out today. And Apple continues its long-running domination of this survey as it again beat out Amazon, Microsoft, and Disney for first place.

For the 2021 edition, Fortune narrowed down over 1,500 companies to the most admired in the world with the help of Korn Ferry and almost 4,000 corporate executives, directors, and analysts voting in a survey.

Apple beats out Amazon, Microsoft, Disney to earn world's most admired company yet again - 9to5Mac

 

[Siva]

Apple is hiring engineers to work on next-generation 6G wireless technology, based on job listings spotted by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.

The listings are for positions at Apple's offices in Silicon Valley and San Diego, where the company works on wireless technology development and chip design, according to Gurman's report.

Bloomberg: Apple Hiring Engineers to Work on 6G Wireless Connectivity

 

[Siva]

Apple overtook Samsung to become the largest smartphone vendor worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2020, a feat not achieved by Apple since 2016, according to market data by Gartner.

Apple Surpassed Samsung as World's Largest Smartphone Maker in Fourth Quarter

 

[Sparker0i]

Hearing some new rumours about the next gen iPhones:

• 6.1": iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro
• 6.7": iPhone 14 Max, iPhone 14 Pro Max

More details:

• iPhone 14 Max to have price < $900
• Under-display Touch ID for all 4 models
• iPhone 14 Pro models to feature 48MP cameras at the back

 

[Siva]

Hearing some new rumours about the next gen iPhones:

• 6.1": iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro
• 6.7": iPhone 14 Max, iPhone 14 Pro Max

More details:

• iPhone 14 Max to have price < $900
• Under-display Touch ID for all 4 models
• iPhone 14 Pro models to feature 48MP cameras at the back

Yeah. They are going to discontinue Mini and start a big screen, low priced model to better compete with Samsung. Under display Touch ID is also expected to be exclusive to the Pro models, along with the 48 MP sensor.

Kuo: 2022 iPhones May Feature Under-Screen Touch ID

Apple may include an under the screen Touch ID sensor for some models of the 2022 iPhones, according to credible Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In an...

www.macrumors.com

 

[Yashvardhan Jain]

TSMC could start producing the 3nm M3 chipsets for MacBooks by the fourth quarter of 2022

Read more at:

Apple 3nm M3 chipsets could enter production by Q4 2022, claims report - ET Telecom

Apple M3 Chipsets: TSMC could start producing the 3nm M3 chipsets for MacBooks by the fourth quarter of 2022, says a report by DigiTimes, citing industry sources.

telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[kumarvishwas]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1505954428762955781

Source

 

[Bapun]

Apple would be forced to allow users to install apps from outside the App Store under legislation recently unveiled by the EU.

"We believe that the owner of a smartphone should have the freedom to choose how to use it,” said European Commission spokesperson Johannes Bahrke.

Apple would be forced to allow sideloading and third-party app stores under new EU law

Apple has long warned about the dangers of sideloading.

www.theverge.com

 

[Raviteja]

"We believe that the owner of a smartphone should have the freedom to choose how to use it,” said European Commission spokesperson Johannes Bahrke.

These people are just a bunch of brainless id*ots. No one forced people to buy only iPhones and those who bought the device know what they are getting into also.

This type of move can allow cracked apps (which will impact the dev's income) and also apps that can track and access your data. Companies and Govt should focus on how to protect data rather than opening everything up.