Congressional lawmakers sent a letter Tuesday to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking for more information about a FaceTime bug that allowed users to eavesdrop on each other. The letter — penned by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), chairwoman of the Consumer Protection …
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If you want a sense of how much power Apple holds over Silicon Valley, take a look at what the iPhone maker did to Google and Facebook this week. On Wednesday, Apple yanked enterprise certificates — digital signatures that both the tech giants used to run software on iPhones and iPads. That shut down internal apps employees at Google and …
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Apple has closed the Group FaceTime security bug that put users at risk of eavesdropping. The company said in a statement Friday that it has fixed the vulnerability on its servers and that it will issue a software update to re-enable Group FaceTime next week. The bug had meant that any Apple device — including iPhones, iPads and Macs — …
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When Apple warned earlier this month that sales over the holidays were as much as 11 percent lower than expected, it was a shock. Now it looks like a trend. Now playing: Watch this: Apple earnings report confirms iPhone slowdown 5:56 On Tuesday, Apple forecast sales of between $55 billion and $59 billion for the second fiscal quarter, compared with average …
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Apple says its continuing to expand its investments in US manufacturing. The smartphone maker spent $60 billion with 9,000 American component suppliers and companies in 2018, the company said in a post Monday. That’s an increase of more than 10 percent from the year before. Apple highlighted several of its US-made components, including touch-sensitive glass for iPhone and iPad models …
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Early this month, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave us the bad news in broad strokes. On Tuesday, we’ll find out just how bad it was. In a letter shared with investors on Jan. 2, Cook revealed that revenue in the company’s fiscal first quarter, ended on Dec. 29, would miss Apple’s own forecasts by about 15 percent. He laid most of the …
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Today is the 35th birthday of the first Macintosh computer, and Apple CEO Tim Cook took to twitter to mark the occasion. 35 years ago, Macintosh said hello. It changed the way we think about computers and went on to change the world. We love the Mac, and today we’re proud that more people than ever are using it to …
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On this podcast, we talk about: LG launching a phone with a second-screen attachment. Netflix raising membership prices yet again. Apple’s Tim Cook calling for privacy regulation. Now playing: Watch this: Netflix’s price hikes are coming quick 1:41 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News …
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Apple’s $29 battery replacement program may have seriously dinged sales of its 2018 iPhone models. The company replaced 11 million iPhone batteries under the program, John Gruber of tech-focused blog Daring Fireball reported Monday, citing Apple CEO Tim Cook at an all-hands meeting. Typically, the company replaces 1 million to 2 million batteries each year, Daring Fireball noted. Cook cited the program’s …
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Dialog Semiconductor reported on Monday that its quarterly sales projection would be at the low end of its target. The German chipmaker, which relies on Apple for about 75 percent of its revenue, said its preliminary revenue for the fourth quarter of 2018 was around $431 million. That compares with the guidance range of $430 million to $470 million given …
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