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After MacBook Air, Apple likely to upgrade MacBook Pro with better keyboard

The current 13-inch MacBook Pro still uses butterfly keyboards that can suffer from issues such as sticky or unresponsive keys after prolonged use

Microsoft hires Apple veteran Ruben Caballero for hardware, AI division

Ruben Caballero was one of the founding leaders of the iPhone hardware team and later expanding his role to include iPad, Apple Watch, Macintosh and all other hardware products

Covid-19: Apple to produce 1 mn face shields a week for health workers

Apple joins several global firms that have modified their production lines to meet the demand for protective gear, including Italian luxury brand Prada.

Apple acquires weather app Dark Sky, to shut down Android version in June

Service to existing users and subscribers of Dark Sky will continue until July 1, at which point the app will be shut down. Subscribers who are still active at that time will receive a refund.

Apple supplier Foxconn's profit down 24% in fourth quarter of 2019

Foxconn reported its biggest monthly drop in revenue in about seven years in February as the outbreak continued to play havoc with its business

Sony Walkman NW-A105 takes you back to good old days, but at a high price

We thought of replacing smartphone (for social media and music) with the Walkman for a day, and the experience was totally new

Covid-19: Apple limits online iPhone purchases to two handsets per person

The purchase limits come as Apple braces for a blow due to the coronavirus' impact on sales, both due to supply chain disruptions and weak demand.

France hits Apple with record $1.2 bn fine for anti-competitive practices

The authority said it found that Apple acted to prevent independent retailers in France from competing on price and abused its economic power over them

Covid-19: Apple to reopen branded stores in China a month after shutdown

The iPhone maker's Chinese website listed the opening time for all stores, which varies from 10:00 am to 11:00 am local time

The Hollywood-inspired start-up with business tools that don't need coding

Set up in 2015, Gyana helps one create things by using GUI or conversational tools, and aims to make data science accessible even to non-techies

Apple supplier Foxconn's revenue hammered by coronavirus outbreak

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Apple's manufacturing partner Foxconn <2317.TW> reported its biggest monthly drop in revenue in about seven years on Thursday as the coronavirus outbreak continued to play havoc with its business.

Apple supplier Foxconn to resume normal production in China end of March

Businesses have been hit hard as governments slapped travel curbs to contain the outbreak, upending supply chains and eroding demand

Coronavirus: MS Windows OEM, Surface segments to miss revenue forecast

After Apple, Microsoft is the latest to vocalise impact to business over the spread of the disease

In a major boost to electronic giants, SEZs clear local sourcing test

While 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) is allowed in single-brand retail, if the foreign investment exceeds 51 per cent, the 30 per cent mandatory local sourcing norm kicks in

Letter to BS: How Larry Tesler's 'cut, copy, paste' took the world by storm

Steve Jobs hired Tesler for Apple when he saw the latter use a mouse to point and click at icons on a prototype

Apple weighs letting users switch default iPhone apps to rival firms

To date, rival browsers like Google Chrome and Firefox and mail apps like Gmail and Microsoft Outlook have lacked the status of Apple's products.

Coronavirus in China will cut iPhone production, Apple warns investors

Apple says demand for iPhones is also down in China because many of Apple's 42 retail stores there are closed or operating with reduced hours

French consumer watchdog fines Apple $27.4 mn over iPhone-slowing software

The scandal erupted in December 2017, when the US tech giant admitted that its most recent iOS software was slowing the performance of older telephones whose battery life was deteriorating.

Apple logs double-digit growth in India with aggressive pricing, strategy

2019 witnesses fastest rollout of new iPhones in India

Top headlines: BofA CEO bullish on India, US lawsuits against call centres

From BofA CEO praising the Indian economy to US filing lawsuits against call centres, mostly Indian, here are the day's top headlines