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Quick Glance: Apple removes WhatsApp and Threads from China store
  • Apple has removed Meta-owned apps WhatsApp and Threads from its online store in China under pressure from the Chinese government.

  • The removal was due to 'national security concerns' as directed by the Cyberspace Administration of China.

  • The delisting closes a loophole that allowed Chinese users to access some major western social media platforms officially blocked in the country.

  • Apple is facing declining smartphone sales in China and is trying to boost demand through rare discounts.
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Tim Cook visits Singapore amid Apple's Southeast Asia expansion efforts: Tim Cook will meet with Singapore's next leader to conclude a whirlwind tour around ...
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Tim Cook visits Singapore amid Apple's Southeast Asia expansion efforts
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‘Perfect landing spot.’ Apple plans to spend more in Vietnam as it looks beyond China
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‘Perfect landing spot.’ Apple plans to spend more in Vietnam as it looks ...
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Apple plans to invest more than $250 mln to expand Singapore campus: Apple Inc plans to invest more than $250 million to expand its regional campus or operations ...
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Apple plans to invest more than $250 mln to expand Singapore campus
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Apple fixes iPhone bug that suggested Palestinian flag when some people typed ‘Jerusalem’
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Apple fixes iPhone bug that suggested Palestinian flag when some people ...
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Streaming video via Apple AirPlay to hotel TVs is finally here: Find out how Apple just made it easier for iPhone and iPad users to stream content wirelessly to ...
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Streaming video via Apple AirPlay to hotel TVs is finally here
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The iPhone 16 Plus could be the last Plus model of its kind – here’s why: Maybe size does matter, after all
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The iPhone 16 Plus could be the last Plus model of its kind – here’s why
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China's iPhone-Making Dominance May Be Coming to an End: India is offering lucrative manufacturing support programs to attract companies like Apple that want to ...
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China's iPhone-Making Dominance May Be Coming to an End
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Meta’s ChatGPT killer is taking over your favorite apps: Step aside, ChatGPT. Meta's AI assistant is here, and it's coming to apps like Instagram ...
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Meta’s ChatGPT killer is taking over your favorite apps
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You Can Now Connect Your iPhone to Your Room's TV at These 60 Hotels: Apple has announced that AirPlay is now available at around 60 hotels operated by IHG ...
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You Can Now Connect Your iPhone to Your Room's TV at These 60 Hotels
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Delta all-in-one retro game emulator now out for iPhone: "Delta" retro game emulator is now on the iPhone App Store. It can handle ROMs designed for Game ...
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Delta all-in-one retro game emulator now out for iPhone
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Daily EV Recap: EVs that can power your home: Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple Podcasts ...
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Daily EV Recap: EVs that can power your home
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Apple quiet about its iPhone 'spyware attack' warnings — but the mystery may be solved
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Apple quiet about its iPhone 'spyware attack' warnings — but the mystery ...
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AMD Ryzen Pro 8000: Professional solutions should clearly outshine Intel and Apple
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AMD Ryzen Pro 8000: Professional solutions should clearly outshine Intel ...
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Today in Apple history: Apple pays $15 million to promote Mission: Impossible: On April 18, 1996, Apple unveiled a $15 million promotional tie-in for the ...
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Today in Apple history: Apple pays $15 million to promote Mission: ...
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The Pentagon Wants to Give Defense Startups a Chance : A former Apple executive is expanding the office in charge of nurturing aspiring military contractors.
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The Pentagon Wants to Give Defense Startups a Chance
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The Long, Winding, and Weird Legacy of the Beatles’ Notorious ‘Let It Be’ Movie: Rob Sheffield on the weird legacy of the Beatles "break-up film"
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The Long, Winding, and Weird Legacy of the Beatles’ Notorious ‘Let It Be’ ...
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Apple is finally rolling out AirPlay in hotel rooms: Apple is finally rolling out the ability to use AirPlay on hotel room TVs, starting with 60 IHG hotels ...
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Apple is finally rolling out AirPlay in hotel rooms
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Why you should expect a new M-series Mac chip every year: The M4 Mac processor is coming just a year after M3. Apple's goal to release new M series ...
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Why you should expect a new M-series Mac chip every year
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Nothing’s new earbuds prove that it can (mostly) hang with the heavyweights: Nothing has announced its latest earbuds, the $149 Nothing Ear and $99 Nothing Ear ...
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Nothing’s new earbuds prove that it can (mostly) hang with the ...
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Samsung CEO reveals secret sauce that’ll help it leave Apple behind: Samsung and Apple inevitably end up being pitted against each other, such is the outsized ...
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Samsung CEO reveals secret sauce that’ll help it leave Apple behind
Quick Glance: Samsung Executives: New Work Schedule and Economic Challenges
  • Samsung Group is introducing a six-day workweek for executives in response to economic challenges and disappointing results in 2023.

  • The sudden change aims to create a sense of urgency and promote efforts to overcome the situation. The new work schedule takes effect immediately in most of Samsung's technology divisions.

  • The work culture in South Korea is renowned for its intensity. In 2022, the average worker spent 1,901 hours at work.

  • Recent data shows that Samsung has regained the top position in global smartphone shipments. First-quarter 2024 results are expected on April 30.
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First third-party app store goes live in EU: The AltStore PAL app marketplace comes from Riley Testut, the developer who just got his Delta retro-game emulator ...
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First third-party app store goes live in EU
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Cupertino revisits budget cuts, adds back multiple services: Funding for tree and sidewalk maintenance have been added back into Cupertino's budget for next ...
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Cupertino revisits budget cuts, adds back multiple services
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Everything You Need to Know About Smartphone Backups: It doesn’t take a lot of work to keep copies of your phone’s photos, videos and other files stashed ...
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Everything You Need to Know About Smartphone Backups
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Analyst who correctly predicted Apple’s stock drop reboots price target: Here's what could happen to Apple's shares next.
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Analyst who correctly predicted Apple’s stock drop reboots price target
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Apple eyes Indonesia as new manufacturing base: As part of its push outside of China, Tim Cook told Indonesia's president Wednesday the company will ...
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Apple eyes Indonesia as new manufacturing base
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What we want to see from the next Apple TV 4K: Apple TV 4K is the best streaming device you can buy — but that doesn't mean it can't be better ...
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What we want to see from the next Apple TV 4K
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Review: Quad Lock’s Smartphone Case And Mount System Is Beyond Heavy Duty: I needed a better dash mount for my iPhone and found an entire mounting system that ...
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Review: Quad Lock’s Smartphone Case And Mount System Is Beyond Heavy Duty
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Open Finance: MEPs want to give customers more control over financial data: Economic politicians have charted the EU Parliament's course on the planned ...
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Open Finance: MEPs want to give customers more control over financial data
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The latest iOS 17.5 beta gives iPhone users in the EU a new way to download apps: Direct from a website
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The latest iOS 17.5 beta gives iPhone users in the EU a new way to ...
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This Hidden iPhone Feature Could Help You Focus or Unwind: Save money on a white noise machine by using your iPhone instead.
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This Hidden iPhone Feature Could Help You Focus or Unwind
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Don't touch that filthy remote! Apple AirPlay arrives at select hotels - here's how it works
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Don't touch that filthy remote! Apple AirPlay arrives at select ...
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New Apple Patent Teases Smart MagSafe Wallet's Missing Card Alert: If you forget your physical card in your wallet, this Apple patent will alert you about ...
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New Apple Patent Teases Smart MagSafe Wallet's Missing Card Alert
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How to add Spain's digital certificate to your phone: The digital certificate is a piece of software that allows you to identify yourself during the many ...
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How to add Spain's digital certificate to your phone
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Apple loses top phonemaker spot to Samsung as iPhone shipments drop, research company says
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Apple loses top phonemaker spot to Samsung as iPhone shipments drop ...
Quick Glance: iPhone sales plummet. Here's why
  • Apple’s smartphone sales dropped by 10% last quarter, primarily due to a sharp decline in sales in China.

  • Samsung had been the top smartphone manufacturer for 12 years, but Apple briefly took the top spot last year.

  • The global smartphone market is showing signs of recovery with a 7.8% increase in smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2024.

  • Despite expectations for Apple and Samsung to maintain their market dominance, the rise of Huawei and other Chinese manufacturers like Xiaomi and OPPO/OnePlus may continue.
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If Apple loses against China so will the West: According to figures out on Monday, Apple is no longer the world’s biggest manufacturer of smartphones after a ...
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If Apple loses against China so will the West
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15 'Wealth Creator' Stocks Make Investors Filthy Rich: Not sure which S&P 500 stocks are the best to buy for the next 10 years? There's no ...
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15 'Wealth Creator' Stocks Make Investors Filthy Rich
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The Legacy of the Datapoint 2200 Microcomputer: The machine laid the foundation for personal computers from Apple and IBM
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The Legacy of the Datapoint 2200 Microcomputer
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Apple still thinks 8GB of RAM is adequate for a laptop: Despite criticism of the Macbook Pro, the Macbook Air M3 has now also come in an 8 GB version ...
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Apple still thinks 8GB of RAM is adequate for a laptop
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Apple Exploring The Use Of TSMC’s Small Outline Integrated Circuit Packaging For Future Chip Releases Du…
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Apple Exploring The Use Of TSMC’s Small Outline Integrated Circuit ...
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Goodbye Leather Apple ad raises questions about FineWoven iPhone cases: A new video from Apple highlights the company's move away from leather iPhone cases ...
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Goodbye Leather Apple ad raises questions about FineWoven iPhone cases
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Apple could finally fix iPhone’s longstanding camera flare issue: Frustrated with unwanted glares and flaring showing up in your iPhone photos? Apple could ...
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Apple could finally fix iPhone’s longstanding camera flare issue
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Samsung cracks Apple: iPhones sell worse than Galaxy phones: According to new data collection from IDC, Samsung has once again taken the crown in the mobile ...
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Samsung cracks Apple: iPhones sell worse than Galaxy phones
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Rachel Riley accuses Apple of antisemitism over flag emoji: Some iPhone users have spotted a controversial bug in the latest update which suggests the ...
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Rachel Riley accuses Apple of antisemitism over flag emoji
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Adobe Premiere Pro Gains AI Tools to Add and Remove Objects From Videos, Extend Clips and More
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Adobe Premiere Pro Gains AI Tools to Add and Remove Objects From Videos ...
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Sketchy report says base iPhone 16 Pro storage will double: iPhone 16 Pro storage will start at 256GB, according to a tipster. The change could be a way to ...
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Sketchy report says base iPhone 16 Pro storage will double
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Elusive Spotify Lossless Option May Arrive as Paid 'Music Pro' Add-on: Spotify's elusive lossless music experience is being teased again ...
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Elusive Spotify Lossless Option May Arrive as Paid 'Music Pro' Add-on
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Try These Secret AirPods Pro 2 Features Now: Apple's AirPods Pro 2 have plenty of hidden tricks to help you get even more out of your earbuds.
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Try These Secret AirPods Pro 2 Features Now