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Apple Said to Near Road Tests of Self-Driving Car Software

EghtesadOnline: Apple Inc. will soon take its self-driving car software platform to public streets for the first time, a major step that gets the world’s largest technology company into a crowded race to reshape transportation.
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Publish Date:15/April/2017 | 05:14

Forget Apple . Xiaomi CEO Now Wants to Be More Like Costco

EghtesadOnline: Xiaomi Corp. says it’s misunderstood. Once compared with Apple Inc. for its sleek smartphones and charismatic leadership, the Chinese startup is seeking an image makeover as it tries to recover from a sales-growth slide.
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Publish Date:05/April/2017 | 05:15

Chinese court rules in favor of Apple in local design patent disputes

EghtesadOnline: A Chinese court has ruled in favor of Apple in design patent disputes between the Cupertino, California company and a domestic phone-maker, overturning a ban on selling iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus phones in China, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Publish Date:26/March/2017 | 06:14

Apple drives further into Facebook, Snap territory with video app

EghtesadOnline: With the release of a new video app called Clips, Apple Inc is inching one step closer to fully engaging in the messaging world, where its huge base of iPhone users could help it compete with Snap Inc's Snapchat and Facebook Inc's Messenger.
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Publish Date:22/March/2017 | 07:46
CEO Tim Cook is betting on augmented reality, a cousin of VR that he believes will keep his company on top and may even supplant the iPhone.

Apple ’s Next Big Thing: Augmented Reality

EghtesadOnline: Tim Cook has talked up a lot of technologies since becoming Apple Inc.'s chief executive in 2011. Driverless cars. Artificial intelligence. Streaming television. But no technology has fired up Cook quite like augmented reality, which overlays images, video and games on the real world.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 16:20

Swatch Takes on Google, Apple With Watch Operating System

EghtesadOnline: Swatch Group AG said it’s developing an alternative to the iOS and Android operating systems for smartwatches as Switzerland’s largest maker of timepieces vies with Silicon Valley for control of consumers’ wrists.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 22:06

Foxconn Rides Wave of 'iPhone 8' Expectations

EghtesadOnline: Growing optimism about the next iPhone has propelled Apple Inc. to record highs. Halfway around the globe, a lesser-known Taiwanese company is riding that same wave of euphoria.
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Publish Date:20/February/2017 | 05:04
The company is testing a new Apple TV capable of streaming ultra-high-definition 4K. It may not be enough to take on Amazon and Roku.

Apple Vowed to Revolutionize Television. An Inside Look at Why It Hasn’t

EghtesadOnline: Earlier this month, Apple Inc. poached the chief of Amazon's Fire TV unit to run its television operations. Timothy D. Twerdhal brings hardware and content experience to his new gig, and his hiring suggests a renewed focus on the Apple TV set-top box.
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Publish Date:16/February/2017 | 20:20

Apple Weighs Chinese Supplier for Next-Gen iPhone Screens

EghtesadOnline: Apple Inc. is in discussions with China’s BOE Technology Group Co. to supply next-generation displays for future iPhones, a key component that’s being provided by a Samsung Electronics Co. unit, people familiar with the matter said.
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Publish Date:15/February/2017 | 05:07

Apple Hires Amazon’s Fire TV Head to Run Apple TV Business

EghtesadOnline: Apple Inc. has hired Timothy D. Twerdahl, the former head of Amazon.com Inc.’s Fire TV unit, as a vice president in charge of Apple TV product marketing and shifted the executive who previously held the job to a spot negotiating media content deals.
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Publish Date:08/February/2017 | 09:57

Trump’s Strong Dollar Means Weaker Sales at Apple , Honeywell

EghtesadOnline: The Trump dollar is taking a bite out of the earnings prospects for U.S. companies. Apple Inc. is boosting the prices of iPhones sold abroad by as much as 40 percent to offset the declining value of foreign sales when they’re converted to dollars. Those higher prices hurt Apple ’s ability to compete. Industrial giant Honeywell International Inc. is trimming its sales forecast this year by $600 million and hedging in the currency markets.
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Publish Date:04/February/2017 | 04:53

Apple strategy in 'smart home' race threatened by Amazon

EghtesadOnline: In less than a year, Amazon's combination of the Echo speaker system and the Alexa voice-controlled digital assistant has come close to delivering on the elusive promise of easy-to-use technology that can control gadgets in the home with a few spoken words.
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Publish Date:27/January/2017 | 19:23

Apple files $1 billion lawsuit against chip supplier Qualcomm

EghtesadOnline: Apple Inc filed a $1 billion lawsuit against supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday, days after the U.S. government accused the chip maker of resorting to anticompetitive tactics to maintain a monopoly over key semiconductors in mobile phones.
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Publish Date:21/January/2017 | 04:56