Sam Altman and Jony Ive are developing new AI hardware, but matching the success of the iPhone won’t be easy

Sam Altman and Jony Ive are developing new AI hardware, but matching the success of the iPhone won’t be easy

Earlier this week, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman made a surprise announcement that his company is acquiring io, a startup founded by Jony Ive, Apple’s former industrial designer, for $6.5 billion. The news caught everyone in Silicon Valley off guard, and its impact was felt at Apple, whose shares dropped by 2.3 per cent. Both Altman […]

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Apple App Store drives Rs 44,447 crores in India sales; developers’ global earnings triple

Apple App Store drives Rs 44,447 crores in India sales; developers’ global earnings triple

Apple on Monday released a new study conducted by Professor Viswanath Pingali from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, on the economic impact of its App Store ecosystem in India. According to Apple, the App Store in India facilitated Rs 44,447 crores ($5.31 billion) in developer billings and sales. Notably, over 94 per cent of […]

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Apple rakes in 4 billion in revenue, India scores all-time revenue record

Apple rakes in $394 billion in revenue, India scores all-time revenue record

Apple CEO Tim Cook Thursday said the company’s $90.1 billion September quarter record revenue was powered by strong performance in emerging markets like India where it also set an all-time revenue record. “Across nearly every geographic segment, we reached a new revenue record for the quarter and we continue to perform incredibly well in emerging […]

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Apple’s updated App Store policy only tightens its grip over the marketplace it runs

Apple’s updated App Store policy only tightens its grip over the marketplace it runs

Apple’s updated App Store policy only tightens its grip over the marketplace it runs Apple’s updated App Store policy only tightens its grip over the marketplace it runs Zacchaeus is an anti-hero in one of the short portions in the Holy Bible. He is depicted as an evil tax collector based in the ancient town […]

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Mobile phone critic Pope Francis meets Apple chief Tim Cook

Mobile phone critic Pope Francis meets Apple chief Tim Cook

Pope Francis, who has often said people should limit their use of cellphones and give preference to personal communication, granted a private audience on Monday to Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook. Cook, head of the $2.4 trillion company whose iPhone has revolutionised personal communication, was on the pope’s daily audience list. As is customary, the […]

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Apple chief Tim Cook: ‘Life without AR would soon be unthinkable’

Apple chief Tim Cook: ‘Life without AR would soon be unthinkable’

Over the last several days, Apple CEO Tim Cook has been travelling across various European countries. One of the stops was the University of Naples Federico II, where Cook was awarded an honorary degree in Innovation and International Management. After receiving the degree, he spoke to Dutch news outlet Bright about the future of augmented […]

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Apple unlikely to bring RCS support to iPhones, suggests CEO Tim Cook

Apple unlikely to bring RCS support to iPhones, suggests CEO Tim Cook

Apple CEO Tim Cook said that the company is not considering adopting RCS messaging on its iPhones. This could mean that there is no end in sight to the “green bubbles” that surround text messages from an Android user when you use an iPhone. Cook made the comments at the annual Code 2022 conference. As […]

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Apple’s ‘Far Out’ 2022 Event Wrap Up

Apple’s ‘Far Out’ 2022 Event Wrap Up

Apple’s ‘Far Out’ event was closely tracked to get a sense of where the Cupertino-based company will be making updates and changes. As expected, newer models of the iPhone, Apple watch and earbuds were unveiled on Wednesday. Apart from the gadgets, the smartphone maker launched its satellite-based connectivity feature that lets people use the company’s […]

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Apple revenues from India nearly doubled in April-June, says Tim Cook

Apple revenues from India nearly doubled in April-June, says Tim Cook

The company added that it logged record revenues in both developed as well as emerging markets The company added that it logged record revenues in both developed as well as emerging markets Technology giant Apple, which late on July 28, 2022 reported a 2% increase in revenues to $83 billion for April-June quarter, saw a […]

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India among countries clocking revenue records that help Apple score ‘better than expected’ Q3 results

India among countries clocking revenue records that help Apple score ‘better than expected’ Q3 results

Apple Thursday announced a “better than expected” $83.0 billion third quarter result, which CEO Tim Cook acknowledged was powered also by “June quarter revenue records in developed and emerging markets with double digit growth in Brazil, Indonesia and Vietnam, and a new doubling of revenue in India”. In the earnings call with analysts after the […]

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