HomePod will be available in mainland China and Hong Kong starting Friday
Availability of Apple’s Siri-powered wireless speaker is scheduled to expand to mainland China and Hong Kong starting this coming Friday, January 18
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Apple slashes iPhone XR prices for resellers in China by about $100
Conveniently ahead of Chinese New Year in February, Apple has now cut iPhone XR prices for local resellers following what has been described as a tumultuous few months.
It’s not just Apple: Samsung too could blame China for its first operating profit drop in 2 years
As slowing economic growth in China erodes demand for its products, Samsung is expected to announce its first drop in quarterly operating profit in two years.
Is China stealing Apple’s technology secrets?
Larry Kudlow, the director of the White House’s National Economic Council, seems to think so because China, in his own words, is becoming “very competitive” with Apple.
Chinese businesses urging employees to boycott Apple after Huawei CFO arrest
Chinese companies are reportedly urging employees to boycott Apple, even paying them to buy Huawei devices after their heir apparent was arrested in Canada.
Apple confirms iOS 12.1.2 circumvents Qualcomm patents in China
Apple’s acknowledged that the iPhone-exclusive iOS 12.1.2 software update has indeed circumvented a pair of Qualcomm patents, despite Qualcomm’s claims to the contrary.
Qualcomm claims Apple’s most recent iOS 12.1.2 update hasn’t circumvented its patents
Qualcomm claims that the Cupertino tech giant “continues to flout the legal” by remaining in violation of a Chinese court’s orders to stop selling iPhones 6s through iPhone X.
Apple will push special iOS updates in China to circumvent Qualcomm licensing issues
Apple will soon release special iOS updates to its Chinese customers that were specifically created to circumvent a pair of patents, owned by Qualcomm, which are essential to an iPhone injunction that the chip maker has won recently in the 1.33 billion people country.
Independent Super Micro audit finds absolutely no evidence of Chinese spy chips
An outside audit seems to have confirmed claims by Apple, Amazon and US and UK officials who have all said they have no knowledge of any hardware attacks via Super Micro.
Apple will launch HomePod in China and Hong Kong in early 2019
HomePod is officially launching in mainland China and Hong Kong in early 2019, according to Apple itself.
New HomePod 12.1.1 update brings group FaceTime indicator & support for new regions
The LEDs on your HomePod will now illuminate when in a group FaceTime call. And as a cool bonus, customers in Hong Kong and mainland China can now enjoy their HomePod fully thanks to expanded regional support.
China’s own $9 billion navigation system to provide global coverage by 2020
China doesn’t want to depend on the US’s GPS so it’s building its own satellite-based radio-navigation system.