According to an exclusive report in Economic Times (ET), Apple is likely to soon notify iPhone users in India and 91 other countries that they may have been targeted by a “mercenary spyware” attack. This type of attack is distinct from typical cybercrime and aims to gain unauthorized access to a user’s device.What are spyware…
Apple has reportedly assembled $14 billion of iPhones in India last fiscal year, doubling production in a sign it’s accelerating a push to diversify beyond China. According to a report in Bloomberg, the US tech giant now makes as much as 14% or about 1 in 7 of its marquee devices from India, people familiar…
MUMBAI: Tata Electronics is in an advanced stage to take control of Taiwanese company Pegatron‘s India unit as it looks to expand its electronics manufacturing business and strengthen its relationship with Silicon Valley tech heavyweight customer Apple. The deal, if concluded, will be Tata Electronics’ second acquisition after Wistron InfoComm Manufacturing (India).A Tata Group source…
Pegatron is reportedly in advanced talks to hand over control of its only iPhone manufacturing facility in India to the Tata Group. According to a report in news agency Reuters, this marks the Taiwanese company’s latest scale back of its Apple partnership. The report claims to quote two sources with direct knowledge.Under the deal, which…
Apple Awas Yojana? Apple’s ecosystem, which has already created 150,000 direct jobs in the past two and a half years in India, is now focusing on providing residential facilities for its factory employees. This move aligns with the industrial housing models seen in China and Vietnam.According to government officials speaking to ET, Apple’s contract manufacturers…
To comply with the European Union’s (EU) mandate, Apple has announced new measures to help music streaming apps. As per the new measures, third-party music streaming companies that are listed on the Cupertino-based tech giant’s App Store and are available in the European Economic Area will be allowed to inform users of other ways to…
Apple reportedly has recently announced its first significant layoffs since pandemi. The job cuts are said to affect about 700 employees at its special projects group. However, the scale of these cuts is significantly smaller than the tens of thousands of jobs slashed by rival tech giants Google, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft in the last…
Apple Inc laid off more than 600 employees in California as part of the decisions to end its car and smartwatch display projects, according to filings with the California Employment Development Department. Under California law, companies must give employees and state representatives a 60-day notice before a mass layoff event.According to a report in Bloomberg,…
Apple ecosystem the biggest blue-collar job creator for India! Since the launch of the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for smartphones in August 2021, the Apple ecosystem has emerged as a major job creator in India. Directly employing over 150,000 individuals, it stands as the largest blue-collar employer in the country.Government officials and experts told ET…
India smartwatch shipments grew 21% year-on-year YoY in the third quarter Q3 of 2023 (Q3 2023) with the market share of domestic manufacturing reaching the highest ever at 82% compared to 4% a year ago, a report said. According to a report by Counterpoint Research, the growth in shipments was driven by high inventory build-up…
