Sources: CNet
The European Commission announces plans to require the USB-C connection to become the standard port for wired charging of all smartphones, tablets, cameras, headphones, portable speakers and handheld video game consoles. 2021-09-23
Apple and Google reject an update by the National Health Service to their contact tracing app because it breaches their privacy rules. 2021-04-12
A bug in Apple Inc's FaceTime software is reported to have allowed users to spy on other devices. 2019-01-29
Citing security concerns because of recent terrorist activity, the American and British governments impose a ban affecting inbound-passengers flying from much of the Middle East and North Africa. The ban includes airplane cabin passenger-accessible items such as laptops, tablets, and other electronic devices which are larger than a smartphone. Larger such electronic devices will still be allowed on board in checked baggage which is thus more closely screened and passenger-inaccessible. 2017-03-21
Apple Inc announces that it will speed up work on an electric car to be ready by 2019. 2015-09-21
The United States International Trade Commission rules that Apple is infringing on a Samsung patent and bans the import of several popular Apple products. 2013-06-5
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook arrives in China for talks with government officials to clear up problems in the firm's biggest growth market, including the contested iPad trademark and treatment of local labor. 2012-03-27
There is a near riot in the Beijing Apple Store as the Apple iPad 2 goes on sale in the People's Republic of China. 2011-05-8
Intel announces (former codename "Oak Trail") Atom processor will be in devices beginning in May, especially designed for netbook and tablet devices. 2011-04-11