Sources: Biz Journals
Apple and Google remove apps by the Chinese company ByteDance, including TikTok, Lemon8, and CapCut, from their app stores in the United States to comply with the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. 2025-01-18
Cybersecurity software maker Check Point reports "HummingBad" malware has infected at least 10 million Android devices, mostly in China and India. Check Point says a team of developers based in Beijing is behind "HummingBad" which gives hackers administrative-level access to infected devices. Apple devices have been hit by similar malware. 2016-07-5
Two new classes of malware called "Wirelurker" and "Rootpipe" attack Apple products. 2014-11-6
The European Commission announces that they will begin a formal investigation into Apple, Starbucks and Fiat in relation to tax arrangements with Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. 2014-06-11
The Guardian obtains a copy of a document from April that reveals that the NSA is mining data using PRISM, spying on the e-mails and web activities of American citizens through direct access to Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, YouTube, Skype, Yahoo, Paltalk and AOL. The Guardian's report does not state from whom they obtained the document. 2013-06-6
The U.S. International Trade Commission sides with Apple against a claim by Google that Apple's popular iPhones violate a Google patent. 2013-04-22
Apple Inc. is denied their request to sell their phones under the name "iPhone" in Brazil after regulators voted in favor of IGB Electronica who won the rights to use the name in 2008. 2013-02-13
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
Mark Papermaster, who engineered the Apple Inc. iPhone, leaves the company due to the antenna issues associated with the iPhone 4. 2010-08-8
Steve Jobs unveils the Apple iPad, a tablet PC at a press conference in San Francisco. 2010-01-27