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Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook's revelation is an example of the increasingly public philanthropy of the world's richest people.  (Photo: Reuters)

Tim Cook joins philanthropy bandwagon, will give away all his money: Fortune

by Edwin Chan |Mar 27, 2015

Fortune magazine cited Cook as saying he planned to donate his estimated US $785-million fortune to charity - after paying for his nephew's college education.

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Apple's iTunes, App Store back online after 12-hour outage due to internal error

by Edwin Chan |Mar 12, 2015

The rare 12-hour outage began a little before 2:30 pm on Wednesday, after which users took to Twitter to vent their frustration.

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Apple debuts $17,000 watch, some waiting for killer app

by Alexei Oreskovic |Mar 10, 2015

Apple's first new device since Cook became CEO will be available for order on April 10 and in stores on April 24.

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Apple may delay production of larger iPad till September

by Edwin Chan |Mar 5, 2015

The production will be delayed because of problems involving the supply of the display panel, a Bloomberg News report said.

 The iPhone maker is pushing its "car team" of about 200 people to meet that goal, Bloomberg reported.

Apple plans to produce electric vehicles by 2020: Report

by Edwin Chan |Feb 20, 2015

Apple Inc aims to begin producing an electric vehicle as early as 2020, Bloomberg cited people with knowledge of the matter as saying, a seemingly aggressive target for a mobile devices maker with...

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Samsung buys LoopPay, signals move toward mobile payments service

by Edwin Chan |Feb 19, 2015

Samsung had invested in LoopPay, along with Visa and Synchrony Financial, signalling its intention to launch a smartphone payments service.

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Apple's iPhone sales help earnings beat estimates

by Edwin Chan |Oct 21, 2014

Orders for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus  models began in September, helping Apple chalk up a 12.2 per cent jump in revenue in the previous quarter to US $42.12 billion.

A visitor takes a photo with a tablet in front of a Hewlett-Packard (HP) stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 27, 2014. (Photo:Reuters)

HP faces uphill battle with newly minted PC unit

by Edwin Chan |Oct 7, 2014

"HP Inc will be a fairly good cash-generating machine but growth will certainly be a struggle," said Brian Fox, a portfolio manager at Standard Life Investments.

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Apple to add security alerts for iCloud users, says CEO Tim Cook

by Edwin Chan |Sep 5, 2014

Apple will alert users through email and push notifications when someone tries to change an account password or restore iCloud data to a new device.

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Celebrity hacking clouds Apple's upcoming product launch

by Edwin Chan |Sep 4, 2014

In the wake of the breach, cybersecurity experts and mobile developers have called out inadequacies in Apple's and, more generally, cloud-services security.