A Chinese court has ordered a ban on the sale of several older Apple Inc iPhone models in China for violating two patents of chipmaker Qualcomm Inc

The store, roughly 33,000 square feet (3,000 square metre) in the southern city of Bengaluru will help Samsung maintain its lead in India over global rival Apple Inc.

While the sharp decline in rupee's value has unnerved importers, it has also brought cheer to many Indians who stand to gain from its slide.

Xiaomi priced its shares at lower end of HKD 17 each. The pricing values Xiaomi at about USD 54 billion, roughly half of the Xiaomi's initial expectation.

China's Xiaomi Corp priced its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) at the bottom of an indicative range, raising $4.72 billion in the world's biggest tech float in four years, people close to the transaction said on Friday.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp has lined up $548 million from seven cornerstone investors including U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc for its Hong Kong IPO of up to $6.1 billion, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters.

Xiaomi, a Chinese startup that helped pioneer the trend toward ultra-low-priced smartphones, is preparing for what would be the biggest initial public offering since e-commerce giant Alibaba's in 2014.

Australian Court fines AppleAn Australian court fined US electronics giant Apple Inc A$9 million ($6.7million) on Tuesday after a regulator accused it of using a software update todisable iPhones which had cracked screens fixed by third parties. TheAustralian Competitor and Consumer Commission (ACCC) sued the world's biggest companyby market value for \"bricking\" - or using a software update todisable - hundreds of smartphones and tablet devices, then refusing to unlockthem if th...

Qualcomm has taken the covers off its newest mobile processor Snapdragon 710. It is part of the Snapdragon 700 series that was announced last year. The Snapdragon 710 is more powerful than the Snapdragon 660, Qualcomm's premium mid-range processor.

The demonstrations at Google I/O, an annual event for creators of Google-compatible products, showed how big technology companies are positioning themselves for a lucrative artificial intelligence revolution while grappling with heightened scrutiny about their societal influence.

Since Xiaomi is among the world's largest smartphone, electronics and software firm, the listing of the stock will attract huge investor interest across the globe.

Cambridge Analytica and British parent shut down after Facebook scandalCambridge Analytica, the firm embroiled in a controversy over its handling of Facebook Inc user data, and its British parent SCL Elections Ltd, are shutting down immediately after suffering a sharp drop in business, the company said on Wednesday. The company will begin bankruptcy proceedings, it said, after losing clients and facing mounting legal fees resulting from the scandal over reports the company harvest...

Smartphone and connected device maker Xiaomi filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering on Thursday, in what is expected to be the largest listing by a Chinese tech company in almost four years.

A deal with Flipkart would step up Walmart's battle with Amazon.com for a bigger share of India's fledgling e-commerce market, which Morgan Stanley estimates will be worth $200 billion in a decade. Local media have reported that Amazon is exploring a possible counter offer for Flipkart.

Cambridge Analytica estimates blow up to 87 million victimsFacebook Inc said on Wednesday that the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from a previous news media estimate of more than 50 million. Most of the up to 87 million people whose data was shared with Cambridge Analytica were in the United States, Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer wrote...

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Smartphone manufacturers are working towards integrating the fingerprint scanner under the phone's display.

Xiaomi is also planning to bring more products into the Indian market and have applied for approvals from appropriate approvals.