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Apple Stores get major makeover
Май 20, 2016
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Apple Stores get major makeover

One of the most successful stores in the history of retail is getting a major makeover. Apple opened the 42-by-40-foot sliding glass doors to its new flagship store here Thursday, throwing the curtain back on a design that puts a premium on hanging out over shopping. Roughly 20% of the new store's space is dedicated to an...

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Apple invests in Chinese Uber rival Didi Chuxing
Май 14, 2016
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Apple invests in Chinese Uber rival Didi Chuxing

Apple has invested $1bn (£693m) in Didi Chuxing, the car-hailing app that has a greater market share than US rival Uber in China. Tim Cook, chief executive, said that the move would help Apple to better understand the Chinese market. Didi Chuxing, previously known as Didi Kuaidi, said it represented the single largest...

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Apple’s Book, Film Services Go Dark In China
Апрель 22, 2016
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Apple’s Book, Film Services Go Dark In China

Apple Inc’s <AAPL.O> online book and film services have gone dark in China, after Beijing introduced regulations in March imposing strict curbs on online publishing, particularly for foreign firms. Attempts by Reuters to access Apple’s iBooks Store and iTunes Movies services were met with a message in Chinese...

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Celebrating the Digital Age, Apple Turns 40
Апрель 02, 2016
Culture

Celebrating the Digital Age, Apple Turns 40

Forty years ago, Apple Computer was two guys in a Silicon Valley garage. Today, it's one of the world's largest publicly traded companies. The impact that founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak would have was unimaginable when the company was created on April 1, 1976. Another Steve, VOA's Steve Baragona, goes back to...

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FBI breaks into San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone without Apple’s help, ending court case
Март 29, 2016
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FBI breaks into San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone without Apple’s help, ending court case

The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday it has successfully accessed data stored on the iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino gunman without Apple's help, ending the court case against the tech company. The surprise development effectively ends a pitched court battle between Apple and the Obama administration. The...

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Microsoft takes Tay ‘chatbot’ offline after trolls make it spew offensive comments
Март 25, 2016
LifeStyle

Microsoft takes Tay ‘chatbot’ offline after trolls make it spew offensive comments

Microsoft’s attempt to engage millennials via an artificially intelligent “chatbot” called Tay has failed miserably after trolls made the bot spew offensive comments. The brainchild of Microsoft's Technology and Research and Bing teams, Tay was designed to engage and entertain people when they connect with...

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Apple might NOT have to unlock San Bernardino killer’s phone… as ‘hacker’ approaches FBI
Март 22, 2016
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Apple might NOT have to unlock San Bernardino killer’s phone… as ‘hacker’ approaches FBI

APPLE may not be forced into unlocking the phone belonging to one of the jihadis behind the December terror attacks in California because of a possible hack. A stand-off has between Apple and the FBI has been intensifying because of the tech giant’s refusal to open Syed Farook’s iPhone. Farook and his wife Tashfeen...

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Apple hits back at ‘corrosive’ claim by US government
Март 11, 2016
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Apple hits back at ‘corrosive’ claim by US government

Apple has accused the US government of trying to "smear" it with "desperate" and "unsubstantiated" claims. It comes as the US Department of Justice (DOJ) renewed its demand for access to data on the iPhone owned by San Bernardino gunman Rizwan Farook. Apple is appealing against a court order that...

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Apple backed by judge in new iPhone access fight
Март 01, 2016
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Apple backed by judge in new iPhone access fight

A judge in the United States has ruled that Apple cannot be forced to give the FBI access to a locked iPhone in a case that echoes an ongoing legal battle. The judge in Brooklyn denied a motion by the US Justice Department to get Apple to unlock a phone in a drug case. In an unrelated case, the FBI wants Apple to unlock the...

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‘Who do they think they are?’: Presidential candidates weigh in on Apple v FBI
Февраль 18, 2016
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‘Who do they think they are?’: Presidential candidates weigh in on Apple v FBI

US presidential candidates have come down on the side of the FBI in their iPhone data access dispute with Apple. This “backdoor” episode is seen by many as the latest attempt by the US government to facilitate the surveillance of American — and foreign — citizens. The FBI is currently unable to access...

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