Apple has agreed to pay up to $500m (€453m) to settle litigation accusing it of quietly slowing down older iPhones as it launched new models, to induce owners to buy replacement phones or batteries.

It’s hard to believe that the original iPad was launched nearly 10 years ago this year by Steve Jobs. Jobs referred to it as a new category of device and time has proven that he was right.

It is because the coronavirus alert in China has cut production of iPhones.

Hon Hai Precision - also known also as Foxconn - cut its 2020 revenue outlook after deciding to impose strict quarantines at its main iPhone-making base, a measure to guard against the coronavirus outbreak that may hurt Apple.

Wall Street analysts were smitten by a rebound in sales of Apple’s iPhones after a year of decline. So much, in fact, that they looked past a weaker-than-expected rise in services revenue, the company’s growth driver.

Everyone knows that the global corporate tax system needs to be overhauled, Apple chief executive Tim Cook has said, backing changes to global rules that are under consideration.

Leo Varadkar described how the tech giant has grown in Ireland, particularly in Cork, over the years.

Apple’s chief executive officer, Tim Cook, will meet with the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, in Dublin, later this month, to receive an award from the Government. It is in recognition of the company’s 40 years of investment in Ireland, according to IDA Ireland.

Cook will receive an award from Varadkar on January 20, in recognition of the company’s 40 years of investment in Ireland, according to IDA Ireland.

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Apple has told the Dáil's communications committee that it is no longer using contractors to listen to Siri recordings taken from customer devices.

Celebrity chef Raymond Blanc reveals his passion for heritage apples and offers tips on the best types to grow for specific dishes.

The Department of Finance can “no longer hide behind” data protection rules to refuse to reveal how much it paid barristers to work on the €14bn Apple appeal, the Public Accounts Committee has said.

Shipments of Apple’s AirPods wireless earphones are expected to double to 60m units in 2019 sources claim.

The Government has said it is “considering” its refusal to disclose payments to lawyers in the €14bn Apple appeal after its stance has been “completely undermined”.

A Cork based unit of iPhone maker, Apple, has been ordered to pay €15,000 to a senior customer service representative who was unfairly dismissed over the content of online ‘chats’ with colleagues.

Apple last night forecast sales for the crucial holiday shopping quarter that beat Wall Street expectations, with chief executive Tim Cook saying that new iPhone 11 models were off to “a very, very good start” as sales of AirPods, Apple Watches, and streaming services continue to rise.

One of the headline features of the new Apple Watch Series 5 is the long-awaited always-on display.

Mobile payments services such as Apple Pay are in EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager’s crosshairs, weeks after her team sought industry feedback about Facebook’s planned Libra digital currency project.

However, Apple declined to say how many jobs will be available in Cork when the revised programme begins again at its headquarters in Hollyhill

A wave of job losses has caused concern in Cork after 300 tech staff were laid off.

The country’s data protection watchdog is in talks with Apple to establish how letting contractors here listen to Siri recordings was complaint with the tech giant’s GDPR obligations.

Apple is readying a clutch of new hardware for the coming weeks and months, including ‘Pro’ iPhones, upgrades to iPads and its largest laptop in years.

Contractors in Cork were expected to each listen to more than 1,000 recordings from Siri every shift - before Apple suspended the practice last month, according to an employee who had their contract abruptly terminated this week.

An Irish firm which provides services to Apple has confirmed that job losses are on the cards after a “client project” finished early.

Shares of Apple rose over 4% after the company calmed Wall Street nerves with an improvement in sales in China, statements from brokerages predicting a boost in its services business, and the launch of new iPhones.

The National Treasury Management Agency has invested disputed taxes collected from Apple in low risk, highly rated euro- dominated fixed income securities, mainly short- to medium-term sovereign and quasi-sovereign bonds, it said in its annual report.

Apple has joined Dell, Microsoft, HP and Intel in opposing US President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on laptop computers and tablets among the $300bn (€268bn) in Chinese goods targeted for a 25% tariff increase on July 2 when the consultation period for public comment ends.