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<p>CEO Tim Cook said iPhone sales still experienced 'growth in some markets, including China'.</p>

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Apple shares up 6% in after-hours trade as Cook says revenues will get back to growth

Company's chief executive says revenue in second quarter fell to €84.6bn but eyes growth of 'low single digits' in the current quarter

<p>Analysts on average see iPhone sales, which account for about half of Apple's revenue, falling by almost 10.5% in the first three months of 2024. </p>

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Apple set to report large quarterly revenue decline

<p>Previously, tech companies such as Apple and Google loaded phones with default settings that included their preferred services, such as the voice assistant Siri for iPhones. Changing these settings required a more complicated process. File Picture</p>

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EU's new tech laws are working - small browsers gain market share

Tim Cook

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US justice department sues Apple over smartphone monopoly power

Big Tech performance raises questions over whether stock markets are overheating

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Big Tech performance raises questions over whether stock markets are overheating

Big Tech’s €130bn cash haul points to payouts for shareholders

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Big Tech’s €130bn cash haul points to payouts for shareholders

Government's new online safety regulatory reforms

Social media firms ‘not ready to tackle misinformation’ during global elections

Experts urge big tech companies to ensure their platforms are equipped to protect democracy in 2024 votes

Fri, 15 Sep, 2023

Britain Tech Rules

Peter Brown: AI-driven big tech stocks are ridiculously over valued and are set for a slide

The US tech-heavy Nasdaq index has climbed 27% since the start of the year and the broader S&P 500 is up 15%.

Sun, 13 Aug, 2023

FILE PHOTO The EU General Court has upheld a €2.4 billion fine from 2017 against Google, for abusing its search engine dominance

As layoffs increase, Ireland's well-paid tech workers are rushing to join trade unions

With 2,300 jobs lost and more to come, the tides are turning across Ireland's tech industry

Thu, 25 May, 2023

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Europe unable to police how big tech uses our data, says report

Five years since going live, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is “largely paralysed”, one of Ireland’s foremost privacy advocacy bodies has said.

Mon, 15 May, 2023

Meta layoffs expected

Facebook-parent Meta sees strong second-quarter revenue

Shares soar 9% in extended trading.

Wed, 26 Apr, 2023

Big Tech results to test whether layoffs is passing phase or indicator of recession

Big Tech results to test whether layoffs is passing phase or indicator of recession

Official Irish figures suggest that so far the fallout has been limited on the wider economy here

Mon, 24 Apr, 2023

Ford staff stage 24-hour walkout

Ford plans 'to shed 3,200 jobs across Europe'

Ford plans to cut up to 3,200 jobs across Europe and move some product development work to the US, Germany's IG Metall union has said, vowing action that would disrupt the carmaker across the continent if the cuts go ahead.

Mon, 23 Jan, 2023

People Kanye

Terry Prone: From Kanye West to Elon Musk, wealthy exploiters kept on getting their own way

Taylor Swift, among many others, could tell us a thing or two about the privileged rich men we keep letting off the hook

Mon, 07 Nov, 2022

Apple iPhone Privacy Crackdown

Apple cannot rely on huge shares buyback alone as focus falls on earnings

A massive share buyback may not be enough for Apple investors amid the worst month for big tech since the global financial crisis.

Wed, 27 Apr, 2022

Virus Outbreak China

Apple laptop-maker joins growing Covid plant closures in China

Over 30 Taiwanese companies including Pegatron and Apple Macbook-maker Quanta Computer have now halted production in the electronics hubs of eastern China to comply with local Covid-related restrictions, spelling more trouble for an already fragile ...

Wed, 13 Apr, 2022

Irish Examiner view: Big tech stocks out of date

Irish Examiner view: Big tech stocks out of date

Is the golden era for Big Tech stocks coming to an end?Market frenzy on Wall Street last week after Meta, Facebook’s parent company, suffered the greatest one-day loss in history — some $230 billion was wiped off the company’s value — was countered ...

Tue, 08 Feb, 2022

G7 Finance Ministers meeting

Big tech stocks shrug off G7 tax plan for now

The G7 nations have agreed to back a minimum global corporate tax rate of at least 15%

Mon, 07 Jun, 2021

Trump

Irish Examiner view: Trump ban exposes power of tech giants

Censorship must always be appropriate

Thu, 14 Jan, 2021

Anu Bradford: Consumer to benefit as the Brussels Effect comes for Big Tech

Anu Bradford: Consumer to benefit as the Brussels Effect comes for Big Tech

Because the EU is one of the world’s largest consumer markets, most multinational corporations accept its terms of business as the price of admission, writes Anu Bradford

Mon, 21 Dec, 2020

Opportunities for closure are slipping away from Mother and Baby home survivors

Opportunities for closure are slipping away from Mother and Baby home survivors

We owe it to the Mother and Baby home survivors to listen and to support them when the report comes out in January.

Thu, 03 Dec, 2020

Amazon creates Counterfeit Crimes Unit

Clodagh Finn: Forget big tech - time to help small business

Columnist Clodagh Finn says think before you click and buy - Irish businesses trying to make it through this pandemic need your custom

Sat, 24 Oct, 2020

We all deserve a bigger slice of the Big Tech pie

We all deserve a bigger slice of the Big Tech pie

Alienated from a market trading in us, we have become cogs in a production process that excludes us as anything but its product — that must end, writes

Wed, 24 Oct, 2018