Apple’s repurchases have totalled $274.5bn (€252bn), including $20.4bn in the December quarter alone.

Cork City Council will consider the disposal of the land bank next Monday week

The tech giant is working on a service that would let people buy goods and services and then pay them off later in instalments.

Apple parts supplier Foxconn is halting operations at its Shenzhen sites, one of which produces iPhones, in response to a government-imposed lockdown on the tech hub.

iPhone Tap to Pay will revolutionise how retailers trade — but its anticipated launch puts the spotlight on competition issues

Chief executive Tim Cook had warned in October that chip shortages were affecting the manufacturing of most Apple products.

The woman, from McLean, Virginia, also sent messages to Mr Cook saying she was applying to be his roommate and would be moving in, with a warning to 'empty the condo'

Nasdaq 100 Index down about 6% on fears that US interest rate hikes to combat inflation will curb valuations

Tech giant has been located in Cork for over 40 years

With government backing, the regulator has stepped up scrutiny of the power wielded by tech groups

Apple shares fell on Monday, with the iPhone maker erasing an initial advance that took it within striking distance of a $3tn (€2. 65trn) stock-market value for the first time ever. Shares rose as high as $182.

The company has told its component suppliers that demand for the iPhone 13 line-up has weakened, signalling some consumers have decided against trying to get the hard-to-find item

LocalEyes started in 1997 working with Apple to help globalise the tech giant's brand.

While others have taken the robotaxi route for their self-driving technology, Apple will likely shoot for that same goal as it has with its other products.

Apple has said that it will, for the first time, start selling spare parts and tools to the general public to perform their own repairs on some iPhones and Mac computers.

Apple has cut back production of iPad tablets to allocate more components to the iPhone 13, a sign the global chip supply crunch is hitting the tech giant harder than previously indicated

I make them and listen to them — and yet, I feel a strange ambivalence about podcasts and their proliferation in our private lives

The last time Microsoft dethroned Apple was in the first half of 2020 as investors flocked into growth stocks amid the Covid-19 pandemic

CEO Tim Cook says holiday quarter impact will be worse

Orders for the iPhone 13, iPad mini, ninth-generation iPad, Apple Watch Series 7 and MacBook Pro may not be fulfilled until November or December

The ongoing supply chaos is set to plague Europe's third-quarter earnings.

Tech giant has joined a growing list of household names from Toyota to Samsung forced to cut back on business because of a global shortage of semiconductors

The Dutch antitrust authority has found Apple’s rules requiring software developers to use its in-app payment system are anti-competitive and ordered it to make changes

Customers who had pre-ordered the new models online could have to wait more than four weeks for the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max and about two weeks for the base iPhone 13

The European Commission fined Google in 2018, saying that it had used Android since 2011 to thwart rivals and cement its dominance in general internet search

Having brazened it out for so long, Ireland may be about to conform to international standards and leave behind the appearance of shadiness about the way we do business

iPhone and Android users have long complained about using different chargers for their phones. The former is charged from a Lightning cable while Android-based devices are charged using USB-C connectors

Process could take five years

Some 98% of the 164 data protection cases of 'European significance' referred to the Data Protection Commission 'remain unresolved', according to a new report by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties

Bipartisan antitrust legislation aimed at Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google could hurt US competitiveness and give foreign adversaries access to sensitive information, new report claims

Tech giant has been ordered by a court to allow developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods for mobile apps

A High Court challenge has been brought by local resident against Galway County Council decision to extend the life of a planning permission granted allowing tech giant Apple build a data centre in Co Galway

However, games apps will still have to use Apple's in-app purchase system, which gives Apple up to a 30% commission on downloads and in-app subscriptions.

Proposed bill would bar tech giants from requiring software developers to use their payment systems, effectively stopping them from charging commissions on in-app purchases

A Republican and a Democratic member of the US House of Representatives introduced a bill aimed at reining in powerful app stores run by companies like Apple and Google.

Foxconn, which assembles Apple's iPhones, reported a consensus-beating 30% surge in quarterly profit but cautioned it would have to "wait and see" if the worsening Covid-19 crisis in Asia would hurt its supply chain.

Beyond the camera enhancements, the new iPhones will get relatively modest upgrades

Apple's strongest sales growth came from China, while revenue from Google advertising rose nearly 70%

The next iPhones will be Apple’s second with 5G, a key enticement pushing users to upgrade

The updated iPad mini is planned to have narrower screen borders while the removal of its home button has also been tested.

These will only work if you have an Apple device like an iPhone or iPad — Android users will have to look at the alternatives

Firm thrived as home-bound consumers stocked up on electronic devices and signed up for paid apps and services for fitness and music

The company said it plans to spend $1bn alone as it builds a new campus and engineering hub in the research triangle area of North Carolina

Virtual even streamed worldwide as Podcasts Subscriptions and AirTag unveiled