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Apple’s Cook makes third trip to China in 2024 amid iPhone slump

The CEO lauded the importance of Apple’s Chinese partners at the International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing.

25 Nov 2024 - 3:04PM

Apple

Apple reveals App Store revenue share in China as Huawei rivalry grows

20 Nov 2024 - 8:44PM

US presidential election 2024

From chip war to TikTok ban: what tech can expect from Donald Trump

7 Nov 2024 - 10:20AM

Apple

Apple to face first fine under new EU digital antitrust rules

The penalty, under the Digital Markets Act, is related to the iPhone maker’s App Store.

6 Nov 2024 - 10:07AM

Apple

Apple’s China sales continue to fall despite Cook’s charm offensive

The iPhone maker has continued to struggle in China despite growth elsewhere, with sales in the market down 7.7 per cent over 12 months.

1 Nov 2024 - 3:06PMvideocam

US presidential election 2024

Here’s how US billionaires and their employees are approaching the election

From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, some company executives are mega donors while others are staying neutral.

28 Oct 2024 - 3:37PM

Apple

Apple’s Tim Cook meets China’s commerce minister, pledges more investment

Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao welcomed Apple to get more “deeply involved” in China, while Cook reiterated Apple’s commitment to the market.

25 Oct 2024 - 6:00PM

Apple

Strong iPhone 16 debut lifts Apple to No 2 smartphone vendor in China

Apple captured 15.6 per cent of the Chinese smartphone market, behind Vivo’s 18.6 per cent in one of its most important markets.

25 Oct 2024 - 8:00AM

Apple

Apple’s Tim Cook meets Chinese regulators but no final word on AI roll-out

Chinese consumers have been vocal about their desire to see Apple bring its generative AI services to China as soon as possible.

23 Oct 2024 - 6:47PM

Apple

Tim Cook returns to China as Apple Intelligence roll-out remains uncertain

The Apple chief executive is keeping his ear to the ground in one of the US tech giant’s largest markets.

22 Oct 2024 - 5:15PM

Apple chief executive Tim Cook poses for a selfie with famous Chinese photographer Chen Man in Beijing. Photo: Weibo

Smartphones

Huawei’s China smartphone sales in August surpass those of Apple, report says

That aligns with data showing a 12.7 per cent year-on-year decline in foreign smartphone shipments, including those of Apple, in August.

10 Oct 2024 - 7:00PMvideocam

Competition between Huawei Technologies and Apple in the world’s biggest smartphone market is heating up. Photo: Shutterstock

Millionaires and billionaires

8 of the richest LGBT billionaires in the world in 2024 – net worths, ranked

Many in the LGBT community have reached the pinnacle of their chosen profession or business while proudly living our their lifestyle choice

15 Jun 2024 - 6:00AM

Apple

Apple’s next trick: infusing iPhones with AI while balancing privacy

AI and perhaps even a partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI will likely be a driving theme at Apple’s developers’ conference on Monday.

10 Jun 2024 - 12:49PMvideocam

Millionaires and billionaires

10 of the highest-paid CEOs in the US – their annual salaries, ranked

They might have to meet lofty goals and answer to shareholders, but running some of the US’s top companies comes with big paycheques, as the CEOs of Apple, Microsoft and Adobe prove

23 May 2024 - 6:00PM

Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Coty CEO Sue Y. Nabi rake in plenty of dough. Photos: Getty Images, AFP

Fame and celebrity

Apple’s heir apparent? Could John Ternus be the one to replace Tim Cook?

Apple CEO Tim Cook knows he needs to find his replacement sooner or later, and a new report suggests his colleague John Ternus may be the front runner – here’s what we know about him

22 May 2024 - 6:12PMvideocam

Tipped for the top: Apple’s John Ternus speaks during the 2017 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference in California. Photo: Getty Images

Malaysia

Malaysia’s Hock Tan was top paid CEO in America in 2023, earning US$162 million

Broadcom boss Hock Tan is the highest-earning CEO in the US, per a Wall Street Journal analysis. But the Malaysian-born Tan has to fulfil certain criteria to get his full US$162 million pay package.

22 May 2024 - 12:19PM

Apple

Apple’s Vision Pro mixed-reality headset obtains China quality certification

This development lends credence to Apple chief executive Tim Cook’s assurance that the Vision Pro will be released this year on the mainland.

14 May 2024 - 6:05PM

China economy

Opinion | The big takeaway from Elon Musk’s visit to China

Faced with political isolation, economic decoupling and tech barriers, China is determined to woo US tech giants and businesses, undeterred in its quest to become a global hi-tech hub.

8 May 2024 - 8:10PMvideocam

Foxconn

Foxconn sees record April sales with 19% jump, offers positive Q2 outlook

Foxconn, the largest assembler of Apple’s iPhone, said it expects a rise in second-quarter sales as the smartphone market rebounds.

6 May 2024 - 10:58AMvideocam

Foxconn

Apple supplier Foxconn sees second-quarter revenue growth, record April sales

Foxconn, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer, expects its second-quarter financial results to show both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year growth.

5 May 2024 - 5:08PMvideocam

Smartphones

China’s Xiaomi keeps No 3 spot in global smartphone market for first quarter

Xiaomi smartphone shipments were up 33 per cent for the quarter to 40.7 million units, giving it 14 per cent of the global market.

1 May 2024 - 6:00PM

People visit a Xiaomi store, after the launch of the Xiaomi 14 series smartphones, on October 27, 2023, in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. Photo: VCG

Millionaires and billionaires

Why are Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Apple boss Tim Cook feuding?

From Cambridge Analytica to augmented reality – and even a full-page newspaper, a timeline of the tech CEOs’ fights

30 Apr 2024 - 7:00PM

What remarks have Apple CEO Tim Cook and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg made about each other through the years? Photos: Reuters, TNS

Smartphones

China’s Henan province sees drop in smartphone exports amid supply chain changes

Henan, home to the world’s largest iPhone factory, saw smartphone exports reach 6.65 million units in the first quarter, down 60.1 per cent from the same period last year.

26 Apr 2024 - 7:00AM

Smartphones

Apple’s iPhone sales in China plunge as Huawei reaches for the top

Apple saw iPhone sales in China decline 19.1 per cent in the first quarter, while Huawei achieved sales growth of nearly 70 per cent, according to Counterpoint.

24 Apr 2024 - 2:35PM

Singapore

Apple ‘writing a new chapter’ in Singapore with US$250 million expansion

The plans come as Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with Singapore’s prime minister-designate Lawrence Wong as well as the city state’s incumbent leader Lee Hsien Loong this week as part of his Southeast Asia tour.

18 Apr 2024 - 6:26PM

Apple announced plans to invest more than US$250 million to expand its Singapore campus. Instagam/marinabaysands/Instagram

Alibaba

Alibaba’s Taobao launches 3D-capable app for use on Apple’s Vision Pro headset

The app marks the latest effort by Alibaba to improve users’ experience on its various online platforms via augmented and virtual reality technologies.

18 Apr 2024 - 7:06PM

Apple

Apple CEO Tim Cook mulls first manufacturing facility in Indonesia

The tech executive met Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta and talked about the possibility of setting up manufacturing in the Southeast Asian nation.

17 Apr 2024 - 3:30PM

Apple

Apple CEO visits Vietnam as supply chain shift stirs unease in China

During Tim Cook’s visit, Apple says it will raise investments on suppliers in the Southeast Asian country.

15 Apr 2024 - 9:30PMvideocam

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Tim Cook

Tim Cook has been chief executive of technology giant Apple, since August 2011, replacing co-founder Steve Jobs, who died of cancer in October 2011. Cook had previously served as acting chief executive when Jobs took medical leave in 2011.

Born

1 Nov 1960

Industry

Technology, Business

Job Title

Businessman

last updated:

7 October, 2024