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Eric Mack/CNET A Taiwanese iPhone parts supplier has predicted that an upcoming variant of Apple's handset will feature glass casings.Catcher Technology CEO Allen Hog made the prediction at a shareholder meeting on Thursday, the Nikkei Asian Review reports. Though Catcher currently builds metal frames for iPhones, Hog said he does not expect such a move to impact his business, since an iPhone with a glass casing would still need a durable metal frame inside it.The iPhone 4 and 4S, introduced in 2010 and 2011 respectively, both had glass backings while retaining metal frames. Apple retued to using metal backs in the iPhone 5 in 2012.Though Apple has not said when it will introduce its next iP...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Donald Trump, Apple investor. Fox News screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET You might be under the impression Donald Trump wants nothing to do with Apple. After all, he called for a boycott of Apple products because of the company's refusal to hack a terrorist's phone. He's also called on Apple to build its products at home, rather than in China.So it was a surprise to lea that Trump owns Apple stock valued at between $1.1 million and $2.25 million, according to a personal financial report he submitted to the US govement earlier this week. He also owned shares of Google-parent Alphabet and Amazon.com,...

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Enlarge Image James Martin/CNET With Apple CEO Tim Cook currently in India, the company is making news in the country left and right.On Thursday, the iPhone maker aounced it was opening a centre in Hyderabad, India, that will focus on development of the Maps app for iPhones, iPads, Macs and Apple Watches. Apple says the new development centre will create up to 4,000 jobs.It comes a...

Apple is trying to figure out why some 9.7-inch iPad Pro units aren't handling the latest iOS update too well. CNET Apple is investigating yet another iOS update bug, one that has impacted 9.7-inch iPad Pro devices.On Monday, Apple pushed out version 9.3.2 of its iOS mobile operating system. Not long after, people started posting messages on online support forums complaining that the update bricked their 9.7-inch iPad Pro tablets. That means the device locks up after the update is installed and won't restart.Many say they received an "Error 56" message, which instructs them to plug their device into iTunes. But that seems to do nothing to resolve the glitch.Apple confirmed its probe of the p...

Apple iTunes: guilty of data deletion?In a world where people buy electronics online without ever talking to another human being, the staff in an Apple Store Genius Bar offer an awfully personal relationship between a company and its customers. But that's nothing compared to what James Pinkstone experienced when two Apple technicians visited his home to figure out why iTunes apparently deleted 122GB of his music collection.Pinkstone, director of studio and operations for Atlanta, Georgia-based creative agency Vellum, blogged about the incident in May in a post titled "Apple Stole My Music." A backup restored the data files, but that wasn't the end of the saga. Apple sent two engineers to Pin...

Apple plans to expand support for iOS app development and startups in India, a phone market that has grown increasingly important to the iPhone maker, the company said late Tuesday.The company said it will build an iOS design and development accelerator in Bengaluru, considered home to India's startup scene. In addition to providing specialized support to developers, the center will also offer access to Apple experts who will lead briefings and provide one-on-one reviews."India is home to one of the most vibrant and entrepreneurial iOS development communities in the world," Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement. "With the opening of this new facility in Bengaluru, we're giving developers ac...

Is Apple cooking up a new type of iPhone? CNET Apple may introduce a third variant of the iPhone 7 this year. The company has already begun production of its 2016 iPhone lineup, tech blog site Mobipicker said Monday, citing information from an anonymous source. A screenshot shared by the tipster showed three iPhone models slated for this year: an iPhone 7, an iPhone 7 Plus and an iPhone 7 Pro or Plus Premium. Apple device makers Foxco and Pegatron have reportedly bumped up staff to handle all three versions, the source told Mobipicker. Last year's iPhone 6S and 6S Plus apparently didn't offer enough exciting new features to sway consumers to upgrade, leading Apple to report its first decline...

Apple's latest iOS update isn't playing well with the 9.7-inch iPad Pro, say users. CNET Another Apple software update, another hiccup. On Monday, Apple rolled out version 9.3.2 of its mobile operating system to fix a small number of bugs. But the update itself has introduced a bug of its own -- one that affects the iPad Pro. Users chiming in on MacRumors support forums, on Apple Support Communities and on Twitter say the new version has bricked their 9....

Enlarge Image Josh Miller/CNET With India slowly becoming one of the fastest growing markets for the iPhone, Apple is looking for ways to bolster its presence in the country.Apple CEO Tim Cook will be visiting India on Tuesday...

Apple has pulled an app that could alert you to possible security issues. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET A new iPhone diagnostic app has been given the cold shoulder by Apple. Released little more than a week ago, an app dubbed System and Security Info aimed to deliver core details about your iPhone, including your CPU, memory and disk usage along with a list of all ruing processes. More critically, the app aimed to reveal if your device had been jailbroken, compromised in some way or possibly infected by malware. On Saturday, Apple removed System and Security Info from its App Store as noted in a series of tweets by its creator, German security researcher and iOS hacker Stefan Esser. To j...

Microsoft Investor Warren Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has 9.81 million shares in Apple by the end of 2016's first quarter, according to regulatory documents filed Monday. The shares were worth about $1.07 billion as of March 31. This disclosure comes less than a month after Apple reported its first-ever drop in iPhone sales and downtu in the company's stock.Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Enlarge ImageApple boss Tim Cook is in Beijing this week to stem the company's China crisis. Josh Miller/CNET Tim Cook just took a $1 billion taxi ride. Arriving in China, the Apple CEO jumped...

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RoadshowCar IndustryApple just gave us a $1 billion clue to its automotive aspirations Given the strength of car culture in America and the number of major, global automotive manufacturers based here, it's easy enough to assume that the US of A is the largest automotive market on planet Earth. But it isn't. That's China. In fact, Chinese auto sales have been driving circles around American figures for the past three years, a state of affairs made all the more impressive when you consider the Chinese automotive market was effectively nil just 15 years ago. This is why you're seeing so many global automotive players making huge moves into the Chinese market, and this is why you shouldn't be pa...

Enlarge Image CNET/James Martin How important is China to Apple? The company just invested $1 billion in Didi Chuxing, Uber's main rival in China, in part to better understand the country's market."We are making the investment for a number of strategic reasons, including a chance to lea more about cer...

Enlarge Image CNET/James Martin How important is China to Apple? The company just invested $1 billion in Didi Chuxing, Uber's main rival in China, in part to better understand the country's market."We are making the investment for a number of strategic reasons, including a chance to lea more about cer...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageIt's not easy to lip-sync in British English. Apple screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET The big brains at Apple Music sat down and sipped jasmine tea."What are we going to do for a new ad?" said one from above a perfectly ironed Lacoste shirt."I kno...