Apple's March 2023 in review - Classical music, ChatGPT, and a yellow iPhone
Even as Apple released Apple Music Classical and a very yellow iPhone 14 in March 2023, it was looking to the future in India, while placating China.
Even as Apple released Apple Music Classical and a very yellow iPhone 14 in March 2023, it was looking to the future in India, while placating China.
Apple CEO Tim Cook is continuing his tour of China and has now met the "phenomenal team" behind hit game and previous Apple Design Award winner "Genshin Impact."
As Apple's major chip manufacturer TSMC nears the opening of its Arizona plant, US officials want it to build more — but US versus China politics are complicating matters.
China has advised Apple, one of the most privacy-forward tech companies in the world, to improve its data security practices.
While in Beijing on Monday, Tim Cook met with Wang Wentao, China's commerce minister, to discuss Apple's future in the country.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has offered praise over Apple's 30-year relationship with China, using a visit to the country to offer positive messages about the iPhone maker's workings in the country.
The China Development Forum has returned post-COVID, but other than Apple, notable US companies are either sending relatively minor executives, or boycotting the event entirely.
TikTok CEO Shou Chew has presented written testimony ahead of meeting the US House Energy and Commerce Committee to discuss accusations around the platform's ties to China.
Foxconn's previously announced new factory in Bengaluru, India, has now cleared local government approval — though at greater cost and with fewer jobs.
Though the BBC still has a TikTok channel, it is advising staff to delete the app from their work phones over China fears.
The Biden Administration has reportedly told TikTok executives that the service could be banned completely in the US if China does not sell its stake in the firm.
Apple supplier Foxconn reports that it is working to reduce its reliance on its parent firm's home country of China, and will diversify future production.
New research says that overall desktop, laptop, and tablet sales have declined in China, but Apple saw growth — and will be the main beneficiary of an expected recovery.
The vice president of Chinese firm and Apple supplier Goertek has unexpectedly quit for "personal reasons," just days after saying clients were pressing all suppliers to build factories outside the country.
The head of India at Apple is being promoted, making the country its own sales region, but it won't affect how Apple reports global earnings.
US Senators hope to provide the Commerce Department the ability to ban TikTok with a carefully worded bill that avoids targeting TikTok directly.
Ten months after Arm filed to transfer ownership of its Arm China subsidiary to Softbank so it could pull out of the country, Chinese regulators are reportedly delaying the paperwork in order to keep the country's connection to the chip design firm.
GoerTek says that it is investing $280 million in a new plant in Vietnam, as US buyers are pressing it — and all suppliers — to leave China.
Analysts at UBS report that Apple "materially recovered" in China in December 2022, with iPhone shipments surging 88% since the preceding month.
Market research suggests that China's smartphone market recovery began in January 2023, with iPhone sales up 6% year-over-year — although other sources are less confident.
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