Tim Cook getting award for Apple's 40 years of investment in Ireland

During a visit with Ireland's prime minister, CEO Tim Cook will be given an award to mark four decades of Apple investing in the country.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 18

New European tax proposals aimed at Apple, Facebook, Google & other tech giants

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development aims to overhaul worldwide tax laws that it says are no longer suitable in an age of multinational businesses such as Apple, Facebook and Google.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 12

Apple says EU exaggerates the importance of Ireland to its business

Apple continues to argue its appeal against the European Commission's $14.4 billion tax ruling, saying that the order was based on the erroneous idea that Ireland is key to Apple's strategic planning.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 14

Apple's appeal against $14.4B EU & Ireland tax payment is this week

Apple is due to head to the European Union General Court over its tax affairs this week, with the iPhone maker set to commence arguments on Tuesday to reverse a ruling by the European Commission that caused it to pay Ireland 13 billion euros ($14.4 billion) in back taxes.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 21

Brief Thoughts: Questionable RF lawsuit, Apple TV+ vs. Disney+, Siri listening & more

Every week has dozens of things going on at any given time, too many to talk about in real-time. Here's what we think about this week's radio frequency revelations and lawsuits, Disney rolling heavy at the D23 expo in regards to Disney+, the workers responsible for listening to Siri recordings, an inadvertent iOS 12 jailbreak restoration, and Google's Android rebranding.

Mike Wuerthele and Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 12

Laid off Apple contractors listened to 1,000 Siri recordings per shift

Workers employed in Ireland to monitor and grade Siri recordings for Apple have now lost their jobs, as listening to Siri recordings stops.

William Gallagher 6 years ago 24

Apple & Ireland head to court to battle $14.4B EU back tax on Sept. 17

The battle between Apple and the European Commission over the iPhone maker's tax affairs with Ireland will be heading to court in September, with the legal challenge set to determine whether Apple will be paid back any of its 13 billion ($14.4 billion) back tax payment.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 27

Google Assistant voice recordings reviewed by humans include private conversations

Some voice snippets uploaded by Google Assistant are being reviewed by human contractors, as with Amazon Alexa, and can potentially include sensitive conversations, reports say.

Roger Fingas 6 years ago 33

Apple's Irish tax escrow investments lost 16M euro in 2018

Ireland's investment of escrowed back taxes paid by Apple on the orders of the European Commission are not performing as well as they could be, with a report claiming the fund declined in value by 16 million euros last year.

Malcolm Owen 6 years ago 6

Ireland invests Apple's collected back taxes in low-risk bonds

As a way of keeping up value pending appeals, the Irish government has reportedly invested the back taxes the European Commission ordered it to collect from Apple into low-risk securities.

Roger Fingas 6 years ago 4

Apple's iCloud and iTunes targeted in patent infringement suit

An Irish business, Data Scape Limited, has launched a Texas lawsuit against Apple accusing it of violating a data sync patent by way of iCloud, iTunes and the devices those services run on.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 9

Apple ranks as Ireland's biggest company thanks to funneled international income

Apple has claimed the top spot on an Irish Times list of the country's biggest companies in 2019, if largely because of its tax avoidance strategy.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 21

Apple design lead Jony Ive to discuss iPhone design with Stephen Fry

Apple's Chief Design Officer Jony Ive will be making a public appearance at an Irish book festival in June, in a session talking to celebrity Stephen Fry about the design of the iPhone and other Apple products, as well as how they have helped change the world.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 31

Key EU countries block draft of digital tax on tech corporations like Apple

This weekend, Sweden, Finland, Ireland and Denmark blocked a draft proposal of tax that would affect major tech corporations operating in the European Union.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 12

Apple Music comes to Amazon's Echo & Fire devices in the UK and Ireland

Following up on a U.S. launch, Amazon has opened Apple Music streaming to U.K. and Irish owners of its Alexa-enabled Echo and Fire devices.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 3

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