China widens ban on officials using iPhones but isn't enforcing it
Continuing reports about the Chinese government banning its staff from using iPhones say that more officials are being told to swap, but in an inconsistent and not enforced plan.
Continuing reports about the Chinese government banning its staff from using iPhones say that more officials are being told to swap, but in an inconsistent and not enforced plan.
Apple has opened up an online store on WeChat, the major messaging app owned by Tencent, giving customers in China another avenue to buy iPhone, iPad, Mac, and more.
President Joe Biden has revoked Trump-era bans on TikTok and WeChat, but at the same time ordered broader investigations into apps that could pose a risk to U.S. data privacy or national security.
China has implemented new rules with the aim of restricting the activities of the country's major tech companies, anti-monopoly guidelines that could potentially benefit Apple.
The Trump administration says that Chinese payment apps, including WeChat Pay, are a threat to national security. By Executive Order, all US transactions with these apps must cease within 45 days.
The impending ban of WeChat via an Executive Order from President Donald Trump was halted by a California judge on Sunday, hours before the app was due to be removed from Apple's App Store and Google Play in the United States.
TikTok and WeChat are now likely to be banned in the US from September 20, but there are steps you need to take right now if you want to use the services in the US now, or in the future.
According to sources within the White House, President Trump has refused the terms of the Oracle and Bytedance deal, with a de-platforming expected on Sunday.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has gone on record saying that the Chinese will have no reason to keep the iPhone and other Apple products if popular app WeChat is banned.
A group of WeChat users filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday, in an attempt to put a stop to an executive order that would effectively ban the app from use in the United States.
The Trump administration is reportedly reaching out to reassure American companies that their Chinese business dealings with messaging monolith WeChat will remain unaffected by a pending U.S. ban.
During a press conference Friday, President Donald Trump appeared unconcerned with the possible impact that a WeChat ban could have on Apple's business.
New leaks point to an early September release of new iPads and the next Apple Watch, "iPhone 12" event possibly coming October, the potential US ban on TikTok now includes WeChat, Tim Cook is profiled by The Wall Street Journal, and Microsoft announces the Surface Duo.
A number of major companies in the United States, including Apple, have called for the Trump administration to end an executive order that would see the banning of WeChat and TikTok in the country, under claims it would cause harm to US businesses trying to trade in China.
A new document clarifying the Administration's plans says that companies such as Apple and Google may be required to remove TikTok even from their App Stores in China.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has warned investors that the Administration's decision to ban US companies from having business relationships with firms including WeChat, may have a significant impact on Apple's sales worldwide.
Social media platform TikTok says that President Donald Trump's executive order that will ban TikTok and WeChat in the US was issued without due process, and it will fight the order.
Describing them as "untrusted Chinese apps," the US government says it wants WeChat, TikTok, and other unspecified services to be banned from all of the app stores in the US.
WeChat has become so ubiquitous in China that the iPhone is increasingly measured by how well it runs this one app — and it's now millions of "mini-programs" that are supplanting the App Store.
Weaker than expected iPhone sales during the holiday quarter may mean it's time for Apple to design an iPhone exclusively for the Chinese market, according to a discussion with analysts and former Apple executives.
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