BEIJING – Alibaba’s announcement this week that it will partner with Apple to support iPhones’ artificial intelligence services offering in China has again thrust the spotlight on the country’s AI industry on the heels of DeepSeek. Following are some of the prominent AI services and their developers to watch in China. Developed by ByteDance, a…
Apple has called a pornography app available for iPhones in the European Union a danger to children, saying landmark digital rules there allowed it to get on to its handsets via an alternative to its App Store. Apple had long fiercely protected the App Store as the lone gateway for digital content to get onto…
Cellphones are taking a shot at slenderizing. It seems nothing is immune to society’s recent lean toward the extremely lean look — and smartphones are no exception to the voguish new rule. “This can be a very popular choice,” IDC analyst Francisco Jeronimo told Bloomberg regarding the rising skinny phone trend. Apple and Samsung are reportedly set…
Apple is reportedly in talks with Chinese technology giants Tencent and ByteDance to integrate their artificial intelligence models into iPhones sold in China. This move comes amid the backdrop of Apple launching OpenAI’s ChatGPT within its devices, aiming to enhance its Siri voice assistant capabilities. With ChatGPT unavailable in China due to regulatory…
Apple released a new software update, iOS 18, in September. Some users have complained about the redesigned Photos app. The Photos app now contains a “Customize & Reorder” option to adjust to users’ preferences. Some Apple iPhone users are unimpressed with its latest software update. Apple released iOS 18 for its iPhones to the public…
New research shows the smartphone market recovering in 2024 following two years of sharp declines. However, Apple’s iPhone played just a small part in that recovery compared to rival Android phones, data released Tuesday (Nov. 26) by IDC shows. Global smartphone shipments for the year are projected to increase 6.2% to 1.24 billion units, IDC’s…
The chip is set to be included in some phones of the Mate 70 series to go on sale next week, they said. With the series, the Chinese smartphone maker hopes to challenge Apple and build on market-share gains since last year. The iPhone maker still counts China as its second-largest market after the U.S.,…
India is expected to achieve complete self-sufficiency in mobile phone production by the end of this fiscal year. This achievement is likely to be fueled by the local manufacturing for popular models like Apple’s iPhone Pro and Pro Max models, as well as Google’s Pixel smartphones. This significant boost in domestic production, particularly of premium…