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Topic: Apple Inc.

Adoption of world’s first single charger rule

The European Parliament has approved the new rule to introduce single charging port for electronic gadgets by 2024 in the EU. Key facts The new EU law states...

October 5, 2022

France imposes fine on Apple for anti-competitive behaviour

The competition authority of France recently slapped a record 1.1 billion euro (equivalent to $1.2 billion) fine on US tech major Apple. The fine was imposed for the firm’s...

March 17, 2020

Computer researcher Larry Tesler passes away

Larry Tesler was a great computer researcher, who was famous for his innovations of short-cuts in computers including the commands of cut/copy & paste, find & replace etc....

February 22, 2020

Alphabet hits USD 1 Trillion Mark

The parent company of Google and its several subsidiaries, American multinational conglomerate- Alphabet Inc. has crossed the market valuation of USD 1 trillion mark on Thursday, 16th January...

January 17, 2020

TikTok app banned in India

The Chinese video app TikTok has been banned in India and is no longer available both on Google and Apple app stores after an order by a state...

April 17, 2019

France introduces GAFA Tax on Global Internet, Technology Firm

France has recently introduced a new “GAFA tax” – named after the large internet and technology companies viz. Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon – to ensure the global...

January 3, 2019

Dutch Sandwich

Dutch Sandwich refers to a form of tax avoidance used by companies that have their operations across the world to minimise the amount of taxes that they pay...

April 12, 2018

Indian-American woman elected as Mayor of Californian city

In a first, an Indian-American woman, Savita Vaidhyanathan has been elected as the new Mayor of the key Californian city of Cupertino. She is an MBA and has...

December 17, 2016

Apple Inc. becomes first company worth over $700 bn in global corporate history

US technology giant Apple Inc. became the first company to reach a market value of $700 billion. It was able to hit this milestone after its shares rose 1.9...

February 12, 2015

US court blocks Apple in Google battle

As per the ruling from Chicago federal court, US: Apple Inc. cannot pursue an injunction against Google’s Motorola Mobility unit. – The court dismissed the lawsuit b/w Apple...

July 2, 2012

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