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Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, has expressed serious concerns about the potential implications of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan on the company’s supply chain, particularly for the electronic chips vital to Apple’s devices. This fear has been sparked by recent…
Google Maps, the popular navigational app, continues to evolve, recently following the lead of Apple Maps by integrating landmarks such as traffic lights and stop signals into its directional commands. Previously only providing distance-based directions like…
Google Maps has just introduced an accessibility alert feature that will alert users of outages at public transit stations that could make it more difficult for those with disabilities to access these locations. The update is available on iOS, Android, and…
Force Touch, also called 3D Touch, was a technology that Apple used for some years but then suddenly replaced with Haptic Touch. With 3D Touch, iPhone users had the ability to access more menus by simply applying different pressures to their iPhone display.…
If you were one of the people who were upset by the recent change to Twitter’s timeline and were angry that you couldn’t easily see all of the latest tweets, you canrelax now because Twitter has restored its timeline to what it was before. Yes, Twitter…
GM Korea’s union is planning to request further government support for employees who took unpaid leave after the shutdown of the Gunsan manufacturing plant last year. The decision, outlined in a follow-up document detailing a GM Korea union meeting held on…
Italian Prada Group‘s 2015 turnover dropped ever so slightly, blaming it on the lousy economic state China is in. The country is an important market for plenty of luxury brands, although the expensive dollar also had a negative effect. Strong growth in home…
The head of South Korea’s Lotte Group yesterday vowed a new era of corporate governance and transparency as he apologized for the family feud engulfing the beleaguered retail giant. In an address broadcast live on TV, group chairman Shin Dong-bin also sought…
Taiwan’s consumer price index rose 1.2 percent in 2014, the sixth consecutive year it has risen by less than 2 percent, according to government statistics released Tuesday. Lees ook: Is Singles Day still the world’s biggest retail event?
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