The first person to publicly release the genome sequence of the virus that causes COVID-19 — virologist Zhang Yongzhen — appears to have resolved a public dispute with the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center (SPHCC), Fudan University, that erupted last week. Zhang had been photographed camping outside his laboratory since Sunday, after the SPHCC closed … Read more
iPhone sales in China declined significantly in the first quarter of 2024 as consumers turned to other premium smartphone brands, according to Counterpoint research. During the first quarter of the year, China’s smartphone market experienced modest year-over-year growth of 1.5%, marking the second consecutive quarter of growth. This uptick in sales is largely attributed to … Read more
Samsung has done something interesting after a long time. It has launched a mid-range smartphone with a leather back. The Galaxy C55 is a variant of the Galaxy M55 that was launched in Brazil and India a few weeks ago, but it has its own character in terms of look and feel. Galaxy C55 launched … Read more
Apple on late Thursday into Friday removed the popular messaging and social media apps WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and Threads from its App Store in China at the request of the Chinese government, the The Wall Street Journal reported. In a statement shared with several media outlets, Apple said China’s national internet regulator ordered the removal … Read more
Apple’s iPhone shipments in China dropped by 33% in February compared to the same month last year, according to governement figures (via Bloomberg). A report from China’s Academy of Information and Communications Technology showed that foreign brands shipped around 2.4 million smartphones last month. Given that Apple is the only overseas vendor with a meaningful … Read more
Customers in China should be able to get their hands on the Vision Pro later in 2024. Photo: Leander Kahney/Cult of Mac Apple’s CEO Tim Cook confirmed during his visit to China that Vision Pro will launch later this year in the country. Currently, the company’s $3500 mixed reality headset is only available in the … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook today confirmed that the Vision Pro headset will go on sale in China later this year (via Reuters). Responding to a question from the press at the China Development Forum in Beijing, Cook confirmed that Apple’s first spatial computer will launch in the country in 2024. He added that Apple will … Read more
Apple this week posted identical job listings related to the Vision Pro in Australia, China, and Japan, as international availability of the headset looms. Apple is looking to hire a so-called “Briefing Experience Specialist” in all three countries. This is a sales position that will involve demonstrating the Vision Pro’s capabilities to business/enterprise customers, according … Read more
The prospective TikTok ban – something that terrifies 170 million Americans and an untold number of online entrepreneurs – is rapidly becoming a tangible reality. But until it crystallizes with a signature from US President Joe Biden, nothing is certain, and everyone has questions. Ever since the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill … Read more
Apple CEO Tim Cook is touring Shanghai, China this week, meeting with retail employees, suppliers, developers, the film industry, and others. He has been sharing photos from his trip on Chinese social media platform Weibo. Cook’s visit is timed with the upcoming grand opening of Apple’s new Jing’an store in Shanghai on Thursday, March 21 … Read more