Key parts of Apple’s compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) are set to be investigated by European regulators based on developer feedback, the EU’s antitrust chief warned on Tuesday. In an interview with Reuters, the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager said that Apple’s introduction of new fees was already being looked at as […]
Read MoreApple representatives met with the U.S. Justice Department last week in a last ditch effort to persuade the agency not to file an antitrust suit against the company, according to Bloomberg. Citing people familiar with the matter, the report states that Apple and its lawyers met with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter, who will have […]
Read MoreEarlier this week, a court in South Korea announced its verdict in the long-pending case related to the merger of Samsung Group’s affiliate companies. It was alleged that Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong was involved in market irregularities and illegally boosting the share price of Cheil Industries, one of Samsung Group’s affiliate companies. However, Lee […]
Read MoreFollowing up on the first look fans got during the CCXP 2023 convention last month, Paramount released the official trailer for Season 2 of the Halo TV series earlier this week. The action-packed trailer is even more intense than the first, and strongly suggests the central focus of the video game adaptation’s new season will […]
Read MoreApple CEO Tim Cook yesterday met the European Union’s antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, at Apple Park amid a series of disputes between the organizations. The meeting focused on European competition policy and digital regulation. On X (formerly Twitter), Vestager explained that she stressed Apple’s impending obligation to allow users to install third-party app stores and […]
Read MoreApple CEO Tim Cook will meet the European Union’s antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, next week amid a series of disputes with the organization (via Reuters). Vestager is also set to meet the chief executives of Alphabet, Broadcom, and Nvidia, as well as senior executives from OpenAI. The meetings will take place in San Francisco and […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know After 32 years with the company, Chris Capossela will leave Microsoft. Capossela was the Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Microsoft until the announcement of his departure, which takes effect today. Takeshi Numoto will take over as Chief Marketing Officer. Yusuf Mehdi will be promoted to Executive Vice […]
Read MoreEU industry chief Thierry Breton today publicly called on Apple CEO Tim Cook to open the company’s ecosystem of hardware and software to rivals (via Reuters). Following an in-person meeting with Cook earlier today in Brussels, Belgium, Breton told Reuters: The next job for Apple and other Big Tech, under the DMA (Digital Markets Act) […]
Read MoreJérôme Dubreuil avait pris chez Decathlon le poste de CDO ou Chief Digital Officer en 2020. Sa mission visant à initier la transformation digitale du distributeur et fabricant d’articles de sport a été accomplie. Il a notamment “fait évoluer l’entreprise d’une approche axée sur les technologies de l’information (IT) vers une approche digitale”, souligne Decathlon, […]
Read MoreSamsung Electronics Mexico appointed a new CMO & Senior Director of Marketing for its Mobile eXperience (MX) division. Starting this month, Karen Goldberg Carrillo, an expert with more than 20 years of experience in marketing, will occupy the position. Karen Goldberg Carrillo’s career in marketing began in 2003. Before joining Samsung, she worked for brands […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know While Halo: The Master Chief Collection has been partially playable on Steam Deck since the device launched, an issue with the game’s anti-cheat has prevented Steam Deck users from accessing multiplayer and the Custom Games Browser. A new update for the game has resolved this issue, allowing players on Valve’s […]
Read MoreFormer Apple design chief Sir Jony Ive’s latest project, the official emblem of the coronation of King Charles III, has been unveiled by Buckingham Palace. The image depicts flowers forming the shape of St. Edward’s crown, which will be used during the coronation. Ive chose roses, thistles, daffodils, and shamrocks because they are icons from […]
Read MoreApple is hiring Carol Surface as its new chief people officer, with Surface set to report directly to Apple CEO Tim Cook, reports Bloomberg. Apple head of retail Deirdre O’Brien had been handling the “people” role, but Apple has now made a dedicated hire and has removed the duties from O’Brien. While O’Brien will continue […]
Read MoreApple does not plan to name a replacement for vice president of industrial design Evans Hankey when she departs the company in the coming months, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Instead, the report claims that Apple’s product design team will report directly to the company’s operations chief Jeff Williams, in what is a major internal […]
Read MoreReportedly, Lee Jae-Yong has left for the UAE, his first overseas business trip after taking over as the Executive Chairman of Samsung Electronics in October this year. Lee landed in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on Sunday. He is visiting the UAE to attend a private forum hosted by UAE President […]
Read MoreThe head of wearables at Qualcomm is set to speak at the next Wareable event – on the future of smartwatches. Pankaj Kedia is heading over from San Diego to speak and the forthcoming Wearables London event, which will be on 26 October at Techspace in Shoreditch. The topic of the event will be the […]
Read MoreWorld Expo 2030 is all set to debut in 2030, and Samsung, being one of the largest tech giants across the globe and a native of South Korea, wants the World Expo 2030 to happen in Busan, South Korea. Busan is going up against other venues, including Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, Italy’s Rome, and Ukraine’s Odesa. Earlier this month, it […]
Read MoreApple privacy chief Jane Horvath is set to leave the company to join a law firm, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Horvath has served as Apple’s Chief Privacy Officer for the last couple of years, and before that, she was senior director of global privacy at the company. Horvath has worked for Apple […]
Read MoreApple’s chief financial officer Luca Maestri sold 96,735 shares of Apple stock valued at around $16.9 million in two transactions completed on Wednesday, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released today. The transactions were made pursuant to a predetermined trading plan adopted by Maestri in November 2020, in accordance […]
Read MoreSince former Apple design chief Jony Ive left Apple in 2019, he has continued to work for the company as a consultant through his LoveFrom design firm, but the partnership between Apple and Ive is now over, according to The New York Times. Apple and Ive have agreed to stop working together, ending a more […]
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