Emergency SOS via Satellite is now live in the UK, France, Germany and Ireland

Nearly a month after its rollout in the US and Canada, Apple’s Emergency SOS via Satellite is now available in the UK, France, Germany and Ireland for iPhone 14 series users. The service allows users to connect with emergency services where cellular and Wi-Fi coverage is unavailable. Users will need to be on iOS 16.1 […]

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Apple Expands Emergency SOS via Satellite to UK, France, Germany, and Ireland

Apple today announced the expansion of Emergency SOS via Satellite and Find My via satellite functionality to the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Ireland. iPhone 14 users can now connect with emergency services when cellular and Wi-Fi coverage are not available, and calls from the Emergency SOS via Satellite feature will be routed to local […]

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Meta gets a €265 million fine in Ireland for 2021 Facebook data leak

Today Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that it has imposed a fine of €265 million on Meta’s Irish subsidiary. The reason is a 2021 data breach on Facebook that exposed the phone numbers, locations, and birthdates of 533 million people who were Facebook users from 2018 to 2019. The DPC started its investigation into […]

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iPhone 14’s Emergency SOS via Satellite Feature to Expand to France, Germany, Ireland, and the UK Next Month

The iPhone 14 lineup’s Emergency SOS via satellite and Find My via satellite features will launch in four additional countries next month, Apple today announced. In its press release announcing that Emergency SOS and ‌Find My‌ via satellite for the ‌iPhone 14‌ and iPhone 14 Pro models will roll out later today, Apple mentioned that […]

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Apple to Expand Presence in Ireland and North Carolina

Apple is expanding its presence in Ireland with a new product testing center, the Irish Examiner reports, alongside opening a new office in North Carolina. Apple will open a new product testing center in Cork, Ireland, in what will be the first facility of its kind to test Apple devices in Europe. At the site, […]

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Netflix is raising the subscription prices in the UK and Ireland

Netflix bumped up its subscription prices for the US and Canada in January. Now a similar fate has befallen subscribers in the UK and Ireland, who are looking at a small price bump for the basic plan and а £2/€3 increase for the the premium tier. The table below has the breakdown. Netflix has around […]

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Apple TV+ Could Face Ban in Europe Unless It Meets Proposed Requirement of 30% European Content

Irish lawmakers implementing European Union directives are proposing new legislation that would require streaming services, including Apple TV+, Amazon Prime Video, and Netflix, to host at least 30 percent European content or face being shut down across the EU. These clauses of the “General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill” come in […]

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Ireland Launches COVID-19 App That Uses Apple/Google Exposure Notification API

Ireland today released “COVID Tracker Ireland,” a COVID-19 contact tracing app that takes advantage of Apple and Google’s Exposure Notification API. The app, which is opt in, says that users will be alerted if they come in close contact with someone who has tested positive for coronavirus. Those exposed will be able to track their […]

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Irish Regulators ‘in Contact’ With Apple Over Siri Quality Control Program

Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) is “in contact” with Apple after a former Apple contractor asked the DPC to investigate Apple’s practice of allowing employees to listen to Siri recordings, reports Reuters. The contractor, Thomas Le Bonniec, requested the assistance of the DPC in May and called for greater protection under the EU’s privacy laws. […]

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Tim Cook Visits Ireland, Calls for Global Corporate Tax Reform

Tim Cook visited Ireland today to collect an award from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for Apple’s 40 years of investment in the country. Apple’s CEO also met with Irish musician Hozier and Dublin-based game studio WarDucks.In 2016, the European Commission found that Apple received illegal state aid from Ireland and forced the company to repay 13 […]

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Tim Cook to Receive Award From Irish Prime Minister Celebrating 40 Years of Apple Investment

Apple CEO Tim Cook is set to receive an award from the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar this month, reports Bloomberg.Cook is scheduled to meet with the Irish Taioseach in Dublin on January 20 to receive the award, “in recognition of the iPhone maker’s 40 years of investment in Ireland,” according to IDA Ireland, the […]

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