Apple added five new mainland Chinese suppliers while removing eight in mainland China in its latest financial year ended September 2022, after China’s strict Covid-19 controls disrupted iPhone production last holiday season, according to the latest supplier list published by the world’s most valuable company. South China Morning Post: Globally, Apple added 18 new suppliers while cutting 19, resulting in a small adjustment in its supply chain, but one that has made India a clear winner. The number of Apple production sites in the country increased to 14 last year compared with 11 in 2021, signalling the iPhone maker’s accelerated expansion in the country. It also opened its first two retail outlets in India this year. Apple’s latest supplier list,…

Apple left it to third-party developers to create whiteboard apps on iPad for years. Then it made one out of the blue called Freeform in iPadOS 16. iPhone and Mac versions put the collaborative app on more devices. Yet Figma has had enough success in the market of collaborative whiteboard tools that Adobe wants to buy the company for $20 billion. While that deal appears to be in jeopardy due to regulatory concerns abroad, Figma’s interest in the iPad as a tool is clear and certain. The company just dropped a new tool for iPad called FigJam that puts a Figma spin on the Freeform idea. FigJam is Figma’s whiteboarding space, introduced in 2021. Now the online whiteboard for teams…

Image: Apple Apple’s upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is expected to be one of its biggest yet. After years of rumors and leaks, Apple could finally take the wraps off of its mixed reality headset, entering the company into a new product category and giving the world a first look at its attempt to prove that virtual reality is worth investing in. There’s also certain to be a lot more: operating system updates, new apps and features, and possibly some new hardware, too. Here, we’ve pulled together details on how and when you can watch the main WWDC keynote as well as some of the announcements that we expect from Apple. When is the WWDC 2023 keynote? Apple has confirmed…

Chinese-owned TikTok has filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana to fight the state’s ban against the social media app, claiming prohibiting its use violates the First Amendment. The bill was signed into law by Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte last week, and would impose a fine of $10,000 per day on TikTok or app stores for making the app available to personal devices in the state starting on January 1, 2024. The Montana law addresses growing criticism of TikTok over its ties to the Chinese Communist Party through its parent company, ByteDance. Many U.S. officials have expressed fears that the Chinese government could potentially access American citizens’ data via TikTok for spying purposes. CNN: TikTok alleges that the ban…

Lots of new smart home products, an innovative charging system, security concerns, and plenty more news on this week's jam-packed episode of the Homekit Insider podcast.HomeKit InsiderIn the news this week is a slew of new products, some available to buy straight away. Read more...

Lots of new smart home products, an innovative charging system, security concerns, and plenty more news on this week's jam-packed episode of the Homekit Insider podcast.HomeKit InsiderIn the news this week is a slew of new products, some available to buy straight away. Read more...