personal electronics
Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China
In recent weeks, Apple Inc. has accelerated plans to shift some of its production outside China, long the dominant country in the supply chain that built the world’s most valuable company, say people involved in the discussions. It is telling suppliers to plan more actively for assembling Apple products elsewhere in Asia, particularly India and …
Chinese Technology Stocks Have Fallen Harder Than U.S. Peers
An index of the largest technology stocks listed in Hong Kong has dropped 26% in less than three weeks, reflecting how a sudden turn in the market has snowballed into significant losses for investors who piled into popular stocks earlier this year. The Hang Seng Tech Index—which tracks 30 companies including Chinese internet giants Tencent …
U.S. Appeals Court Freezes Antitrust Ruling Against Qualcomm
A federal appeals court froze a ruling that Qualcomm Inc. had committed an array of antitrust violations, a boost for the chip maker that allows it to maintain its business practices for the time being. The court decision Friday is a setback for the Federal Trade Commission, which had sued the company alleging it had …
Jony Ive is Leaving Apple, But His Departure Started Long Ago
As the deadline loomed for the 10th anniversary iPhone, Apple Inc.’s AAPL -0.91% top software designers gathered in the penthouse of an exclusive San Francisco club called The Battery. They had been summoned some 50 miles from the company’s Cupertino, Calif., headquarters to demonstrate planned features of the product to Jony Ive, Apple’s design chief, …