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Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook discusses the iPhone7 during an Apple media event in San Francisco, California, U.S. September 7, 2016. Beck Diefenbach, Reuters

How Spy Tech Firms Let Governments See Everything on a Smartphone

by Nicole Perlroth | Sep 9, 2016 | Business

San Francisco- Want to invisibly spy on 10 iPhone owners without their knowledge? Gather their every keystroke, sound, message and location? That will cost you $650,000, plus a $500,000 setup fee with an Israeli outfit called the NSO Group. You can spy on more people...

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In this Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, file photo, people wait to buy the new Apple iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices outside an Apple store in Hong Kong. Apple is embroiled in a Chinese patent dispute that threatens to block future sales of the iPhone 6 in Beijing unless the company can overturn a regulator’s recent ruling. The potential ban stems from a decision issued in May 2016 by the Beijing Intellectual Property Office. The agency found the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus infringed on a Chinese company’s patent for the exterior design of its smartphone called the 100C. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Designers Back Apple in Patent Fight with Samsung

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 4, 2016 | Technology

When it comes to the hundreds of millions of dollars in damages Samsung Electronics Co Ltd paid for encroaching on patented designs of the iPhone, on can clearly see that Apple Inc deserved the reimbursement. The product’s distinctive look, the iPhone, drives...

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A worker checks an iPhone in a repair store in New York, February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Push for Encryption Law Falters despite Apple Case Spotlight

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 27, 2016 | Technology

Following a rampage that left 14 people dead in San Bernardino, key U.S. lawmakers promised to pursue a law demanding technology companies to grant law enforcement agencies a “back door” to encrypted communications and electronic devices, such as the...

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A man uses his iPhone near an Apple retails store in Beijing, China, Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Apple Loses China Trademark Case for “Iphone”

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 4, 2016 | Technology

BEIJING- On a legal case, Apple Inc. has lost a fight with a Chinese company that according to Beijing court it is said that it allowed using the iPhone name on its leather goods. Xintong Tiandi was allowed to carry on using the phrase “iPhone” on its...