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News on the margin the week December 27 - January 3


Tim Cook: Apple is in better shape ever and I hear it's been falling apart since 2001

Tim Cook commented on the news about the future of Apple and that it is collapsing and concerns about "the health of the company as he called it." He commented that America is a democratic country, and everyone has the right to imagine and say anything, whether it is real or not. He commented and said that his company is at its best ever in terms of creativity, innovation, work environment, loyalty of users and their level of satisfaction. Tim added that market fluctuations, news and stocks are because the market is "emotional" and influenced by any news in the short term but in the long term so his company is on the right track. Of course, Tim spoke at the meeting about iPhone sales, the Chinese economy, and the trade problems between Apple and China.

Watch Tim Cook's meeting


Apple announces televisions supporting AirPlay 2

We spoke a few days ago that Apple decided to add iTunes and AirPlay 2 to Samsung screens -this link-. Not days went by until Apple announced that the AirPlay 2 feature (not iTunes but the AirPlay service) would be available on various devices from Samsung companies, as well as Sony, LG and Vizio. Here is a list of the supported televisions:


HSBC lowers its forecast for Apple stock

HSBC published its report on Apple's target stock forecast in 2019 and said it expects the stock to reach $ 160, compared to a previous forecast two months ago, which was targeting $ 200. The stock now, which is currently trading at $ 153 and was a few months ago, was selling for $ 220, suffering from a large volume of investors. The report said that Apple is facing a problem with the current iPhone, especially in the Chinese crisis, for which no solution appears soon. The report added that Apple cannot continue to raise the price of the iPhone, and it must stop this matter because it increases the difficulties of selling the device.


Apple stops selling iPhones 7 and 8 in Germany

Apple announced officially stopping the sale of the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 in Germany, whether direct selling in stores or via the Internet, after a court ruling obligating Apple to stop selling because of these devices' violation of Qualcomm's patents. The latter had obtained a court ruling against Apple and Intel for violating its rights in the two devices and is now demanding compensation of 1.54 billion euros from Apple. Apple is trying to evade the ban on the ban by claiming that it itself did not violate the patents of Qualcomm, but this happened through suppliers who sell the equipment to the company, and accordingly, the devices are not banned and the company escapes from punishment.

The strange thing is that the court ruling punishes only Apple, meaning other companies have the right to sell the iPhone, but Apple itself has no right to sell it.


Apple requests a new 10% reduction in iPhone production

It seems that the news of reducing iPhone production has become a natural and routine. But despite this and Apple's own admission, it seems that phone sales are still worse than previous poor expectations. Where a report by Nikkei stated that Apple asked phone manufacturers to reduce production for the fiscal second quarter of the “January-March period” by 10% from the reduction it had previously requested. The report expected total phone sales to reach 40-43 million devices only, compared to 52.21 million devices Apple sold the previous year in the same quarter.


Apple mocks Android and CES with a teaser banner

In an apparent mockery of Android devices, Apple posted a huge advertising banner in front of the annual CES conference in Las Vegas, stating, "What happens on the iPhone stays on the iPhone," similar to the famous city phrase, "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas." Apple hints at these mocking propaganda about security and privacy in Android devices, as it said that anything that happens on the Apple iPhone device remains inside it and is not transferred to the outside, such as snoopers or various companies.


Apple recognizes the problem of bending the iPad and promises a future solution

Apple has published an official technical support document in which it said that the design of the iPad Pro 11 and 12.9 inches, the new 2018 version, has a problem and causes a curve to appear on the device. She explained that although this curvature does not affect the device technically, they decided to make slight modifications to the design in order to increase the bearing capacity of aluminum and thus this problem disappears. Apple did not clarify when it will release this modification in the design or whether it has already begun manufacturing with it.


The Amazon founder splits his wife, at a cost of up to $ 70 billion

Amazon founder and the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, announced on Wednesday that he and his wife agreed to divorce after a marriage that lasted more than 25 years. Jeff had married "McKinney" in 1993 and then the following year, he founded Amazon, and his fortune has now reached $ 137 billion. According to American laws, the wife has the right to claim half of the husband's wealth that he achieved during their marriage, meaning she is considered a 50% partner to her husband in all that she gets, and thus McKizney may get nearly $ 70 billion in exchange for this divorce. It is reported that he has not officially announced the details of the divorce, although he expects to conclude an agreement and turn McKizney to his billionaire, and Jeff may lose his first position, but he is not expected to lose half of the fortune. Would McKizney turn into the richest woman in the world with this divorce?


Miscellaneous news

◉ Apple announced that it will hold its annual meeting with shareholders in Steve Jobs Hall on March 1 to inform them of the future of the company.

◉ Apple announced the integration of its personal assistant, Google Assistant, into the Google Maps application on iOS and Android devices. The feature will be added gradually.

◉ Xiaomi continued its favorite hobby of launching products with Apple-like designs, as this week it introduced the Mi AirDots Pro, which is very similar to the Apple AirPods. Xiaomi headset has a price of 399 yuan, or $ 59.

◉ Some websites and Twitter accounts have transmitted pictures of the iPad mini, it was said that it was a version after 4, but it was not released, so it may be the iPad mini 5 that we expect to see in the coming months.

◉ Apple launched the third trial version of iOS 12.1.3, tvOS 12.1.2 and watchOS 5.1.3.

◉ Apple has published a letter to employees seeking to reassure them about the future of the company and it is safe and the current decline in sales is mainly caused by the Chinese problems.

◉ American companies have begun promoting technologies under development that will enable them to provide internet speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second. The companies did not disclose when these speeds would be available.


This is not all the news on the sidelines, but we came to you with the most important of them, and it is not necessary for a non-specialist to occupy himself with all the wandering and incoming, there are more important things you do in your life, so do not make devices distract you or distract you from your life and your duties, and know that technology is there to make life easier And she helps you, and if she robbed you of your life and preoccupied you, then there is no need for her

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