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News on the margin the week of January 10-17

Report: Some iOS apps are monitoring users

A recent report revealed that some iOS applications monitor user behavior greatly within the application, so that some of them take screenshots or record screenshots, as well as monitor even the movement of your finger on the screen and touches. The list includes popular travel and travel apps such as Expedia, Hotels.com, and some airlines. To clarify, monitoring is done for the way you use the application, not the phone, meaning it does not spy on other applications, but rather their application and how you use it. But it is a breach of privacy as you are not told that it is recording what you do and these recordings are sent to the company.

Apple is once again the company with the highest market value in the world

After being engaged for several months, Apple yesterday managed to return to its first position as the largest company in the global market value after the share price rose to $ 174.24, which means a market value of $ 824.1 billion. Microsoft fell to second place with a market value of 813.5 billion dollars, then Amazon 805.7 billion, then Google 778 billion. It is reported that Apple had lost its position after a series of negative news, the latest of which was correcting expectations.

Apple sells the refurbished iPhone X for the first time

For the first time since the launch of the phone, Apple sold copies of the Refurbished iPhone X in its American store and some stores in other countries. The phone came at a good price, where the price of the 64 GB version of it is $ 769, while the 256 GB version came at $ 899, which is very good prices, roughly equal to the price of the iPhone XR and about $ 230-250 less than the price of new devices a year ago. It is noteworthy that Refurbished devices get a 12-month warranty like the completely new devices, and it comes with a new battery and a new outer cover, and it is sold at 85% of the price of the completely new device.

Apple HomePod acquires only 6% stake

The CIRP Analysis Center revealed that by the end of 2018, the market share of the Apple headset reached only 6% and is far behind the Amazon Echo headset, which ranked first with 70%, while the Google Home headset is in second place with a market share of 24% and Apple 6%. The study measured the sales percentages of headphones from the three companies only, considering they are the main ones in the market (headphones that work with other systems were ignored in the study).

Apple agrees to pay France $ 571 million in taxes

Apple announced that it had reached an agreement with the French government to pay the company $ 571 million (500 million euros) in compensation to France or as late taxes on the company. France had accused Apple of circumventing its tax law and pressured the European Union to impose taxes on specific technology companies, led by Apple. The aforementioned taxes "half a billion euros" is not the new tax to be imposed, but rather the result of a huge financial audit carried out by France in Apple's sales, which found this amount as differences that were not paid during the past years (a term for tact instead of tax evasion).

Huawei will unveil a foldable phone on February 24th

Huawei has sent invitations to its conference, which will be held at the famous MWC conference, which will be held in Barcelona on February 24th. The invitation was part of a curved phone and thus the company settled the rumors about its entry into this field. It is reported that Samsung will hold a conference on February 20, in which it may also unveil its foldable device.

Apple iPad sold twice as Samsung tablet sales

A recent report revealed that it sold 14.5 million iPads last quarter and annual sales of 44.9 million, continuing to lead by a huge difference from its closest competitor, Samsung, which sold 7.5 million in the last quarter and 23.1 million. The funny thing is that Apple's annual sales exceeds the sum of what they sold by Samsung (second place), Amazon (third place) and Lenovo (fifth place), as shown in the images above. The report pointed out the iPad's superiority during 2018 was noticeable, as overall market sales decreased from 185.2 million to 173.8 million, and sales of Samsung, Amazon and Lenovo decreased, and only Apple and Huawei sales increased.

In view of the operating systems, Android achieved 60.2% of the market, down 2.1% of its share, while iOS came in second place with a share of 25.8%, an increase of 2.1% that Android lost, and Windows came in third place with a share of 13.8%.

Apple will launch a new iPhone 7 and 8 for the German market

Recently, Qualcomm obtained a court ruling against Apple prohibiting the sale of the iPhone 7 and 8 devices in Germany by Apple due to the violation of some of its patents. The decision forced Apple to implement it and removed the devices from its stores. However, it seems that Apple has found a temporary solution to this ban, and according to the news, a special version of the iPhone 7/8 will be launched that does not contain the hardware that was ruled in violation of Qualcomm's patent. And since the ruling is not absolute, that is, it does not prevent Apple from selling the iPhone in general, but rather its stipulation is to prevent the sale of any device that uses certain patents for Qualcomm. And with that, Apple evaded the ban. The news so far is not officially confirmed, but several sources close to Apple said that these devices have already been produced and that Apple will soon resume sales.

Miscellaneous news

◉ A hacker announced the discovery of a Zero-day Exploit vulnerability in the Mac system that allows anyone using the computer to obtain all the passwords recorded on the device.

◉ Google has launched a tool called Password Checkup for the Chrome browser for computers that makes sure that the password you use to enter the sites has not been leaked in any previous breaches of the sites.

Apple has stopped recording for iOS 12.1.1 and iOS 12.1.2, and this has closed the possibility of referencing these two systems, and anyone who updates or performs a restore is required to upgrade to iOS 12.1.3.

Facebook has officially closed down a new feature in Messenger that enables you to delete messages sent to others

◉Apple announced that the company's store manager, Angela Ahrendts, decided to leave the company from next April and will be replaced by Deirdre O'Brien, who is a current leader in Apple and has been working in the company for 30 years.

◉ She re-offered the iPhone SE for sale in the section of her website dedicated to the qualifiers, at a price of $ 249 for the 32 GB version and $ 299 for the 128 GB version. The quantity supplied was quickly running out.

WhatsApp has updated the application to support protection with a password or face print. Update for iOS devices only.

◉ Hacker Ian Beer revealed some vulnerabilities in iOS 12-12.1.2 that could lead to jailbreaking of these systems. The hacker said that Apple closed these loopholes in iOS 12.1.3.

◉ Microsoft announced its plan to launch Xbox Live on iOS and Android. Full details are expected to be announced at the Games Conference, which will take place on March 18-22.

◉ Google revealed an update to the Gmail application to support the new iPad Pro.

◉ Tesla sells iPhone cases. The cover is traditionally made of leather and costs $ 35-45 and supports iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X.

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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