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Falling iPhone sales have resulted in Apple recording its first drop in sales and profits since 2001.

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella appears to have an incredibly short memory. Else he would be the last person who talks about trust being the most pressing issue in tech in our times.

It is said that there are two things that are certain in this world: death and taxes. One has to rethink that line now, in view of the EU-Apple news this week; only death seems to be a certainty.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook is keeping people guessing as to whether the company will repatriate its massive pile of cash stashed outside the US or leave things as they are.

A fair few countries will be watching the way the fight between the European Union and Apple develops, hoping that they can also get their share of the back taxes that the computer company has been ordered to pay Ireland.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook lives in a different world to the one you and I inhabit. Nothing else can account for the fact that he was recently proclaiming that the company he leads should not have to pay corporate tax because he felt the tax rate was not fair.

Apple’s main supplier Foxconn has long been a source of controversy and embarrassment to the company. Now its Shanghai-based Pegatron is in the spotlight.

Nearly nine years ago, then Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer laughed out loud when he was asked about the iPhone which had just been launched.

Apple's sales have fallen in the third quarter which ended in June, with the company reporting revenue of US$42.4 billion and profit of US$7.8 billion.

Apple chief executive Tim Cook, a staunch opponent of anti-LGBTI measures backed by the US Republican Party, hosted a fundraiser for House speaker Paul Ryan this week, inviting speculation about his motives for doing so.

Is Apple losing its mojo baby? I know the Apple aficionados are going to tear into me — probably led by some of my pro-Apple colleagues — but I wanted to present a good weekend read that encompasses many of the flames, rants and a modicum of opinion in this area. Every comment below has occurred in the popular press over the past few months as the gloss comes off Apple.

Consumer tech giant Apple has partnered with enterprise software colossus SAP to develop a suite of native business apps for the iOS platform, including the iPhone and iPad range.

Quiet discussions between the FBI and Apple over gaining access to data on an iPhone belonging to the employer of one of the terrorists involved in shooting dead 14 people in California were suddenly thrust into the public domain when the FBI obtained a court order on February 16, demanding that Apple meet its requests.

The technology company that embodies closed, proprietary practices more than any other has taken a stand on behalf of its customers, a stand that will take it into territory never traversed before.

The Apple/FBI case has much wider ramifications for the entire digital community than just helping the FBI to break into an iPhone 5C.

Apple, makers of the ubiquitous iPhone have rejected a US magistrate's court order to assist the FBI to access potentially terrorist related information on an iPhone.

Apple has done it yet again, despite the incredibly negative suggestions and speculation that Apple wouldn’t be able to deliver record results this time around.

When was the last time the chief executive of a big software company made anything but self-serving remarks about his company's products? I can't think of even one, going back to the mid-80s.

There comes a crunch moment in the life of every seemingly invincible heavyweight champion boxer where he must admit defeat, whether he retires gracefully or receives a savage beating at the hands of a brash new challenger. The iPad Pro may just be that crunch moment for Apple.

Apple working on a car is the company’s worst-kept secret, but it’s now no secret that Apple’s enterprise business is US $25 billion annually.