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Apple's battle with unionization attempts has now gone international. Workers at an Apple Store in Glasgow have made history by becoming the first in the U.K. to unionize — reports the Glasgow Times. According to the publication, the employees filed for Voluntary Union Recognition with Apple after joining labour union GMB Scotland. Unionization efforts in...

The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to launch a market investigation into Apple and Google's dominance in mobile browsers after a year-long study of the iOS and Android ecosystems. 97% of all mobile web browsing in the U.K. during 2021 was done on either Apple's or Google's browser 'engine,' the CMA said....

Apple could leave the UK market if it is forced to hand over $7 billion USD to a patent troll, a company lawyer has claimed. According to a This Is Money report, Apple's lawyer called the fee "commercially unacceptable" and comes amid the news that the Cupertino company could be fined over its use of...

The NHS has already begun building a second smartphone app to trace the spread of the coronavirus, after criticism of the first app it launched this week on the Isle of Wight. The UK said in late April it would be rejecting Apple and Google's new API because the tech companies stipulate that all apps built using...

Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple has been working with UK authorities on their investigation into the recent London terror attacks. The Cupertino company has been handing over metadata top the authorities following the 3 consecutive terror attacks in the last three months, Cook said in an interview with Bloomberg on Monday. While discussing user...

The latest move from Apple may soon lead to consumers leaving their wallets at home now that a majority of cash registers in the UK will be able to accept Apple Pay mobile payments over £30 ($52 CAD). According to a report from The Telegraph, Jennifer Bailey, the head of Apple's payment arm, said over half of...

Yesterday, Apple aired three new AirPods ads on its YouTube channel in the United Kingdom, and this morning the company debuted a couple more, following the same theme of highlighting songs from UK artists. The ad below features a clip from 2017 BRIT Awards double nominee Kano and his song “T-Shirt Weather in the Manor”: https://youtu.be/TEzCYlfrzYQ...

Apple said Tuesday it will raise the price of its apps to UK customers, a move that follows data showing inflation in Britain accelerated at the fastest pace in more than two years in December, reports the BBC. In an email to developers this morning, the tech giant said that its new prices will roll out over the next […]

In August, WhatsApp announced that they had started sharing users’ phone numbers with Facebook, which acquired the messaging company for $19 billion in 2014. Britain’s privacy watchdog has managed to get WhatsApp to agree to pause sharing user data with Facebook for the purpose of targeting ads. The watchdogs had concerns consumers aren’t properly being […]

The Brexit squeeze on UK consumers tightened on Friday as Apple responded to the falling pound by quietly raising the price for their products in Britain. According to reports, the reason for the unprecedented increase in Apple’s prices in the UK has indirectly been caused by the country’s decision to leave the European Union, something […]

Today, Apple announced that it will be expanding its iPhone Upgrade Program to the UK and China. The program was previously available only in the US. Apple introduced the program last year as a way to encourage users to upgrade their iPhone on an annual basis. The program promises a new iPhone every year for...

According to a new report from 9to5Mac, Apple Pay will launch in the U.K. on Tuesday, July 14. The company is expected to begin training its own staff for its arrival on July 12. 9to5Mac has obtained documents from two retailers, including major British supermarket chain Waitrose, which confirms that Apple Pay will be launching...