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Two large shareholders urged Apple to study whether iPhones are proving addictive for children and that intensive use of the smartphones may be bad for their mental health.

A US woman is suing Apple for nearly one trillion dollars after the company acknowledged it had deliberately slowed down iPhones as they get older. The US tech giant now faces nine suits over the issue.

Violetta Mailyan is reportedly seeking compensation, demanding Apple pay her $999,999,999,000.

Apple plans to close the iTunes music store, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the portal Weraveyou./news.am

Apple is finalizing a deal to acquire Shazam, the app that lets you identify songs, movies, and TV shows from an audio clip, according to TechCrunch. The deal is reportedly for $400 million, according to Recode, which also confirmed the news.

Apple Inc’s chief executive Tim Cook said developers using its platform in China number 1.8 million and have earned a total 112 billion yuan ($16.93 billion), representing roughly a quarter of total global App Store earnings.

Apple Inc is designing its own main power management chips for use in iPhones as early as in 2018, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday citing sources, writes Reuters. 

Apple's move would reduce its dependence on Dialog Semiconductor Plc, that makes power-management chips for smartphone makers.

Foxconn has faced several allegations of poor treatment of workers at its Chinese factories.

Apple supplier Foxconn has stopped students from working illegal overtime at a factory in China.

It comes after the Financial Times reported Tuesday that six high school students in Henan province would work 11-hour shifts to manufacture Apple's iPhone X.

Apple’s flagship iPhone X hit stores in Asia on Nov. 3, as the world’s most valuable company predicted bumper sales despite the handset’s eye-watering price tag and celebrated a surge in profits.

Apple on Aug. 1 reported stronger-than-expected results for the past quarter, with higher revenues and profits, delivering a boost to its share price.

Microsoft will continue to invest in retail sales operations in Turkey in order to establish direct contact with more local consumers, according to a Microsoft Turkey executive.