Apple was Tuesday fined Aus$9 million (US$6.7 million) by an Australian court for making false claims about consumer rights when refusing to fix faulty iPhones and iPads previously repaired by a third party. Apple has been fined Aus$9 million by an Australian court for making false claims about consumer rights AFP/SAEED KHAN Customers of the US tech giant had complained to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) after an operating system update disabled their devices in a global issue known as "error 53". The users were told by Apple that they were not eligible for a remedy if the iPhone or iPad had been repaired by another company. The ACCC took Apple to the Federal Court last year over allegedly false or misleading representations to customers with faulty iPhones and iPads about their rights under the law. "If a product is faulty, customers are legally entitled to a repair or a replacement under the Australian Consumer Law, and sometimes even a refund," … [Read more...] about Apple fined millions by Australian court for misleading customers over faulty iPhones
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Company accused of selling fake Iphones
Vietnam Telecom Services Company (VinaPhone) sent a petition to police, accusing another company of using its name and logo to sell fake Iphones. Vinaiphone website The accused company is VinaiPhone, with its head office on Dong Nai Street, HCM City. Dao Nham Tuat, a resident of Hanoi, said he ordered an Iphone 4S and an Iphone 5 at a 60% discount. "I bought the phones from the company's branch in Khanh Hoa Province for a total of VND14.7 million (USD705)," Tuat said. "They soon arrived, but after a quick check, I found out that they were fake Iphones imported. I made a complaint to the company and they said they would call me back in 20 minutes, but I haven't heard anything from them since." He added that he has made several attempts to get into contact with the company to no avail. When asked, the hotline operator in HCM City assured that their phones were genuine, but the hotline operator in Khanh Hoa Province admitted that due to some mistakes, they had sent out … [Read more...] about Company accused of selling fake Iphones
Apple goes big screen with iPhone 5
Apple on Wednesday introduced a new iPhone 5 with a bigger screen and slimmer body that analysts quickly branded a sure hit for the culture-changing tech giant. The new iPhone 5 is displayed during an Apple special event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California. Apple announced the iPhone 5, the latest version of the popular smart phone as well as new updated versions of the iPod Nano, Shuffle and Touch. Apple chief executive Tim Cook called the launch "the biggest thing to happen to iPhone since the iPhone."The California company called the iPhone 5 "the thinnest smartphone in the world," with an anodised aluminum body that is 18% and 20% lighter than iPhone 4S.The new iPhone has a rich four-inch (10-centimetre) display prime for the red-hot smartphone market, in which screen size is one of the key factors important to buyers, according to Nielsen … [Read more...] about Apple goes big screen with iPhone 5
Security flaws put virtually all phones, computers at risk
FRANKFURT/SAN FRANCISCO: Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly every modern computing device containing chips from Intel Corp , Advanced Micro Devices Inc and ARM Holdings.One of the bugs is specific to Intel but another affects laptops, desktop computers, smartphones, tablets and internet servers alike. Intel and ARM insisted that the issue was not a design flaw, but it will require users to download a patch and update their operating system to fix.“Phones, PCs, everything are going to have some impact, but it’ll vary from product to product,” Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said in an interview with CNBC Wednesday afternoon.Researchers with Alphabet Inc's Google Project Zero, in conjunction with academic and industry researchers from several countries, discovered two flaws.The first, called Meltdown, affects Intel chips and lets hackers bypass the hardware barrier between … [Read more...] about Security flaws put virtually all phones, computers at risk
The man who can’t face the internet
Earlier this month, Facebook announced it would be using facial recognition to let users know every time a photo of them had been uploaded to the site.Such a feature would be extremely useful to one man - public-relations professional Jonathan Hirshon, who has managed to stay anonymous on the social network for the past 20 years.He has more than 3,000 friends on Facebook and regularly updates his profile with personal information - where he is going on holiday, what he has cooked for dinner and the state of his health.But what he has never shared on the social network, or anywhere else online, is a picture of himself.It is, he said, his way of "screaming my privacy to the world"."I choose to share virtually everything about myself on social media, but my face is the essence of me individually and this is about refusing to give up the last piece of identifiable information that I can control."One of the big debates of 2018 is going to be around our personal information - how we share … [Read more...] about The man who can’t face the internet
Apple iPhone 4s snapped up on launch day
Apple iPhone 4s snapped up on launch dayBy My Le - The Saigon Times DailyVinaphone’s retail store at 80 Nguyen Du Street in HCMC’s District 1 was overcrowded with Apple iPhone 4 enthusiasts who began queuing at 5:30 a.m., but just some of them succeeded in buying the phone. Le Huu Minh Nhat from Tan Binh District, the first buyer of the iPhone 4, told the Daily that he had ordered the phone at the Vinaphone website before the network announced the phone price on Wednesday. The 16GB version of the iPhone 4 costs VND13.4 million and the 32GB version sells for VND15.6 million, including a VND600,000 deposit.Vinaphone just sold the smartphone to post-paid subscribers who placed online orders at iphone.vinaphone.com.vn.Pham Ngoc Tu, marketing manager of Vinaphone, told the Daily that the company sold out the iPhone 4 in the first day of going on sale given a limited volume.“We imported a small quantity, so post-paid subscribers were given priority. We will continue to … [Read more...] about Apple iPhone 4s snapped up on launch day