According to local reports, Apple will begin reopening all of the fifteen brick-and-mortar stores it operates in Germany, an 83 million people market, next Monday, May 11.
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Kuo: Apple may have delayed first mini-LED products into 2021
Later this year, Apple was supposed to release products that use tens of thousands of mini-LED backlights instead of LED backlighting, providing local dimming for deeper blacks, richer color and sharper image. However, the coronavirus situation appears to have spoiled those plans and prompted the iPhone maker to push back its mini-LED product roadmap to 2021.
Apple invests $10 million in a crucial maker of collection kits for coronavirus samples
Apple today announced a $10 million investment in COPAN Diagnostics, the key maker of collection kits for coronavirus samples, as part of its Advanced Manufacturing Fund which is aimed at helping US businesses create manufacturing jobs in the country.
Apple alters COVID-19 exposure notification opt-in interface in iOS 13.5 beta 4
On Wednesday, Apple seeded the fourth beta of iOS 13.5 to developers, and the company has made a change to the opt-in page for its upcoming exposure notification system.
Apple reopens its Vienna store in Austria
Apple's retail store in Vienna, Austria has reopened today with everything that goes with it, including products, services and specialists. The location reopened at 11am this morning.
Apple and Google release sample code and resources for the coronavirus Exposure Notification system
Apple and Google continue to release resources for developers planning to build apps relying on the pair's new Exposure Notification system.
The single Apple Store in Austria set to reopen on Tuesday, May 5
Last week, Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, said that some stores in Austria and Australia would start to reopen within the next week or so. And now we've got a reopening day for at least one of the retail stores.
Automatic connected car service is shutting down on May 28
It has been several years since Automatic first debuted its connected car service, but all good things must come to an end, apparently.
Apple updates its COVID-19 app to show cloth mask usage tips and updated CDC symptoms
Before the end of March, Apple launched an app dedicated to relevant information regarding the novel coronavirus and COVID-19, the disease it causes. And now the company has updated the app with more information.
Apple Card customers can defer their May payment without incurring interest
What started in March due to the global coronavirus pandemic is now being extended into May, with Apple Card customers able to defer their payment for yet another month.
Tim Cook says Apple has shipped 7.5 million face shields to healthcare workers
Apple has been working on ways to help healthcare workers all across the globe during the coronavirus pandemic, and that includes shipping specially-crafted face shields.
Apple will reopen stores in Australia and Austria in ‘1 to 2 weeks’
Right now, the majority of Apple's physical retail stores all across the globe --excluding in China-- are closed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But it sounds like that will start to change soon.