Criticism of Apple Inc.

Apple has removed a smartphone app used by Hong Kong demonstrators to track police officers from its app store today, the Associated Press reported. This came after the Chinese Communist Party newspaper "People Daily" criticized Apple for facilitating the illegal activities of Hong Kong protesters.

Apple Environmental Policy Director Lisa Jackson intends to leverage the iPhone manufacturer's influence for more recycled materials and renewable energy.

2.4 million jobs are supported directly or indirectly by the US technology giant Apple (Apple). That's 20 percent more than the company's 2017 estimated (2 million), Reuters reported.

The company's direct workforce has increased from 80,000 to 90,000 in the two-and-a-half years since the last self-assessment of US jobs, the iPhone maker said.

/CNN/ Apple has a big China problem, and it's making investors very nervous.

Apple Inc defrauded iPhone users by slowing devices without warning to compensate for poor battery performance, according to eight lawsuits filed in various federal courts in the week since the company opened up about the year-old software change.

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

Apple has agreed to pay Italy 318 million euros ($348 million) to settle a tax dispute after the US tech giant was investigated for suspected fraud, the country's tax agency said Dec. 29.

Apple's latest quarterly profit leapt as people around the world snapped up big-screen iPhones but its shares slipped as analysts had expected even more.