Smartphone shattered? Longtime Apple supplier Corning reveals more durable glass

As it stated in Then, Stevens did the same test on Corning's latest version of glass for smartphones, dubbed Gorilla Glass 6. Corning, a New York company that makes ceramics and glass, has been the leader in providing glass for high-end and midrange smartphones. People use their smartphones more than 2,000 times a day, according to Corning executive John Bayne, and glass is a vital component. Jacobs did not reveal the cost of Gorilla Glass. Gorilla Glass 6 will compete with other types of glass there, including cheaper soda lime glass.

Despite Huge Spending, Apple Can't Crack Indian Smartphone Market

The third-largest phone market in the world, however, remains stubbornly resistant to Apple's charm — and its hardware offensive. Global smartphone sales fell six percent in China in Q1 2018 and five percent in America compared with the same period in 2017. According to IDC, the Indian smartphone market shipped 30 million units in total in Q1 2018. Even if we assume that Apple could take 20 percent of the Indian market, that's still just 6 million phones per quarter. In other words, it won't be long before India's smartphone market looks more like China's — and is therefore worth considerably more money to Apple.

Lawmakers Press Alphabet and Apple on Smartphone Users' Privacy

according to House lawmakers are demanding information from Alphabet Inc. and Apple Inc. about how the companies handle users' personal information, including spoken words, email content and location data. The lawmakers' letter to Alphabet CEO Larry Page said recent reports indicate that its Android smartphone operating system collects extensive user-location data and reports it back to Alphabet's Google unit even when location services are disabled. The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation on data privacy will come into force on May 25, 2018. AdvertisementGoogle said in a statement on Monday: "Protecting our users' privacy and securing their information is of the utmost importance to Google. The letters also dial up pressure on major tech firms to tell lawmakers and the public more about their privacy practices.

Apple and Samsung End Smartphone Patent Wars

SAN FRANCISCO — The smartphone patent wars are finally over. Apple and Samsung settled a seven-year legal fight on Wednesday, ending the most prominent case in a series of lawsuits over smartphone patents over the last decade. A jury in May ordered Samsung to pay Apple $539 million for infringing on its patents. Apple initially sought to block Samsung phones from the market, but the technology at dispute has long been outdated, and the fight has since largely been about money. Apple at one point sought more than $2 billion, while Samsung had argued it owed just $28 million.

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