Reports: This is when Apple unveiled its new smart car

It seems that smart car technology is luring global technology industry companies, after Google started a project to develop its new smart car a while ago, Apple, in turn, has started in this matter, as many reports have indicated that the American company is following the same approach, but reports New carries more accurate information

This time, the news about the Apple smart car is from a very reliable source, and it is related to the international news agency Reuters, where the latter says that Apple is really interested in its project related to the manufacture of an electric and self-driving smart car, which is the project that Reuters says carries The name of Apple Car, but it is too early to say if this is the brand name of the car expected from the company

And according to Reuters always, Apple expects that its new smart car will be ready for marketing by the year 2024, while the delay caused by the Covid 19 virus epidemic may have an impact on delaying its launch until 2025, and Reuters says that Apple may depend on external suppliers. Some of its self-driving components such as LiDAR systems and others

While other sources indicate to Reuters that Apple may be satisfied with integrating its self-driving technologies in cars of a number of specialized car manufacturers in a similar partnership, it is mentioned that 200 engineers and technicians work in Apple's autonomous sector in Santa Clara

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Spotify, Tinder, Epic, and more unite against Apple's practices

Epic Games, Spotify, Match Group (Tinder),Deezer, Title Match, Basecamp, Blix, News Media Europe, and many other developers have announced that they have created the “Coalition for App Fairness” (Coalition for equality of apps in French ), a non-profit organization aimed at combating the abusive and anti-competitive practices of Apple and Google. A very strong coalition

Since the ban of its game Fortnite from the App Store, Epic Game has been at war with the giant apple. Its goal: to relax the rules, deemed unfair and anti-competitive, established on Apple's application store. Indeed, the American giant takes a 30% commission on each application purchase, including on in-app transactions. Epic was therefore quick to be joined by other developers, who formed the “Coalition for App Fairness”.

Critics are harsh: "Apple asks manufacturers to limit options, forces developers to sell through the App Store, and even steals ideas from the competition." Indeed, the 30% policy greatly affects developer revenues, but that's not all. It is very difficult to offer competing applications to those of Apple.

An attempt to bend Apple

“  For years, app developers have raised concerns publicly and privately about onerous and arbitrary terms governing Apple's App Store in particular, as well as last-minute iOS updates,” which also disadvantage developers. Yet not much has changed, ”the coalition said in the statement.

“A company has almost total control over the mobile ecosystem and the applications to which consumers are entitled. After nearly a decade without surveillance, regulation, and competition, it is time for Apple to face up to its responsibilities, ”she explains on her site. She recalls that Apple earns $ 15 billion each year thanks to its famous 30% commission.

Google also takes it for its rank

The Coalition for App Fairness targets Apple in particular, but Google is no exception. Indeed, the latter applies the same commission on Android. The only difference is that, although the Play Store is in the majority position in the distribution of Android applications, Google allows other application stores on its operating system.

In the meantime, the coalition has drawn up a list of ten principles that it believes are fundamental to ensuring a healthy environment and allowing fair competition in app stores. Still, the war is not about to end between the two parties.

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Apple has to pay a 10m€ fine in Italy for lying to everyone

It seems that recently not all that glitters in the apple world was of gold. Sales reports in recent weeks confirmed Apple's third-place loss to Xiaomi and now Italy has fined Apple 10 million euros.

The reason for the penalty lies in the misleading advertisement, according to the Italian National Competition Authority (AGCM), that Apple provided regarding the iPhone's water resistance.

Apple claimed that its smartphones were water resistant to a depth of 4 meters for a period of 30 minutes, but it was discovered that these parameters were only valid under laboratory conditions, so the AGCM ruled that these conditions did not hold up in the real world.

To make matters worse, AGCM also found that the Californian company did not cover water damage under the guarantee despite its repeated claims to water resistance, a practice the agency deemed "aggressive".

The complaint was filed for smartphones between the launch of the iPhone 8 to the iPhone 11 which, according to the authority, was not clear that it was water resistant only under laboratory conditions.

In defense of the company, Apple always advises against swimming or showering with an iPhone, even though it did so shyly. On the same site, it also indicates that it does not cover water damage in its warranty. This last section in particular is another reason for the penalty as it violates Articles 24 and 25 of the Consumer Law on "aggressive business practices" and "undue coercion or influence."

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