There is no shortage of surprises at Apple Inc. The iPhone maker surged to a record high on the way to becoming a US$900 billion stock with a market-beating third quarter and even before selling a sin ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-03
Only a week after Apple’s iPhone 8 was launched on Sept. 22, Hong Kong has seen its first case of a "bloated" battery after similar reports in Taiwan and Japan. A male customer, surnamed Lam, bought a ...More
EJ Insight2017-10-03
Dozens of Hong Kong restaurants are taking part in an experiment to make ordering easier for blind people. Starting Tuesday, users can download a free app from Apple Store that offers talking menus, t ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-18
Expat or native, you will recognize these Hong Kong habits once you have been here a few years. 1. Newer is always better Got the new iPhone? Are you sure it's the latest? Rush to the Apple store to g ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-02
Police are looking for a woman caught on a surveillance camera stealing the iPhone of a shopper at a supermarket in Causeway Bay. The victim, surnamed Cheng, told police the incident took place around ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-31
Books are still around, and will continue to be around in the future. But books will evolve, just as they always have ever since Gutenberg invented the movable type in 1450. Paper books will continue ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-25
Forget counterfeit iPhones, it's now entire fake Apple stores that the tech giant -- which is expected to unveil some new products at an event in the US on Wednesday -- has to contend with in China. I ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-09
Thanks to the "go slow" protest staged by local taxi drivers earlier this week, Uber is now the most popular app in Hong Kong, according to top app lists in Apple Store and Android's Play Store. On so ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-11
China has an enormous feces problem, and it stinks. I'm not talking about mainland toddlers defecating at the Apple store in Beijing, in the bowels of the Shanghai Metro or anywhere they want to in Ho ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-03
Poor “Apple Transformer”, the Hong Kong man whose robotic gait aroused the suspicion of security officers at the Huanggang Port Control Point. He was arrested after authorities discovered 94 units of ...More
EJ Insight2015-01-14
Not too many top executives in the rapidly changing tech world can simply sit back and unwind like Tim Cook. Reason: Apple Inc. just had a strong quarter and its new products have been drawing rave re ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-23
It's a wild and woolly world out there for iPhone 6 fanatics -- and profiteers. The melee is being driven by China's craving for Apple Inc.'s blockbuster smartphone, with speculators from Hong Kong to ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-23
How do you kill time as you camp out overnight in a long queue outside an Apple store, hoping to be among the first ones to land an iPhone 6? Well, how about playing some Mahjong! This is indeed what ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-19
Have you ordered your iPhone 6? Congratulations if you were able to. I didn't have much luck. There were just too many people trying to acquire Apple's latest models. And so after repeated attempts, I ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
Mainland China is not included in Apple Inc.’s second round of initial launches of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, a development that could further boost cross-border demand for the new models. On Sept. 2 ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
