Currency Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Australia fights with Apple on pricing

by Mike Schramm (Aug 20th, 2011)

Apple apparently hasn't answered back the Australian government just yet about its query this week on pricing for both apps and hardware. The Australian Parliament, including Labor Minister Ed Husic, has been knocking on Apple's door trying to figure out why the company charges more for its ...

Taiwanese Apple suppliers may be forced to raise prices

by Sam Abuelsamid (Nov 11th, 2010)

While the modern global economy has allowed companies in far-flung parts of the world to get into manufacturing, one of the many issues they face is exchange rate fluctuations. Electronics manufacturers in Taiwan are currently feeling the pinch as the Taiwan dollar has climbed more than other ...

Calculator's currency calculations currently kaput

by TJ Luoma (Oct 29th, 2010)

OS X's built-in Calculator.app has built-in support for currency conversions. To get accurate results, you have to update the currency exchange rates from inside the application. This feature is currently broken for many users, as I discovered after it wouldn't work for me. Several threads on the ...