Because of security concerns, the Chinese government has banned Apple tablets and laptops from the list of devices its departments can purchase for their employees with public money. According to Bloomberg, government officials familiar with the matter say that ten Apple products, from the iPad and iPad mini to the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, were not included in a government procurement list sent out in July. This isn’t the first time in recent history that U.S. products have been banned from government officials either. Bloomberg notes that government departments were told to stop purchasing antivirus software from Symantec and Kaspersky Lab as well, although both companies claim that the procurement list doesn’t tell the whole story. “When the government stops the procurement of products,
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