Apple planned to ship the HomePod smart speaker in time for the Christmas Holidays. But they missed and rescheduled for \’early 2018\’. Reports suggest that Google and Amazon sold boat loads of smart speakers during the holidays. Yes we have one in the kitchen and so do a lot of other people. Shipping? Reports are
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Expectations for Apple next round of iPhones and related devices are helping to push the world’s most valuable company to new heights. Apple’s iPhone announcement expected in Sept. 12 event reports the Wall Street Journal. Apple has scheduled a product announcement event on Sept. 12, according to people briefed on its plans, reinforcing expectations that
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Apple Drops Bomb on Imagination Tech Today UK graphics specialist Imagination Technologies disclosed that Apple a large customer of its graphics and multimedia intellectual property — informed the former that it will \”no longer use [Imagination\’s] intellectual property in new products in 15 months to two years [sic] time, and as such will not be eligible for royalty
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Apple lowers costs of iPad with new model. Yesterday, March 21, Apple announced a new \”low-cost\” 9.7-inch iPad. Let\’s look at it and what it means for its iPad business. New iPad available for purchase on the 23rd March at 3PM. Building a cheaper iPad Air 2 Apple has historically discounted its older-generation iPad models
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Microsoft has been running its Windows Server OS on ARM-based processors made by Qualcomm. Microsoft will begin using ARM-based servers in its Azure cloud, in a significant move that takes it beyond using only Intel chips in its datacenters. Microsoft has been testing its Windows Server OS on ARM-based servers made by Qualcomm using the
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Next Thursday the 16th, Apple will pay shareholders a quarterly dividend of $0.57 per share held. To qualify you must be a holder of APPL today. Total payout will be $3.1 billion. This payout will be the fourth 57 cent dividend Apple has paid since it announced plans to increase its dividend from 52 cents during
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Reports from Seoul don\’t look good for Samsung. According to Yonhap News Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Group\’s de facto leader, attended a court hearing earlier today that would decide the legality of his detention over allegations he bribed President Park Geun-hye\’s close friend in return for business favor. After a nearly four-hour interrogation session at the Seoul
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Apple once again recorded over 100% of the smartphone market’s operating profits in the third quarter, dominating its competitors, according to BMO Capital Markets. BMO Capital Markets analyst Tim Long estimates the iPhone accounted for more than 100% of the smartphone market profit because other vendors lost money in the sector. As a result, Apple has more
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Yes we voted to leave. Since the referendum result our Great British pound has fallen by 12% against the US dollar, more than anyone expected and is now at a 31 year low. Guess what? The super smart team at Citigroup predict that this will hurt sales of Apple, Dell and other US tech firms
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PC sales are continuing to crash: New data from two research firms shows that the industry is declining fast, with a drop in sales year-on-year of about 10%. Last Wednesday, both Gartner and IDC published estimates for PC shipments in the second quarter of 2015 — and it makes for unpleasant reading for the hardware vendors.
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