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Apple Watch Series 1 is outselling newer models and it’s not even close

8/31/2018, 1:59:29 PM
More than two years after its launch, the Apple Watch Series 1 remains a best-seller for Apple Inc. ✔ Apple doesn’t give sales figures for its watch lineup, but Chief Executive Tim Cook said on the company’s last earnings call that the Apple Watch delivered record June-quarter performance with growth in the mid-40% range ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment



Warren Buffett calls Apple’s $1,000 iPhone ‘enormously underpriced’

8/31/2018, 12:47:10 PM
The world’s third-richest person, Warren Buffett, said he has increased his stake in technology giant Apple, which became the first publicly traded firm to reach $1 trillion in market value. ✔ Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is Apple’s third-biggest investor, holding a stake worth about $56 billion, according to financial data and software firm FactSet ✔ hundreds, hundreds, hundreds millions of people who practically live their lives by it, Buffet told CNBC, referring the popularity of iPhone – the company’s flagship product ✔ For more stories on economy & finance visit RT's business section



iPhone X: How to set up a new iPhone? Should you buy an iPhone X right now?

8/31/2018, 3:24:38 PM
IPHONE X boasts an all-screen design and a host of useful features but how can you set up the new iPhone? Here is all the information you need on how to set up your new phone. ✔ This affects how information looks on your device, including date, time, contacts and more ✔ Tap on Set Up as New iPhone if you don’t have another device or backup ✔ This means Apple fans may want to hold off buying the iPhone X until they know what features the new models will boast



Apple is quietly BLOCKING its gay pride watch face in Russia 

8/31/2018, 2:24:26 PM
A prominent iOS developer found evidence the Gay Pride watch face for Apple Watch is 'hardcoded to not show up if the paired iPhone is using the Russian locale'. ✔ This behaviour is 'hardcoded' into the software, according to prominent iOS developer Guilherme Rambo, who first discovered the quirk ✔ That compares to just two cases the previous football season ✔ 'Saw my heart rate go up, ended up being a pulmonary embolism.' His warming post has since been retweeted 11,000 times



Vergecast: IFA 2018, iPhone leaks, and Sonos Amp

8/31/2018, 1:27:10 PM
Plus this week in Elon Musk ✔ There are a lot of new gadgets, so Nilay, Dieter, and Paul go through their favorites on The Vergecast ✔ Check out the newest Verge podcast Converge with Casey Newton now! On the season finale, Casey talked to co-founder and CEO of Intercom Eoghan McCabe



HERE'S your first official look at Apple's upcoming new smartwatch, the Apple Watch Series 4. It was reportedly outed in an Apple leak (via 9to5Mac) along with two new OLED iPhones just hours after the tech giant announced its September 12 event.

8/31/2018, 2:35:50 PM
HERE’S your first official look at Apple’s upcoming new smartwatch, the Apple Watch Series 4. It was reportedly outed in an Apple leak (via 9to5Mac) along with two new OLED iPhones just… ✔ EKGs (or ECGs or electrocardiograms) boast more in-depth information than the standard heart rate monitor on the Apple Watch 3, by using electricity currents to gauge your heart's behaviour ✔ For all the latest on Apple's big day, check out our Apple event round-up here



Apple: The Wait for September’s Big Event Has Begun

8/31/2018, 1:53:36 PM
They can generate a lot of buzz. But how much should investors care? ✔ Do anything for long enough and it can get staleno matter how exciting it used to be ✔ Meantime, the Barron’s Next 50 stock is up more than 30% in 2018, well ahead of the S&P 500 ✔ In its latest quarter, Apple demonstrated that while it’s still on its way to becoming a services company that also sells devices, its devices are still extremely valuable



Here's our best guess for when you'll be able to buy the iPhone XS

8/31/2018, 3:36:23 PM
When will you be able to buy Apple's new iPhones? We don't know for sure yet, but there's enough information to make a solid guess based on Apple's history of iPhone launches. ✔ People started getting them a week later, on Friday, September 22 ✔ Last year, the first wave included Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UAE, the UK, the US and US Virgin Islands ✔ Here's everything we think we know about the iPhones Apple will launch next month



The best USB-C hubs and docks 2018: the best deals for Macbook Pros and laptop users

8/31/2018, 3:46:42 PM
Prices and specs compared on the best USB-C hubs and docks ✔ Thankfully the OWC 13 Port Thunderbolt 3 Dock is here to satisfy those needs with a reader on the front of the USB-C hub ✔ The main improvement over the older (and admittedly cheaper) Thunderbolt 2 [UK price / US price] is the doubling of the file transfer speed to 40Gbps ✔ Be sure to check out our guide to the best laptops and MacBook deals ✔ We've also got a fine roundup of the best USB-C monitors too



Huawei unveils world's most advanced chip to counter Apple

8/31/2018, 3:57:43 PM
Faster, smarter functions showcase in-house chip designer HiSilicon's progress ✔ Huawei's secretive HiSilicon is China's top chip designer by revenue, and is known as an innovator in chip technology ✔ That year, Huawei invested 89.7 billion yuan ($13.2 billion) on R&D, accounting for nearly 15% of its total revenue of $92.5 billion



Wall Street sluggish on trade concerns; Apple, Amazon lift Nasdaq

8/31/2018, 2:32:08 PM
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were largely flat on Friday hit by concerns about ongoing trade talks between the United States and other major economies, but gains in Apple and Amazon lifted the Nasdaq. ✔ REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Wall Street’s rally came to a halt on Thursday after a report that U.S. President Donald Trump was ready to impose tariffs on $200 billion more of Chinese goods next week ✔ Apple (AAPL.O) rose 1.6 percent, extending its gains for the seventh day ✔ Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway (BRKa.N) had added to its stake in the iPhone maker and Apple announced a Sept ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Warren Buffett to Apple: Don’t Invest in Tesla

8/31/2018, 2:23:59 PM
It would be a “very poor idea” for Apple Inc. to invest in Tesla Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chief Executive and legendary investor Warren Buffett said. ✔ It would be a very poor idea for Apple Inc ✔ Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has added to its Apple holdings recently, and Buffett told CNBC also on Thursday he had bought just a little more of Apple stock ✔ Berkshire is a major investor in Chinese electric vehicle company Byd Co. Ltd



Weekend roundup: Should Apple buy Tesla? | A no-deal Brexit | Marijuana stocks and politics

8/31/2018, 3:35:59 PM
Here are MarketWatch articles to read this weekend. ✔ MarketWatch rounds up 10 of its most interesting topics over the past week ✔ Penney JCP, +1.15%  might be heading toward bankruptcy ✔ Here’s a look at various decision points to consider if want to start your golden years at a young age ✔ Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Need to Know newsletter



10 things you need to know before the opening bell (SPY, SPX, QQQ, DIA, KO, CRON, AAPL, CBOE) | Markets Insider

8/31/2018, 12:11:57 PM
undefined ✔ Reuters/Phil Noble Here is what you need to know ✔ Cboe is telling market makers that it's getting close to launching ether futures ✔ Hong Kong's Hang Seng (-0.98%) led the losses in Asia, and Germany's DAX (-0.95%) trails in Europe ✔ Chicago PMI and University of Michigan consumer confidence will cross the wires at 9:45 a.m. ET and 10 a.m. ET



Apple's Pride-themed watch face is blocked in Russia

8/31/2018, 2:24:00 PM
Russia's 'gay propaganda' laws have been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights. ✔ But since its launch users on Reddit and Apple support forums have questioned its absence in Russia ✔ During the Winter Olympic Games in the country during 2014, Google's homepage featured a pride-themed Google Doodle and the Olympic Charter, which makes clear discrimination is not welcome at the Games



Wall Street set to open lower on trade woes ahead of long weekend

8/31/2018, 1:10:45 PM
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday, ahead of the long holiday weekend, with investors wary after President Donald Trump's latest salvo in Washington's trade war with China. ✔ Shares of Coca-Cola (KO.N) rose 0.2 percent after the company said it would buy coffee chain Costa for $5.1 billion ✔ Lululemon (LULU.O) was up 10.6 percent after the Canadian athletic apparel maker posted a second-quarter profit that beat estimates on strong online sales, particularly in China ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



You'll Never Guess the Top-Selling Smartwatch Worldwide Right Now

8/31/2018, 2:33:19 PM
Cheap was the best feature of all. ✔ Apple (aapl) is expected to introduce its fourth-generation smartwatch, with a larger screen, at an event next month ✔ Google (googl) hopes to change this with the upcoming launch of wear OS 2.0 based watches but will need a complete overhaul of the UI, powerful integration of key Android experiences and by striking key partnerships ✔ Overall, the smartwatch was quite healthy in the quarter, with total shipments increasing 37% from last year



Video games that encourage players to buy items to carry box warning

8/31/2018, 12:09:53 PM
Pan European Game Information (Pegi), which provides game ratings for most of Europe, including the UK, said it hopes the new icon will help parents make better informed decisions about games. ✔ Roy and his wife Jill, from Chorley, Lancashire, took their case to technology giant Apple, who agreed to refund them ✔ It involved groups of up to four people working as a team and the players can hone their skills as the practise in advance of entering Battle Royale where they will face better players



Wireless headphones are improving faster than anything else in tech

8/31/2018, 12:29:49 PM
Equipped with USB-C, voice assistants, and better batteries, 2018’s wireless headphones kick 2017’s butt ✔ Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge You might think Sennheiser’s 12-hour total battery life (four in the buds with two extra four-hour charges in the case) on the Momentum True Wireless less monumental, but they’re extracted from a lightweight design that’s effortless to wear



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