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iPhone lines were shorter this year, though that might not mean much for Apple

9/21/2018, 9:29:25 PM
Waiting in line for an iPhone doesn’t seem to hold the allure it once did, but a dwindling band of analysts still camp out with Apple Inc.’s superfans and try to glean insight from their presence and preferences. ✔ Gene Munster of venture-capital firm Loup Venture also weighed in on the Apple lines, just as he did when he was a Piper Jaffray analyst covering Apple ✔ His line count for the flagship New York store fell by half this year, relative to last year’s iPhone X launch ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment


iPhone XS teardown reveals not much has changed inside... except the battery

9/21/2018, 9:13:21 PM
Many components have been carried over from the iPhone X ✔ It's the first eSIM in an iPhone, but interestingly the same as the one found in the Apple Watch 3, iFixit pointed out ✔ No one has done an Apple Watch 4 teardown yet, but this same eSIM could be in there, too ✔ Lead Photo Credit: iFixit Check out all of iOS 12's features and 12.1's release date


As new iPhones go on sale, studies reveal chips from Intel and Toshiba

9/21/2018, 9:29:31 PM
) - Apple Inc's latest iPhones hit stores around the world on Friday, featu... ✔ Qualcomm said in July that Apple intended to solely use competitor’s modems in its next iPhone release ✔ The iFixit teardown showed iPhone Xs and Xs Max used Intel’s modem and communication chips instead of Qualcomm’s hardware ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Android turns 10: Google's fierce iPhone rival had a stumbling start

9/21/2018, 8:51:43 PM
My, has Google's mobile operating system come a long way since Larry Page and Sergey Brin introduced the first Android phone, the T-Mobile G1. ✔ The G1 looks quaint next to today's smartphones ✔ Apple generates the lion's share of the industry's profits by targeting high-end consumers ✔ Subsequent updates made it more palatable for the average consumer ✔ Update, 10:30 a.m. PT: To include additional background ✔ Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL: Rumored specs, features, leaks and released date


Amazon adds Echo devices for home and car in bid to dominate voice gadgets

9/21/2018, 9:41:59 PM
Amazon.com Inc has introduced a dozen new Echo speakers and related gadgets in a bid to stay ahead of rivals Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google in the nascent category for voice-controlled devices. The flurry of new products shows how the world's largest online retailer is working to make ubiquitous… ✔ The new products underscore a strategic difference from Google and Apple, which so far have released fewer devices while Amazon has released many different gadgets for different purposes ✔ They're going to be a lot less transactional, and a lot more conversational, he said


We tried the new Amazon Echo speakers

9/21/2018, 8:45:56 PM
Here’s what you need to know ✔ Second half of the show, the crew tries to cover all of the insane amount of gadgets that Amazon announced this week, including a DVR for over-the-air channels ✔ There’s a whole lot more in between that like deputy editor Liz Lopatto’s This week in Elon segment so listen to it all and you’ll get it all ✔ You can listen to that right in the Vergecast feed


PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars

9/21/2018, 8:39:41 PM
Payments processor PayPal Holdings Inc said on Friday it decided to end its busi... ✔ REUTERS/Jim Bourg The move makes PayPal the latest tech company to take action against Jones, a deeply controversial right-wing radio talk-show host who has suggested that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, among other sensational claims ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Volume spikes on sector reshuffle, quadruple witching

9/21/2018, 9:30:03 PM
echnology and media sectors coincided with the quarterly expiration of futures a... ✔ EBay (EBAY.O), also in the top 25 most active stocks on the Nasdaq on Friday, is being moved from the technology into the consumer discretionary sector, which will result in fund managers needing to buy more than 2.7 million shares in the online marketplace, according to ITG


Here’s how all 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks performed as the benchmark set another record

9/21/2018, 9:02:00 PM
Caterpillar leads for the week, and Nike takes first place for 2018. ✔ Class B NKE, +0.21% 2.5% 36.8% 23.1% Intel Corp. INTC, -1.14% 2.5% 1.1% 27.3% Cisco Systems Inc ✔ Don’t miss: A clear case for owning dividend stocks instead of bonds Create an email alert for Philip van Doorn’s Deep Dive columns here Philip van Doorn Philip van Doorn covers various investment and industry topics ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment


Dow hits new closing high ahead of index reshuffle

9/21/2018, 9:05:59 PM
Industrials led the Dow to a new closing high on Friday ahead of Monday's m... ✔ The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 86.52 points, or 0.32 percent, to 26,743.5, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 1.08 points, or 0.04 percent, to 2,929.67 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 41.28 points, or 0.51 percent, to 7,986.96 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


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