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Apple may face sour response

9/14/2018, 12:10:59 AM
Latest iPhone models unlikely to do so well in China due to absence of major upgrade ✔ Apple CEO Tim Cook at the launch of the company's new range of iPhone Xs products in Cupertino, California ✔ But Apple is also under mounting pressure as Huawei, Xiaomi and other Chinese rivals scramble to experiment with cutting-edge technologies to build their image as innovators


Apple designer Jony Ive says Watch, not iPhone, is closest to his heart

9/14/2018, 12:58:07 AM
'Every bone in my body tells me this is very significant,' Ive said in an interview in the Steve Jobs Theater following Apple's annual product event. ✔ Ive gave Apple's original wearable device a complete makeover in form and function ✔ More recent versions began to emphasise health with new apps and functions; measuring heart beats, encouraging deep breaths, challenging friends with fitness goals ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes


Apple's new iPhone names are stupid

9/14/2018, 12:16:01 AM
Bring on the XSive, XRay, Max/cs jokes ✔ Maybe Apple hoped to train us to say the X as Ten with last year’s phones ✔ With good naming conventions gone the way of affordable iPhones, we might have to worry about what’s next for future iPhones ✔ The last thing anyone wants is to go to the store and learn about the new iPhone 5.5-inch 2019 and the iPhone 6.5-inch (Early 2019)


TOM UTLEY feels twinge of desire for latest iPhone

9/14/2018, 2:06:46 AM
TOM UTLEY: When I read that Apple's chief executive had announced the arrival of no fewer than four new technological wonders from his firm — three updated versions of the iPhone. ✔ Every time Apple unveils a new product, I'm reminded of Dame Edna Everage's brilliant put-down of the prolific broadcaster and writer Melvyn Bragg, when he appeared decades ago in the celebrity-packed audience of a special edition of her TV show ✔ Yes, I take the occasional photograph (though I must be doing something wrong, since the inbuilt photo album seems to be full of pictures of the device's home screen)


Apple disagrees with Trump administration on benefit of environmentalism

9/14/2018, 2:11:59 AM
The Trump administration is rolling back environmental protections, but Apple says they're good for business. ✔ Just a few weeks ago, the administration announced that they plan to roll back nationwide clean energy standards ✔ However, the company's products also take a large toll on the environment ✔ These efforts are a complement to and a component of our strategic success ✔ And we want to help our peers in the corporate world to do the same, said Jackson


Here’s A Way To Fix Your iPhone’s Shitty Battery

9/14/2018, 12:34:48 AM
"Let's celebrate the iPhone XS by dying every four hours" – your phone. ✔ It'll break your heart not lunging for the charger when you're on 5% but just play games, turn on your torch or stream some video ✔ This might be fucking up something on some level that I don't know about, but nothing bad has come of it every time I've tried it!


Apple hopes older buyers will strap on Watch for health benefits

9/14/2018, 2:24:36 AM
undefined ✔ The promotional photographs for the latest Apple Watch show sculpted youngsters in sweaty, athletic poses ✔ Recent surveys point to less than 5 per cent of that age bracket purchasing the device, he said ✔ Earlier this week Qualcomm unveiled the new Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform, which promises to improve power management on the tiny devices and allow designers to make thinner smartwatches


New iPhones are 'too big for women to hold'

9/14/2018, 2:06:47 AM
Campaigners said they were 'furious' the tech giant was not making products with women in mind after it announced it would discontinue the smallest iPhone model, the SE. ✔ Apple has been criticised for designing iPhones too big for women's hands ✔ The screen width of the new iPhone XS models range from 5.8in to 6.5in – all considerably bigger than the SE, which has a screen size of 4in ✔ 'It genuinely does affect women's hand health – women do buy more iPhones than men – it just baffles me that Apple doesn't design with our bodies in mind


Asian markets continue to rise, as Nikkei nears 7-month high

9/14/2018, 2:59:27 AM
Asian markets rose in early trading Friday although trade tensions between the U.S. and China lingered. ✔ Macau stocks extended their rebound while CNOOC 0883, -1.63%   pulled back 1% ✔ Chinese stocks were muted following a solid rebound yesterday ✔ Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Need to Know newsletter ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment


Megaships being built in Shanghai

9/14/2018, 12:10:18 AM
Massive vessels, the biggest in world, will be able to carry 23,000 containers ✔ CSSC beat five world-class competitors－including Japan's Imabari Shipbuilding Co and South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co and Hyundai Heavy Industries－before signing a contract for nine 23,000 container-capable vessels with the French carrier


Google's China plan spurs inquiry from U.S. lawmakers, staff...

9/14/2018, 12:19:45 AM
A bipartisan group of 16 U.S. lawmakers asked Alphabet Inc's Google on Thur... ✔ Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans, said in their letter on Thursday they had serious concerns about the potential step ✔ The letter asked if Google would ensure that individual Chinese citizens or foreigners living in China, including Americans, will not be surveilled or targeted through Google applications ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


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