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Apple gets critical iPhone technology in $600 million Dialog deal

10/11/2018, 9:46:57 AM
Apple Inc is buying the power-management technology at the heart of its iPhones ... ✔ Britain’s Imagination Technologies ended up being sold to a Chinese-backed fund last year after losing Apple as a client ✔ Dialog has bought itself much more than just time, said Karsten Iltgen, an analyst at Bankhaus Lampe, which rates the stock ‘buy’ ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Foxconn's Sept revenue jumps, buoys hopes for solid sales at Apple

10/11/2018, 10:38:32 AM
Taiwan's Foxconn, a key Apple Inc supplier, reported a 30 percent jump in S... ✔ This time, the three biggest product lines in terms of month-on-month and annual increase comes in this order: consumer, computing, and communications, the official said, without elaborating what the categories consist of ✔ ($1 = 31.0890 Taiwan dollars) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Apple buys part of supplier Dialog's business in $600M deal

10/11/2018, 9:01:32 AM
The move expands the iPhone maker's chip operations in Europe. ✔ The move expands the iPhone maker's chip operations in Europe and secures the German-listed company's role as a supplier to the U.S. tech group ✔ The acquisition is unusual for Apple, which rarely does such deals, and is larger than previous transactions


Apple Swoops Up Engineers From Key Supplier as It Bolsters In-House Chip Design

10/11/2018, 9:02:11 AM
Apple has agreed to bring in house more than 300 engineers from one of its key suppliers, Europe-based Dialog Semiconductor—part of a $600 million deal that boosts the smartphone giant’s chip-design operations. ✔ Customers in the Apple Store in central London try out new products as the iPhone XS and XS Max go on sale for the first time ✔ Apple has been using Dialog chips to manage the battery life of its iPhones for years ✔ Dialog’s shares soared more than 30% in early European trading Thursday


Apple Is Buying a Chunk of One of Its European Chip Suppliers in a $600 Million Deal

10/11/2018, 8:44:23 AM
Dialog Semiconductor relies on Apple for about three-quarters of its revenue. ✔ That’s expensive and creates new risks, but helps maintain leverage over suppliers after a wave of acquisitions cut the number of chipmakers it works with ✔ Dialog will also launch a share buyback program of up to 10 percent of its outstanding shares following its third-quarter trading update


Apple's original TV programmes and films will be free - but only for these users

10/11/2018, 8:57:28 AM
The original content is expected to come out 'early next year' ✔ Additionally, the report suggests that this ‘TV’ app will offer 'subscription services from legacy media companies' that users already pay for ✔ In August last year, the Wall Street Journal revealed that Apple was investing $1 billion into developing its own TV content


The best thin and light laptops 2018

10/11/2018, 10:49:28 AM
Wafer-thin and feather-light ✔ Microsoft Surface Book 2 (13.5-inch) Microsoft's chic answer to the Apple Macbook CPU: Intel Core i5-7300U - Intel Core i7-8650U 1.9GHz | Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 620; Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 | RAM: 8GB – 16GB | Screen: 3,000 x 2,000 (267 ppi) PixelSense display | Storage: 256GB – 1TB SSD $1458.99 View at Newegg $1985 View at Amazon $2249.99 View at Walmart Marketplace


Apple bolsters AR ambitions with real-time video editing purchase

10/11/2018, 9:09:02 AM
AR glasses with green-screen tech ✔ The start-up specialises in the real-time editing of video, using neural networks and spectral graph theory to analyse a scene and separate a subject from its background ✔ Instant green-screen Essentially, this allows for a near-instant green-screen editing effect – ideal for isolating and placing a digital object in a real-world setting, it would seem


Apple shores up chipmaker Dialog's future as pair strike $600m deal

10/11/2018, 9:52:26 AM
Apple has struck a $600m (£455m) deal to buy a portion of Dialog Semiconductor and enter into new supply deals with the Reading-based company, quashing fears that it was planning to start designing its own power management chips. ✔ GALLERY Apple launches most expensive phone yet - in pictures Earlier this year, Dialog admitted that Apple had the resources and capability to design its own power management chips and could potentially do so in the next few years, compounding fears that the iPhone maker was weighing up whether to ditch Dialog


Apple has acquired Spektral, a Danish computer vision startup, for augmented reality technology

10/11/2018, 8:33:23 AM
On the heels of Apple this morning inking a $600 million deal to acquire IP, talent and licenses from Dialog Semiconductor in Europe, it has also confirmed another acquisition of a smaller startup in the region. Apple has purchased Spektral, a computer vision company based out of Denmark that worke… ✔ Spectral’s first application may have been the fairly retro world of school pictures, but what’s most notable here is what Spektral might contribute to Apple’s imaging business ✔ They have included Akonia Holographics, InVisage Technologies, Regaind, Vrvana, SensoMotoric Instruments, Indoor.io, Flyby Media, Emotient, Faceshift, Metaio, Polar Rose and more


The Morning After: Razer Phone 2

10/11/2018, 10:34:23 AM
The PlayStation Network has finally caught up to modern digital life. ✔ Everybody awake?Soyuz spacecraft launch fails, astronauts land safely A booster rocket failed soon after the launch of Expedition 57 to the ISS, initiating a ballistic descent for the Soyuz module and both crew members inside ✔ Your first name swap will be free, and after that, it'll cost $10 per change ($5 if you're a PlayStation Plus member) to discourage abuse ✔ Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After


WhatsApp hack warning – using video calls could let attackers steal your account

10/11/2018, 10:12:54 AM
WHATSAPP users are at risk of having their accounts stolen if they answer anonymous video calls from hackers, according to new cyber-security research. The security flaw affects the iPhone and Andr… ✔ Silvanovich herself didn't detail what else the flaw could be used to do, but on Twitter she did confirm that it has a lot of potential ✔ And users could avoid it by switching on two-factor authentication ✔ If you don't see any 'Update' button for WhatsApp, this means you're already on the latest version


Black Friday deals to expect from Argos this year and bestsellers from last year

10/11/2018, 11:15:45 AM
Popular high street Argos officially launched Black Friday deals three hours early in 2017 - but what can shoppers expect for this year? ✔ So set your alarms if you want to pick up deals online and add all your favourites in advance and you'll have a Black Friday shopping list ready and waiting to go ✔ 2017 Argos bestsellers list Top 10 selling lines: PS4 Slim Black 500GB Console Bundle with FIFA 18 iPad 9.7 Inch Wi-Fi 32GB - Gold iPad 9.7 Inch Wi-Fi 32GB - Space Grey LG 43UJ635V 43 Inch Smart 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR PS VR with VR Worlds Mega Starter Bundle iPad 9.7 Inch Wi-Fi 32GB - Silver PS4 Console 500GB Call of Duty: WWII Bundle - Black LG 49UJ635V 49 Inch Smart 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR Xbox One S 500GB Rocket League Blast-Off Console Bundle PS4 STAR WARS 500GB bundle Top 10 most viewed lines: LG 43UJ635V 43 Inch Smart 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR PS4 Slim Black 500GB Console Bundle with FIFA 18 Acer 15.6 Inch i3 4GB 1TB Laptop - Black iPad 9.7 Inch Wi-Fi 32GB - Space Grey PS VR with VR Worlds Mega Starter Bundle All-New Amazon Fire TV Stick With Alexa Voice Remote iPad 9.7 Inch Wi-Fi 32GB - Gold Xbox One S 500GB Console with Forza Horizon 3 Bundle Philips SHB3075 Wireless On-Ear Headphones - Black Xbox One S 500GB Minecraft Complete Adventure Console Bundle


Seven iOS 12 security setting tips you should check right now

10/11/2018, 10:08:42 AM
Here’s some tricks to take advantage of the latest bug fixes on iOS 12 and make sure you’re keeping your device as safe as you can from hackers. ✔ When Apple released its latest iPhone operating system, iOS 12, the company added a Shortcuts app ✔ Your iPhone tracks everywhere you go so it can make location-based features in apps like Maps, Photos and Siri work smoothly ✔ Apple isn’t perfect and every now and again, a privacy or security bug slips through the cracks


Samsung Might Ditch The Headphone Jack Starting With The Galaxy Note 10

10/11/2018, 10:44:42 AM
A new report claims that Samsung might remove the headphone jack from its flagship smartphones starting next year. ✔ Samsung is one of the few biggest smartphone manufacturers that is still putting the 3.5mm headphone jack on its flagship smartphones ✔ Sources claim that Samsung is planning to remove the headphone jack from its smartphones starting in or after fall 2019, according to Korean website ETNews ✔ The sources didn’t provide a reason as to why Samsung has decided to ditch the headphone jack next year


Samsung unveils first smartphone with four rear cameras

10/11/2018, 11:27:22 AM
The Korean company's new A9 device is being aimed at the 'Instagram generation', and will go on sale in the UK in November, starting at £549. ✔ Samsung has announced a new smartphone which the company says is the world's first to feature four rear cameras ✔ The phone will sit beneath Samsung's flagship Galaxy S9 and Note 9 phones released earlier this year as the best of its mid-range devices ✔ The firm's president of mobile communications DJ Koh said the company was keen to offer the latest features to a wider range of people


Amazon Releases All-New Echo Devices Today with Major Updates

10/11/2018, 11:19:30 AM
You can now buy the new and improved Amazon devices, including Amazon Echo Dot 3, Echo Show, Echo Plus, Echo Sub and Amazon Smart Plug. ✔ If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale ✔ Flavor notes include caramelized sugar, vanilla, fresh berries with a touch of orchard fruit, and is better to be served cold ✔ Grab this offer at Norton Security and save a total of £69.99


All 30 Dow stocks fall ahead of the open

10/11/2018, 11:48:11 AM
undefined ✔ The premarket selloff in Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -3.15% components is unanimous, with all 30 stocks losing ground, as Dow futures YMZ8, -0.94% tumble 220 points ✔ Just behind was Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.'s stock WBA, -1.70% which fell 2.4% after the drug store chain reported fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that beat expectations but sales that missed


Asian stocks slump after Wall Street rout spooks investors

10/11/2018, 11:50:18 AM
Tech stocks major contributors to losses while Chinese carmakers slide ✔ The Nikkei Asia300 has shed more than 10% in an eight-day losing streak amid Sino-American trade tensions and as the yield on 10-year U.S. Treasury notes has soared to seven-year highs ✔ Electric carmaker BYD dropped 4.9% after reporting September sales of 47,913 units


Here’s a dividend-investment strategy designed to outperform in down markets

10/11/2018, 9:30:51 AM
The Reality Shares DIVCON Leaders Dividend ETF screens for quality, based on the likelihood of large-cap companies raising payouts to shareholders. ✔ The icing on the cake may be that the ETF’s conservative strategy is designed to outperform during down markets ✔ Could allocate a lot of funds away from buybacks to future dividend increases ✔ As long as gaming, AI and crypto sectors continue to shine, Nvidia will be a top pick ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment


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