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Apple buys team from UK chipmaker Dialog in $600m deal

10/11/2018, 1:17:14 PM
Apple has used Dialog’s chips to manage battery life since the first generation iPhone was launched a decade ago ✔ Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested during a holiday with her toddler daughter in April 2016 ✔ The deal represents an expansion of Apple’s chip design operations, which kicked into high gear in 2010 when the company released its first custom processor for the iPad and iPhone



Stolen Apple IDs in China Lead to Mobile-Payment Pilfering

10/11/2018, 1:02:21 PM
China’s two mobile-payments giants, Alibaba affiliate Alipay and Tencent's WeChat Pay, said stolen Apple IDs were used to swipe customer funds, and called on Apple to address the issue. ✔ Both Alipay and WeChat Pay hold billions of dollars of customer funds in escrow to facilitate mobile and online transactions ✔ Some consumers in China prefer Apple devicesincluding the iPhoneand services over those of its Chinese rivals running on Android because they consider the company’s privacy protections tighter



iPhone fans are mocking Google's new phone over THIS controversial feature

10/11/2018, 1:59:22 PM
IPHONE fans are mocking the new Google Pixel 3 XL and its notch, which imitates a similar feature found on the iPhone X. They think it’s much bigger and uglier than the iPhone X’s, and … ✔ Once it leaked and I saw that outrageously large notch AND chin, I knew it was a hard pass ✔ Aside from the Google Pixel 3 XL, the LG G7 has a notch, and so does the Essential Phone PH-1, the Xiaomi Mi 8, the OnePlus 6, the Huawei P20, and the Asus ZenFone 5



New Apple patent suggests iPhones could warn against spam calls one day

10/11/2018, 2:45:46 PM
Stopping spam, hopefully ✔ Apple’s system described here isn’t on the same level as what Google’s call-screening service will provide, but it’s far better than what iPhone users currently have, which is trusting (or paying extra) to their phone carrier to detect spammy calls for them ✔ Again, this is just a patent, so there’s no guarantee that Apple is actually going to add this to an iPhone device



Apple Is Putting Its Chips on Chips With Dialog Semiconductor Deal

10/11/2018, 1:18:06 PM
The chip business may not be as exciting as iPhones or original content, but it’s of increasing important to Apple, which made a $300 million deal with Dialog Semiconductor to license technologies. ✔ The company appeared to have made another move in that direction on Thursday ✔ Having more in-house chip designers may make it easier for Apple to ensure that its hardware supports its overall goals ✔ By designing its own chips, the company can tailor its hardware specifically to features it deems crucial



Apple boosts in-house chip program with $600 million acquisition

10/11/2018, 12:06:41 PM
Apple bought a piece of chip company Dialog and hired 300 of its engineers. ✔ The acquisition of 300 people, or 16 percent of Dialog's workforce, is Apple's largest ever in terms of personnel, Techcrunch noted ✔ Following the acquisition, Dialog said it will focus its non-Apple business on Internet of Things (IoT), automotive and storage tech



Can Typos Give Insight Into Your Mental Health?

10/11/2018, 3:36:42 PM
A team of researchers at the Center on Depression and Resilience at the University of Illinois at Chicago is working on technology that could monitor users’ mood and cognition—important indicators of mental-health stress—by tracking their typing patterns with an iPhone app called BiAffect. ✔ The latest wearable technology can reliably track heart beats and notify users of any irregularities ✔ False positives can have costly consequences for users if an app fails to properly de-identify data or is not compliant with federal health-data protection standards, says Dr. Haim



Apple snares engineers from key European supplier Dialog to bolster in-house chip design

10/11/2018, 12:50:50 PM
Apple Inc. has agreed to bring in house more than 300 engineers from one of its key suppliers, Europe-based Dialog Semiconductor PLC—part of a $600 million deal that boosts the smartphone giant’s chip-design operations. ✔ See Also GOP Operative Claimed Contact With Flynn, WikiLeaks × The Dialog deal is one of Apple’s largest in terms of acquiring new staff ✔ Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Europe Daily newsletter ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment



The Morning Download: U.S. Census Counts on a Tech Overhaul

10/11/2018, 12:51:10 PM
The U.S. Census, established over two centuries ago in the U.S. Constitution, is experiencing a digital overhaul. ✔ Two scoops!  The actions come on the heels of a WSJ scoop earlier this week detailing how Google hid a flaw in its Google+ social network from users ✔ New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority is helping launch an accelerator program that works to identify private partners and test new technology for curtailing delays and improving riders’ experience on the city's bus and subway service



Pixel 3: We can do more with one rear camera than you can with four

10/11/2018, 3:20:13 PM
Commentary: Google's message is loud and clear. ✔ The single camera on the back of the Pixel 3 makes a brazen statement ✔ Super Res Zoom creates a zoomed-in shot from multiple photos ✔ If you're looking for professional-grade photography and want to be completely sure, hold off ordering while we work on competitor comparisons



Free money at Best Buy: Spend $20, get $20 back

10/11/2018, 2:42:26 PM
And it's cash, not store credit. ✔ But you won't be able to cash out, so to speak, for an additional 14 days ✔ CNET's Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more ✔ Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter!



The Stock Market's 67,000% Superstar Is Now a Huge Falling Knife

10/11/2018, 2:37:37 PM
Tencent has emerged as a key market bellwether. ✔ The country halted approvals for new games in March and authorities have given little indication of when the ban will end ✔ Facebook Inc.’s multiple is 16, while Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s is 21 ✔ They are cheap, said Mitchell Green, the Santa Barbara-based founding partner of Lead Edge Capital, which manages $1.5 billion



Corrected: S&P tumbles as investors shun risk

10/11/2018, 3:55:03 PM
U.S. stocks tumbled on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow marking their big... ✔ Mona Mahajan, U.S. investment strategist at Allianz Global Investors in New York, said the market could potentially sell off as much as 10 percent from its records before advancing again ✔ The market is digesting the potential that rates moving upwards eventually seep into the real economy in the form of mortgage rates, auto rates, student lending rates, Mahajan said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Walmart Cuts Online Video Deals in Bid to Become Entertainment Hub

10/11/2018, 12:05:15 PM
The retail giant teams up with Hollywood studio MGM and an interactive-video startup in its rivalry with Amazon. First up is a remake of “Mr. Mom.” ✔ Mom,’ starring Michael Keaton, inspired a remake that will be the first offering from the Walmart-MGM partnership ✔ An array of companies, from streaming giants like Netflix to newer players like Apple Inc ✔ and Facebook Inc , are creating original programming



These are the worst large-cap tech stocks of October

10/11/2018, 1:11:14 PM
It’s been a brutal month so far, but many of the stocks are still showing significant gains for 2018. ✔ FFIV, -4.32% Computer Communications -15.2% -4.3% 28.9% Arista Networks Inc ✔ Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Need to Know newsletter ✔ He has previously worked as a senior analyst at TheStreet.com ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment



Term Sheet -- Thursday, October 11

10/11/2018, 2:11:44 PM
On deals and dealmakers. ✔ By Polina Marinova 9:59 AM EDT LAWLESS Good morning, Term Sheet readers ✔ Lightbank led the round, and was joined by investors including Aquiline Technology Growth , Haystack , Argo Ventures , Clocktower Technology Ventures , Ground Up Ventures , Hemi Ventures , Sutardja Ventures and Y Combinator



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10/11/2018, 3:23:12 PM
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