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Apple review

10/25/2018, 5:24:06 AM
Last year's iPhone X defined a new kind of normal for Apple's smartphone fans. This year's iPhone XS...



iPhone XR release TOMORROW: The ultimate deal for Apple fans REVEALED

10/25/2018, 8:40:41 AM
IPHONE XR releases tomorrow, October 26, and packs a ton of flagship functionality into a more affordable package. But ahead of its public debut, Express.co.uk can reveal the ultimate deal for Apple fans. ✔ This means Apple's new Smart HDR technology is present that is capable of capturing beautiful shots ✔ But Carphone Warehouse is allowing customers to get up to £280 off this deal if they trade in their old device ✔ And prices for trade-in are incredibly competitive ✔ Alternatively, pay £6 more a month for a massive 100GB of data



10 best iPhone XR cases

10/25/2018, 10:25:30 AM
We tried and tested a range of cases ahead of the XR's launch tomorrow, here's our verdict ✔ Pipetto is a strikingly good brand, with good-value, sophisticated and well-made cases for iPhone and iPad ✔ The Impact series have ultimate protection – drop tested form a height of two metres – and fit securely ✔ The reviews are compiled through a mix of expert opinion and real-world testing



Why Google Is Willing To Pay Apple $12 Billion Per Year

10/25/2018, 11:02:19 AM
Apple's fee for making Google the default search engine in Safari reportedly could top $12 billion next year. ✔ Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) receives a lot of money from Google just for making it the default search engine in Safari on iOS and macOS devices ✔ That number may have tripled this year, according to analyst Rod Hall as reported by Business Insider (link behind paywall) ✔ Apple's premium product attracts consumers with money to spend



Worried about iPhone eavesdroppers? China says Trump may need a Huawei

10/25/2018, 8:50:40 AM
China's foreign ministry has some suggestions for the Trump administration ... ✔ Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] has come under scrutiny in the United States where intelligence agency leaders and others have said they are concerned that Huawei and other Chinese companies may be beholden to the Chinese government or ruling Communist Party, raising the risk of espionage



Apple Boss Takes Aim At 'Weaponization' Of Customer Data

10/25/2018, 8:08:03 AM
Tim Cook said customer data was being "weaponized with military efficiency" by companies to increase profit. ✔ are carefully assembled, synthesized, traded, and sold ✔ He said algorithms, a major tool for competitors, were turning harmless preferences into hardened convictions ✔ Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai will share their views via video messages later in the day



Alphabet Earnings: What to Watch

10/25/2018, 9:44:02 AM
Google parent Alphabet is scheduled to announce third-quarter earnings after the market closes on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know. ✔ Investors will look to see whether that percentage rises or falls ✔ The company usually includes Google Cloud revenue as part of Other Revenues, a category that includes other nonadvertising businesses such as Google Play apps and hardware devices such as Pixel phones



Apple’s Radical Approach to News: Humans Over Machines

10/25/2018, 10:28:55 AM
While Google, Facebook and Twitter face scrutiny for spreading misinformation, Apple has avoided scandal by using people to pick what news to show. Is that good for publishers? ✔ Many of Apple’s employees moved into a glistening new $5 billion glass headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., this year ✔ (She plans to leave the coops empty.) In interviews, Ms. Kern was lighthearted but matter of fact ✔ In contrast, Google takes a 5 percent cut; Facebook takes nothing



WPP cuts guidance, looks to sell Kantar stake

10/25/2018, 8:35:16 AM
undefined ✔ Overall revenue declined 0.8% to 3.76 billion pounds ($4.86 billion) for the third quarter compared with GBP3.79 billion in the year-earlier period ✔ The company is selling assets to reduce its debt-to-earnings ratio and simplify its sprawling operations, and previously signaled that disposing of all or part of Kantar was an option ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment



China's Wingtech to gain control of Dutch chipmaker Nexperia for...

10/25/2018, 7:44:24 AM
China's Wingtech Technology Co Ltd, the world's largest smartphone con... ✔ The acquisition will value Nexperia at 35.1 billion yuan ($5.06 billion), around one-and-a-half times the $2.1 billion a consortium of Chinese buyers paid for it in 2016, the filing said ✔ Wingtech said in the filing it is the world’s largest smartphone original design manufacturer (ODM) by volume, with more than 10 percent of the global market share ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: McAfee's decision to research election disinformation highlights industry shift

10/25/2018, 11:58:34 AM
Politics is trendy right now. ✔ THE KEY A man exits a polling station during Arizona primary elections on Aug. 28 in Tempe, Ariz ✔ As a nerd, I feel like some of us need to dive into the practical issues ✔ In this photo illustration, hands type on a computer keyboard in Los Angeles on Feb. 27, 2013



SK Hynix warns of more chip price falls, capex cut as trade...

10/25/2018, 5:16:45 AM
SK Hynix offered a downbeat outlook for semiconductors on Thursday, warning pric... ✔ REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo But some chip prices have already started falling and are set to end the unprecedented industry boom and soaring profits for chipmakers around the world, analysts say ✔ SK Hynix joined a growing list of chipmakers sounding caution on the industry outlook, as they wrestle with excess inventory due to weakening demand for smartphones, cryptocurrency mining devices and consumer electronics ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Regulator Wishes It Could Fine Facebook More in Cambridge Analytica Case

10/25/2018, 11:40:16 AM
The U.K.’s privacy watchdog fined Facebook $569,700 for allowing illicit access to users’ data by the political-data firm Cambridge Analytica—and said it would have handed the social network a bigger fine if it could have. ✔ While we respectfully disagree with some of their findings, we have said before that we should have done more to investigate claims about Cambridge Analytica and taken action in 2015, a spokeswoman for the social network said ✔ Our own informationfrom the everyday to the deeply personalis being weaponized against us with military efficiency, Mr. Cook said



Pipe Bombs, Stock Market, Megyn Kelly: Your Thursday Briefing

10/25/2018, 10:01:22 AM
Here’s what you need to know to start your day. ✔ Noteworthy • Catastrophic typhoon hits a U.S. commonwealth A huge storm called Yutu, which had the strength of a Category 5 hurricane, slammed the Northern Mariana Islands, northeast of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, destroying more than 100 homes ✔ Check out our full range of free newsletters here



Power Up: Bomb throwing becomes reality in attacks against Trump critics

10/25/2018, 9:53:07 AM
Experts warn of dangerous rhetoric. ✔ At the White House BOILING POINT: The toxicity of our political climate came to a terrifying head on Wednesday after a slew of suspicious packages containing explosive devices was mailed to prominent Democrats and one news organization ✔ Outside the Beltway FRIENDS, AMERICANS, COUNTRYMEN : We talked to political rhetoric experts about the troubling, hyperpartisan climate, and many said it is ripe for the attempted violence we've seen this week



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