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Apple earnings: Can pricey new phones carry the holidays?

10/27/2018, 2:51:17 PM
Apple Inc.’s next earnings report will include just 10 days of iPhone XS and XS Max sales and no iPhone XR sales, but Wall Street will be combing the company’s commentary for indications of demand for those new devices heading into the holidays. ✔ Of the 40 analysts who cover Apple, 26 rate the stock a buy, 13 call it a hold, and one rates it a sell ✔ What else to watch for Look for Apple’s commentary on a variety of China-related issues, from tariffs to consumer demand to gaming regulations ✔ Subscribe to MarketWatch's free Asia Daily newsletter ✔ We Want to Hear from You Join the conversation Comment


Apple confirms Group FaceTime, dual SIM support is coming in iOS 12.1

10/27/2018, 9:31:06 AM
But some older models get left out ✔ It uses a special virtual eSIM rather than a second physical SIM card (check your carrier for details) ✔ The company is expected to unveil another bundle of devices, including new iPad Pros and MacBook models ✔ Here's absolutely everything you need to know about iOS 12 Via AppleInsider


Your iPhone is set for a major boost as iOS 12.1 update confirmed

10/27/2018, 1:02:26 PM
YOUR iPhone is set for a major boost after a number of new Apple features have been confirmed to arrive in iOS 12.1. ✔ Furthermore, the firm emphasised typing should feel more responsive overall ✔ But now it appears the release of iOS 12.1 will contain the highly-anticipated feature ✔ It appears the release of iOS 12.1 will contain the Group FaceTime feature (Image: Apple) Although no official release date for iOS 12.1 has been confirmed by Apple, some are predicting its public debut could follow Apple's forthcoming hardware event in New York City on October 30 ✔ Express.co.uk will be covering proceedings on October 30 live


What to expect in new iPads and Macs

10/27/2018, 5:04:15 AM
Apple Inc. is about to give two product lines much needed upgrades after the gadgets slipped into the towering shadow of the iPhone. On Tuesday, the Cupertino, California-based technology giant will take the stage in Brooklyn, New York, to unveil new Mac computers and iPad tablets. The theme of the event is "making," and it will take place at the Brooklyn Academy of Music – both clues to how Apple plans to reignite sales of the products.


Apple packs latest iPhones with Asian technologies

10/27/2018, 4:01:17 AM
Taking a look inside U.S. giant's latest smartphones ✔ Once it is removed, the teardown can proceed to Apple's unique stacked motherboard, first adopted by last year's iPhone X ✔ The metal case was detached from the front side of the upper half ✔ It may be that, one day, these chips could be dual sourced as well


How I learned to stop worrying and love a big sharemarket downturn

10/27/2018, 9:20:19 AM
Market declines create opportunities. If the price of milk or a car or an Apple iPad dropped 10 per cent, would you sneer? Or would you run out and buy it? ✔ Being one of those who felt 'missing out.' The sea of red can be disconcerting ✔ But there's no need to panic.Credit:Andrew Quilty (Note to readers, in all seriousness: If you are losing sleep over market swings, then you should probably not own stocks.) What shall I do


Android SHOCK: Google fans may have just been given the best reason to switch to iPhone

10/27/2018, 8:27:52 AM
ANDROID users may have just been given the best reason to switch to iPhone following the emergence of a new performance test. ✔ It is worth noting when the iPhone Xs and Xs Max released, they were given single-core scores of 4795 and 4796 respectively ✔ However, it is worth noting while benchmarking software can provide an insight into performance overall, it does not necessarily reflect real world usage


The Morning After: Tesla's new Autopilot feature rolls out

10/27/2018, 2:43:48 PM
Welcome to your weekend! Tesla owners with Autopilot equipped may have a new update to check out. ✔ 'Far more than good enough.'Apple iPhone XR review From the perspective of Apple SVP Phil Schiller, If we're going to push the upper boundaries with XS and XS Max to make something the best, how do we make something that's more affordable for a larger audience


Tech Coming Back to Near-Earth Orbit

10/27/2018, 1:18:53 PM
The past few weeks have offered clear proof that technology investors’ hopes had gotten ahead of reality. The next few may not get much better. ✔ already reported notable declines in user metrics for the third quarter, and Facebook has been working frantically to clean up its own network following a series of scandals ✔ Besides next week’s uncertain reports, the prospect of a trade war with China and contentious midterm elections will likely add to nerves rather than settle them


Microsoft Overtakes Amazon As Second Most Valuable US Company

10/27/2018, 4:46:27 AM
Microsoft Corp regained its spot as the second most valuable U.S. company on Friday after a disappointing quarterly report from Amazon.com wiped $65 billion off the online retailer’s market capitalization. ✔ Its stock market value on Friday stood at $823 billion, on track to close above Amazon’s for the first time since April, when it gave up its spot as second largest company by market capitalization ✔ (Graphic: Analyst PTs for top-tier tech stocks - tmsnrt.rs/2RkFKIF) Reuters Reporting by Noel Randewich in San Francisco; editing by Richard Chang A Microsoft sign is pictured at a store in New York City, Aug. 21, 2018


Should cash-strapped Snapchat sell out? To Netflix?

10/27/2018, 3:21:21 PM
Snapchat needs a sugar daddy. Its cash reserves dwindling from giant quarterly losses. Poor morale from a battered share price and cost-cutting measures sap momentum. And intense competition from Facebook is preventing rapid growth. With just $1.4 billion in assets remaining at the end of a brutal … ✔ Its cash reserves dwindling from giant quarterly losses ✔ Even if the company was bleeding out much worse than it is already, Spiegel could ride it into the ground ✔ After Zuck declared Carthage must be destroyed, Google+ flopped and its messaging apps became a fragmented mess


'People think before Brexit and Trump there was a golden age of internet news – what nonsense'

10/27/2018, 3:32:50 PM
The oddity is that what makes us feel so powerless is the recognition that information isn’t just handed to us anymore from on high but is something we’re engaged in continually shaping and producing ✔ That sort of thinking leads us towards inaction, towards the belief that there is so much information – and so many huge companies messing with it – that there’s nothing we can do in response ✔ The panel event discussed in this article took place during Cambridge University's Festival of Ideas on Friday 20 October The Independent has launched its #FinalSay campaign to demand that voters are given a voice on the final Brexit deal


Wall Street In Review: S&P 500 Ends At Lowest Since May As Tech, Internet Stocks Tumble

10/27/2018, 5:26:59 AM
The S&P 500 ended at its lowest level since early May on Friday and flirted with correction territory after technology and internet shares sold off further, capping another volatile week for U.S. stocks. ✔ The Nasdaq fell 3.8 percent for the week, while the Dow was down 3 percent and the S&P 500 was down 4 percent on the week ✔ Reuters Additional reporting by Amy Caren Daniel and Savio D'Souza in Bengaluru and Sinead Carew in New York; Editing by Chris Reese and Diane Craft Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange


Queen Sonja of Norway on sitting for Andy Warhol and becoming an artist at 70

10/27/2018, 7:35:26 AM
Short of a toad that turns into a prince, the life of Queen Sonja of Norway has the hallmarks of a fairy tale. ✔ Short of a toad that turns into a prince, the life of Queen Sonja of Norway has the hallmarks of a fairy tale ✔ Her two much older siblings left for Sweden in 1940 at the start of the German occupation, and another brother had died ✔ Her dishes are two metres long, and like landscape paintings.’ As for her own career as an artist, she has always been keen on crafts


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