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MacBook Air 2018 teardown shows it’s easier to repair than previous MacBooks

11/9/2018, 11:04:13 AM
Has Apple learned its lesson? ✔ As iFixit continued to explore the MacBook Air, the team found that the two Thunderbolt 3 ports are modular – a repair-friendly design that means the ports can be easily replaced if they become faulty ✔ Best Mac 2018: the best Macs to buy this year Image credits: iFixit



iPad 9.7 review

11/9/2018, 11:35:47 AM
The most affordable iPad ever brings brilliant upgrades ✔ The new iPad 9.7 for 2018 is designed to achieve one thing: deliver the best of Apple’s tablet efforts at a more affordable price ✔ Apple could make the glass more matte and ridged to help, but that would make the display harder to see, so it’s not an easily solved conundrum



This iPhone password trick is the EASIEST way to avoid being hacked

11/9/2018, 11:58:49 AM
HACKERS are getting smarter, so you’ll be pleased to hear your iPhone has extremely powerful built-in defences that you can take advantage of. One of the best tricks you can employ to beat ha… ✔ HACKERS are getting smarter, so you'll be pleased to hear your iPhone has extremely powerful built-in defences that you can take advantage of ✔ And the Safari web browser now has a special feature called Strong Passwords ✔ It's important to never use the same password on multiple accounts



iPhone XR vs. iPhone XS: Do you really need that second lens?

11/9/2018, 10:12:51 AM
The camera on the cheaper iPhone XR can do almost everything that the dual camera on the iPhone XS can, except when it comes to two important tasks. ✔ If you're deciding between the new iPhone XS and its cheaper, more colorful sibling, your choice ultimately comes down to the camera ✔ The iPhone XR uses the wide-angle lens for portrait mode, whereas the XS uses that second telephoto lens, which comes in closer to the subject



Fight With Apple Continues To Weigh On Qualcomm

11/9/2018, 4:50:04 AM
Apple has shifted all of its new business to rival Intel, although Qualcomm still sells modems for older iDevices. ✔ We're now approaching the two-year anniversary of Qualcomm's (NASDAQ:QCOM) massive legal battle with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), which has been wrecking both sides of Qualcomm's business ever since ✔ Notably, over 50% of the expected fiscal 2019 headwind related to Apple is reflected in our first fiscal quarter guidance, it impacts our QCT business



Trade war hastens key Apple supplier Pegatron's shift from China

11/9/2018, 2:20:54 AM
Rising labor costs also spur move to Southeast Asia ✔ People in Shanghai try out this year's new iPhones ✔ Nikkei reported on Monday that Apple has notified Foxconn, which trades as Hon Hai Precision Industry, and Pegatron that it would not need extra capacity reserved for iPhone XR, the lowest-priced new model this year



Apple boosts land holdings to more than 7,000 acres

11/9/2018, 4:09:30 AM
undefined ✔ In Iowa alone, the company has bought about 2,000 acres for new data centres close to Des Moines where it stands to benefit from more than $200m of subsidies ✔ Our investment creates hundreds of local construction jobs across states where we’re expanding and we work closely with local and state leaders as we develop our long-term investment plans



Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Ranks Highest In This Important Category, Poll Finds

11/9/2018, 12:43:28 AM
He beat out CEOs of Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, and Google. ✔ The public is probably less familiar with Google CEO Sundar Pichai, because he keeps a lower profile and is outranked by Larry Page, CEO of Google’s parent company, Alphabet ✔ Silicon Valley might look at these companies as tech brands, but the American public looks at them as lifestyle brands, Gerzema said



UK Daily Deals: Black Friday Deal - Get a £40 Currys PC World Voucher when Purchasing iPhone Contracts at Carphone Warehouse

11/9/2018, 11:42:40 AM
Currys PC World Black Tag deals are now live, get Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 for £44.99, save up to 57% off Norton Security. ✔ If you can't get the promo code working, get in touch with Very customer service team and provide the offer URL and they should apply the savings to your account manually ✔ It makes an ideal gift for any Game of Thrones or whiskey fan this Christmas ✔ Game of Thrones Johnnie Walker White Walker scotch whisky -  £34.00



SugarSync review

11/9/2018, 10:06:28 AM
The sweet experience with a sour note ✔ And, if you so choose, those people can add, edit, delete or sync the files that are shared with them ✔ Without that failing, this is a solid product that could be security-enhanced, but at current pricing, it is not competitive or even approaching being so



Spenders or thrifters: As Singles' Day nears, are China's shoppers...

11/9/2018, 6:57:38 AM
China is gearing up for the biggest shopping event of the year on Sunday, a day ... ✔ A range of consumer indexes, including from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and brokerage Jefferies, have shown a drop off in confidence this year as credit conditions and trade tensions have hardened ✔ (China smartphone sales on hold: tmsnrt.rs/2PdBGNw) ($1 = 6.9466 Chinese yuan renminbi) Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Fast Europe Open: France industrial output, UK GDP

11/9/2018, 5:40:01 AM
undefined ✔ In 2011 it owned just 584 acres, older filings show ✔ Futures tip the FTSE 100 to open 0.3 per cent lower while the S&P 500 is set to open flat ✔ 07.45: France industrial output 09.30: UK industrial output 09.30: UK Q3 gross domestic product 09.30: UK goods trade balance



Optical products maker II-VI to buy Finisar for $3.2 billion

11/9/2018, 10:39:39 AM
Laser and optical products maker II-VI Inc said on Friday it would buy peer Fini... ✔ (Reuters) - Laser and optical products maker II-VI Inc (IIVI.O) said on Friday it would buy peer Finisar Corp (FNSR.O), a major Apple Inc (AAPL.O) supplier, for about $3.2 billion ✔ II-VI will pay Finisar shareholders $26 per share in cash and stock, a premium of 37.7 percent to Finisar’s closing share price on Thursday ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



II-VI to buy Apple supplier Finisar in cash and stock deal valued at $3.2 billion

11/9/2018, 11:12:15 AM
undefined ✔ IIVI, +1.34% said on Friday it will buy Finisar Corp. FNSR, +5.30% a major Apple Inc ✔ II-VI will pay Finisar shareholders $26 per share in cash and stock, a premium of 37.7% to Finisar's closing share price Thursday



Asian stocks end week lower as rate hike bets lift dollar

11/9/2018, 11:27:36 AM
Chinese bank shares tumble on call to boost lending to private companies ✔ The verdict raised hopes for less monetary tightening in near future, according to Jonathen Chan, a market analyst at CMC Markets and Stockbroking ✔ PetroChina and CNOOC lost 2.3% and 4.4%, respectively, in Hong Kong, while PTT Exploration and Production declined 1.4% in Bangkok



And now for something completely different: Chinese robot news readers

11/9/2018, 11:34:44 AM
Chinese news readers may have some new competition - artificially intelligent ro... ✔ This year’s iteration, however, which opened on Wednesday, was more muted and has a less glitzy global line-up, even as battle lines for control of the web have hardened amid a biting trade war between China and the United States ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



The Luddite prophecy

11/9/2018, 6:57:59 AM
undefined ✔ All the cars (except for some old ones) would stop in their tracks, never to be started again ✔ Then there is the rampant consumerism that pervades society at all levels ✔ He is a retired clergyman and a life member of the Royal Asiatic Society-Korea Branch



Sister Sister actress reveals niece, 18, was shot dead in California bar

11/9/2018, 12:57:21 AM
SISTER Sister actress Tamera Mowry-Housley has confirmed her 18-year-old niece was among the 12 killed in a mass shooting at a California bar. Alaina Housley had gone line dancing with friends at t… ✔ His dad, Jason Coffman, wept as he confirmed to reporters that his first-born son - who was due to become a big brother again - was among the victims ✔ Afghan war veteran Long, who was armed with an illegally-modified handgun and smoke grenades, shot himself after his two and half minute killing spree



Europe’s Rule Enforcer Explains Her Philosophy

11/9/2018, 10:46:19 AM
Margrethe Vestager, the European competition commissioner, says tech companies need to ask themselves one question: Do you serve the consumer? ✔ MS. VESTAGER: I think it becomes a straw-man argument, so that we’re discussing something else instead of discussing the real thing ✔ For instance, in a raid, if we return to the office with 700,000 documentsto be able to process that, data-mine it, organize it so that you see where is the smoking gun in these 700,000 documents



'It was just mayhem' — Gunman kills 12 inside Thousand Oaks bar - Los Angeles Times

11/9/2018, 10:17:13 AM
A gunman killed a dozen people inside the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks Tuesday night, then took his own life. Among the dead was a Ventura County sheriff's sergeant. 50 to 60 inches. ✔ Then the door opened and the shooter walked into the brightly lit pub and turned right and headed for the cash register and the woman behind it ✔ Some of the terrified patrons hid out in restrooms, furiously texting friends and family members ✔ Alaina was an incredible young woman with so much life ahead of her and we are devastated that her life was cut short in this manner



Las Vegas massacre survivor was among 12 killed at Borderline Bar

11/9/2018, 9:15:00 AM
Telemachus Orfanos, 27, survived the shooting at a country music concert in Las Vegas in October 2017, but was among the 12 killed on Wednesday at the bar in Thousand Oaks, California. ✔ 'I know that, being a religious person, that God is never going to give me anything more than I can handle,' he said ✔ 'I have no doubt that he died a hero, shielding others from gunshots ✔ He will forever be our hero, son, brother, and the best uncle anybody could ever ask for,' she said



Harrowing video shows gunman shoot victims inside California bar

11/9/2018, 3:18:24 AM
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO The sickening video shows ex-Marine Ian Michael Long, 28, stalking through the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California late Wednesday. ✔ Telemachus Orfanos Kristina Kaylee Morisette  Morisette worked as the cashier at Borderline Bar and Grill ✔ The killer shot himself before police were able to get inside the building  Many inside the bar had to throw bar stools to break the windows and escape as the gunman opened fire



Chilling final Facebook post of ex-Marine with PTSD who shot up bar

11/9/2018, 8:05:47 AM
Ian David Long, 28, stormed into the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California on Wednesday night, firing into the crowd before turning the gun on himself. ✔ A law enforcement source who has been briefed on the investigation says that investigators believe they have identified a Facebook post that Long wrote moments before the shooting, according to CNN ✔ But about six months ago, a next-door neighbor said he called authorities a when he heard loud banging and shouting at Long's home ✔ He will forever be our hero, son, brother, and the best uncle anybody could ever ask for,' she said



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