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Apple shares to struggle over the next 12 months on weak iPhone X demand, Instinet says
Apple's iPhone X demand remains soft while the latest look into its services business growth proved "good not great," according to Nomura Instinet.
Analysis of recent iPhone average selling prices — a key metric offering insight into the generations of iPhones being sold — implied a thinner mix of iPhone X...
Is Apple getting ready to reveal its secret car?
Traditionally secretive Apple has been dropping tantalizing hints that that it may be ready to challenge tech rivals like Google, as well as automotive giants General Motors, Toyota and Ford, by developing its own autonomous vehicles. Now, Apple is quietly preparing to launch a small fleet of self-driving vehicles onto...
New Samsung ad is all about Apple’s iPhone throttling mess
Months after the controversy made headlines and angered consumers, Samsung is only now getting around to trolling Apple for throttling iPhones. A new commercial tells the familiar tale of many Samsung ads: an iPhone user gradually becomes so fed up with Apple’s phone that they ultimately make the switch to...
Why Are Analysts Almost Always Wrong About Apple?
“No matter how much evidence exists that seers do not exist, suckers will pay for the existence of seers.”
- J. Scott Armstrong, "The Seer-Sucker Theory"
Wall Street analysts, the well-paid prognosticators that frequently appear on CNBC and generate headlines with their reports, hold enormous sway over the fortunes of a company...
These $500 medical records show why Apple could upend the health data industry
Apple health App
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Apple's potential role in delivering health records to consumers was underscored this week by a government watchdog report that showed how costly and complex it is for patients to retrieve their most sensitive data.
In a 25-page report about the "fees and...
Apple shipped 600,000 HomePods in the first quarter of 2018, according to a new sales estimates from market research firm Strategy Analytics
With those sales, the firm says Apple should have around a 6 percent share of the market, which puts it far behind Amazon and Google and just below Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. According to the estimates, Amazon captured 43.6 percent of the smart speaker market with 4 million unit sales,...
Apple shipped an estimated 600,000 HomePods in the first quarter of the year
Apple shipped 600,000 HomePods in the first quarter of 2018, according to a new sales estimates from market research firm Strategy Analytics. With those sales, the firm says Apple should have around a 6 percent share of the market, which puts it far behind Amazon and Google and just below...
Apple brings Everyone Can Code to schools serving blind and deaf students nationwide
Apple is teaming up with leading educators for blind and deaf communities across the US to bring accessible coding to their schools. Beginning this fall, schools supporting students with vision, hearing or other assistive needs will start teaching the Everyone Can Code curricula for Swift, Apple’s powerful and intuitive programming...
Google launches its AI-driven Apple News competitor ‘Google News’ for iPhone & iPad
Last week at its annual I/O developer conference, Google unveiled its new AI-powered “Google News” application. Replacing the neglected Newsstand service from Google, and seen as a direct competitor to the Apple News app, Google News is now available on the App Store…
Google News relies heavily on the data it...
Are Apple, Amazon and Facebook the future of banking?
n the not-too-distant-future, Amazon (AMZN) could let customers zap each other cash with Alexa, and then deposit the money in an Amazon-branded checking account.
Apple (AAPL) is reportedly on the verge of launching a joint credit card with Goldman Sachs (GS) that would carry the Apple Pay brand. And Facebook (FB)...