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Apple posts revenues of $53.3 billion, 41.3 iPhone units sold for Q3 2018

In its third quarter earnings statement for fiscal year 2018 on Tuesday, Apple announced revenues of $53.3 billion with iPhone sales of 41.3 million units. Apple shipped 41.3 million iPhones during the June quarter, up slightly year-on-year from the same period in 2017, when it shipped 41 million iPhones. Revenue from iPhones of $29.9 billion […]

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Microsoft is trimming the fat with 18,000 layoffs

It’s not an easy thing being a Microsoft employee right now, as the software giant is doing quite a bit of refocusing which means some of those workers will inevitably be left in the dust. Just ask the 13,000 employees who were let go last Thursday after CEO Satya Nadella outlined the coming changes in an […]

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Will Siri have to answer to Samsung?

According to The Wall Street Journal (subscription required), the voice-recognition tech company behind Apple’s Siri assistant may be in talks with Samsung to sell its technology to Apple’s most notorious competitor. Nuance has reportedly been in talks with several potential buyers as the company seeks to sell off its highly sought after voice-to-text translation software. According to some sources familiar with […]

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Does Clinkle have a shot at competing in the mobile payments game?

So, you may be asking, “What is Clinkle?”. It would be a good question too since there hasn’t been a lot said about it given Clinkle’s “cloak of secrecy” about its development. In fact, during its beta period (still ongoing), employees were allowed to offer the service to friends and family with the specification that none […]

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Is peace on the horizon for smartphone rivals?

I’m not holding my breath that the Apple vs. Samsung patent war will end any time soon, but perhaps there is hope that one day in the future, we won’t have to read any more posts or articles about the never-ending ruling appeals filed by Apple or Samsung, or at least not as many. As […]