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Apple Inc. has gained a strong foothold in the smartphone and computing industry through its high-quality products. Whether it be iPhone, iPad or the Mac, Apple has always put special attention to its display technology and invested billions of dollars over the course of the last few decades.Recently, popular Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated that the Cupertino-based tech giant will switch to mini-LED technology in the next one year. As reported by 9to5mac, Kuo predicts that Apple will bring...

Online shoppers in the United States seem to have made a new name for themselves as the last Black Friday event produced the second-largest sales in history next to last year’s Cyber Monday. Sources indicate that while the Black Friday Sales have been the biggest so far, “small business Saturday” has also gone up by 18% as against last years’ figures reaching $3 billion while Black Friday sales reached about $7.4 billion. But let’s not forget about the last year’s Cyber Monday sales that were...

Two of the biggest shopping events in the world are Black Friday and Cyber Monday. On both days, merchants and retailers considerably crash their prices so much that it causes such a frenzy among shoppers. In many cases, people wait till any of these days to make purchases they could have made at other times in the year, taking advantage of significant price slashes – sometimes up to 90% on selected items with selected retailers. As Amazon’s Cyber Monday begins and people begin to shop,...

First of all, Happy Thanksgiving y’all. Be thankful for your life, your family and, hopefully, your wallets. Hope you had a nice dinner and it prepared you for the Christmas holidays.  However, today is Black Friday and even though it should remind us on the awful things done to the slaves in the U.S. back in time, it should remind us that, except this should never happen again, we could use this date to do something good – for someone, or for us (‘cause you have to love yourself,...

In a history-making move, popular e-sports team Astralis Group is aiming for the first e-sports initial public offering. Sources indicate that the Denmark-based top e-sports gaming company is aiming to conquer the e-sports market which currently worth about $1.1 billion. Sources also further indicate that the IPO based on the prospectus is set to raise between 125 to 150 Danish Kroner which is about $18 million to $22 million. The listing is scheduled for December 9 and it is said to take...

Jeff Bezos has unexpectedly become the world’s richest man again. This occurred largely due to a significant increase in U.S. online sales which has risen by 15.8 % as opposed to last year. Online retailers have made sales of about $50.1 billion this month alone so far. This, of course, has been reflected in the rising prices in Amazon stock which stands at $1,818.51 per share which indicates a rise of about 1.20% in the past twenty-four hours. Amazon’s stock has rebounded largely in part to...

On Monday, the stock market reached new highs: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 190.85 points (or 0.68%) and achieved 28,066.47 by the end of the day, the Nasdaq Composite increased by 1.32% up to 8,632.49, while S&P 500 gained 0.8%. The biggest gains have been made by technology and health care companies. Such companies as Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Intel, Alibaba, Tesla, Disney, and more have enjoyed growth in stocks. For example, Intel rose 2%, Amazon gained 1.61%, Gilead Sciences...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s richest man, has been criticized once again for not doing enough with tax payments. The CEO announced a $98.5 million donation to 32 different organizations in an effort to tackle homelessness and also improve the quality of education in low-income communities, as part of his Bezos Day One Fund. Even though Bezos has also been criticized for also not doing enough with philanthropy, this recent donation didn’t do much to calm one of his most outspoken...

The value of cryptocurrencies is constantly fluctuating, but that doesn’t stop people and businesses from using them to conduct money transactions.Nowadays, you can use Bitcoin – the cryptocurrency that started everything – on Amazon, gambling venues such as the Sloto Cash online casino, and as of late – Airbnb as well.On November 11th, it was announced that Fold now supports payments to Airbnb, allowing people to book stays while enjoying some extra benefits.According to ads, Fold users will...

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has taken over Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the world’s wealthiest person. The Bloomberg billionaires index, which tracks the net worth of the world’s wealthiest, has indicated that Gates has overtaken Bezos based on an over 40% increase in his 1% stake in technology giant Microsoft and his investments in his family office Cascade. For the first time in two years, Gates has taken over the top spot after reports emerged that the United States Department of...