Apple has reportedly partnered with the U.S. game developer Valve in order to develop its long-awaited and thoroughly spoken off, AR headset, which is expected to be launched next year.DigiTimes reports:“Apple went into this partnership with Valve to develop AR head-mounted display devices, which may be released in the second half of 2020 at the earliest, with Taiwan’s ODMs Quanta Computer and Pegatron said to handle the assembly job, according to industry sources.”Valve is best known as the...
Read More »With Google’s Support Fitbit Might Catch Up to and Overtake Apple Watch
Google’s parent company Alphabet has revealed that it will be purchasing popular wearables giant and smartwatch maker Fitbit, in a deal that will be closed soon. Worth $2.1 billion, many analysts agree that this deal has all the makings of a blow-up and could very seriously cement Google’s position as a strong contender in the smartwatch market, a market already largely dominated by Apple. While this is very interesting and important news, the market is starting to wonder whether or not...
Read More »Warren Buffet’s Profits Receive Enormous Rise despite Market Uncertainty
Warren Buffett and his company had their total capital rising to a record of $128 billion during Q3 2019, сovering all the losses and showing the company has some great risk management tools. The measure supposes to help the company’s under-performing stocks, while some market analysts claim it will make the stocks fall faster. Berkshire spent 1.7 billion in Q1, 442 million in Q2, and 700 million in Q3 on repurchasing stocks in 2019. They also have changed the rules by which the stocks...
Read More »World’s Largest Oil Producer Saudi Aramco Files for an Initial Public Offering
Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest and state-owned oil producer of Saudi Arabia, has announced its plans of Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Sunday, November 3. This is likely to be the largest ever initial stock offering with stocks listed on Saudi’s domestic stock exchange, Tadawul.An unspecified percentage of shares will be available for trading next month as the oil giant plans to raise anywhere between $20-$40 billion. Note that this will be just 1-2% of the stake sale for the company....
Read More »Launched Today Apple TV Plus Is to Compete with Disney+ In Streaming Wars
Long-awaited Apple’s TV streaming service Apple TV Plus is finally live and you can start watching it on any platform that offers the Apple TV app, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and support non-Apple devices, as well as on the web at tv.apple.com.Apple is launching with a library of nine titles, and a few more announcements are to come during the next few weeks. Also, the venture counts Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg among its first wave of talent. Apple TV Plus launched on Friday with...
Read More »Apple Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings as ‘Highest Q4 Revenue Ever’
Apple has published an official report, detailing its earnings for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year which ended on September 28, 2019. According to the report, Apple reasonably exceeded analysts’ expectations on earnings per share as well as total revenue. Regardless, stocks remained relatively stagnant, in response to Apple’s announcement. Now they are traded at approximately 240$.The report shows that Apple pulled in total revenue of $64 billion in the fourth quarter, a year over year...
Read More »New Apple’s iPhone 12 Line Could Finally Get 5G Modem Chips in 2020
In order to hold a throne of the world’s most innovative tech company, Apple is detected to deploy providers in order to make its first-ever 5G iPhones next year (“innovative” obviously doesn’t have the same meaning for Apple as for the rest of the world). As per Nikkei’s sources, there are three flagship models set to include the most advanced mobile processors that now exist including the leading-edge screens.The company hopes that upgraded iPhones will prevail over Huawei‘s current...
Read More »Google Owner Alphabet Keen to Buy Fitbit as Both Stocks Rise Exponentially
In what has been seen by many as a move into the fitness sector, Alphabet Inc. parent company of Google has been in talks with fitness device manufacturer Fitbit for the prospects of acquisition. Alphabet Inc. has been eyeing the wearable fitness device for some time and this could be a culmination of the innovative company’s intentions to get a slice of the fitness pie.Sources familiar with the matter indicate that while Alphabet is already at par with other device makers in terms of devices...
Read More »S&P 500 Sets New Record High as Market Anticipates Resolution of US-China Trade Dispute
Photo: QuoteInspectorPeople who are invested in the stock market are currently counting interesting gains as there has been commendable growth in the major stock market indices. On Monday, the S&P 500 increased by 0.7% and successfully set a new record at 3,039.42, beating out the previous record of 3,027.98 which was set a few months ago on July 26.This increase was also seen elsewhere, as the Nasdaq Composite rose by 1% to hit 8,325.99, about 0.5% less than its own record highs. The...
Read More »Apple’s New AirPods Pro with Noise Cancellation Feature Go on Sale on October 30
Users of Apple‘s products have got used to the fact that the American tech giant surprises with new developments quite often. Today, the company has introduced its new device – AirPods Pro, wireless earbuds that feature active noise cancellation and promise perfect sounding.According to the data provided by the company’s press release, the upgraded AirPods Pro equipped with an outward-facing microphone that detects external sound and makes the earbuds extremely useful while...
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