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Hashtag Trending – French authorities investigating Apple for ‘planned obsolesence’; dancing robots at CES

By Eric Emin Wood January 10, 2018

Apple is being investigated by French prosecutors for allegedly designing iPhones to deliberately stop working after two years. People are talking about James Damore’s lawsuit against Google. And dancing robots at CES. From Facebook: The French government’s consumer protection agency is investigating Apple regarding allegations of “planned obsolescence”. In France it’s a crime to intentionally…

Patching Meltdown/Spectre: Take your time, or get to it fast?

By Howard Solomon January 9, 2018

The country’s biggest municipal power system has wasted no time in implementing patches to the Meltdown and…

Hashtag Trending – Microsoft drops Bitcoin support, Apple pressured to address childhood iPhone addiction

By Eric Emin Wood January 9, 2018

Microsoft is no longer supporting Bitcoin. Two investors with $2 billion USD in Apple stock are pressuring the company to address childhood iPhone addiction. And today’s CES highlights include voice assistant-enabled earphones and “Li-Fi”. From Google Trends: Microsoft employees have told technical support website Bleeping Computer that the company is no longer supporting Bitcoin transactions,…

Hashtag Trending – Spotify faces $1.6 billion lawsuit, BlackBerry teams up with Baidu, major tech acquisition predictions

By Alex Radu January 4, 2018

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Hashtag Trending – What will smartphones look like in 2018?

By Alex Radu January 2, 2018

Foldable smartphones? In-display fingerprint sensors? Artificial intelligence? CES and the Mobile World Congress are just around the corner, and we’re heading in 2018 looking at an exciting year for new smartphones. Remember the golden age of flip phones? Well, with the next iteration of the Galaxy Note, Samsung may be returning to it. The rumoured…

Hashtag Trending – Apple’s been slowing down your old iPhone, beverage company pivots to blockchain

By Eric Emin Wood December 22, 2017

Apple admits to slowing down your old iPhone. A beverage company’s stock nearly quadruples after it announces a pivot to blockchain. And in a year with The Emoji Movie, Netflix has apparently produced the worst film of 2017. First, trending on Reddit: Apple has confirmed an observation many Redditors and Geekbench developer John Poole had…

Hashtag Trending – Net neutrality isn’t dead yet, Amazon mends ties with Google, Spotify tries to curb Apple’s dominance

By Mandy Kovacs December 18, 2017

Net neutrality won’t go down without a fight, Amazon offers Google an olive branch, and Spotify reaches out to the EU to curb Apple’s power.

Hashtag Trending – U.S. votes on net neutrality, Google’s year in search, Apple no longer an innovator?

By Eric Emin Wood December 14, 2017

Dozens of U.S. senators have made a last-ditch effort to save net neutrality, but are unlikely to affect today’s vote. The iPhone 8 and BitCoin were among the year’s top Google searches. And a new report claims Apple has become a follower in the smartphone market. On Reddit, efforts to save net neutrality in the…

Patching Meltdown/Spectre: Take your time, or get to it fast?

Apple infuses Finisar with $390 million

Apple acquires Shazam for $400 million

Apple only smartphone vendor out of Top 5 to not achieve double digit growth