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Samsung 3Q Guidance Strong On Components And Mobile As CEO Departs
Samsung 3Q Guidance Strong On Components And Mobile As CEO Departs
October 16, 2017  |  Earnings

By any measure, the news headlines were significant ones for Samsung Electronics last week. As reported by TechCrunch, the company made two separate announcements Thursday....

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Qualcomm Sues To Stop iPhone Production In China
Qualcomm Sues To Stop iPhone Production In China
October 13, 2017  |  Apple

Qualcomm and Apple continue their legal battles. This time, Qualcomm has filed lawsuits in China to ban the sale and manufacture of iPhones in the country,...

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Apple iPhone X Production Woes Continue
Apple iPhone X Production Woes Continue
October 13, 2017  |  Apple

Apple’s iPhone X is being released next month, but according to a news report in The Nikkei Asian Review on Thursday (Oct. 12), manufacturers are having...

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Apple Investigates Swelling iPhone 8 Batteries
Apple Investigates Swelling iPhone 8 Batteries
October 09, 2017  |  Apple

Apple is looking into a small number of reports that the iPhone 8 Plus case cracked open due to an expanding battery, with as many...

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Why Samsung, Apple Make Strange, But Profitable, Bedfellows
Why Samsung, Apple Make Strange, But Profitable, Bedfellows
October 03, 2017  |  Apple

Samsung Electronics and Apple have appeared to be long-time fierce rivals in the smartphone market, but the South Korean consumer electronics company recently supplied the semiconductors...

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Apple’s $48B Dent In The Supplier Universe
Apple’s $48B Dent In The Supplier Universe
September 28, 2017  |  Ecosystems

Call it the “X Factor.” Apple’s X Factor, to be precise. And that Factor has taken a bit of a toll on the Apple ecosystem,...

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Google Tracker: Keeping Its Frenemies Close
Google Tracker: Keeping Its Frenemies Close
September 26, 2017  |  Google

The lines are blurring between competition and collaboration as Google reaches across enemy lines to partner with Apple. Or, if “partner” is too strong a...

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Google Acquires HTC’s Pixel Division
Google Acquires HTC’s Pixel Division
September 21, 2017  |  Google

HTC, the struggling Taiwanese smartphone maker, suspended trading of its shares on the Taiwan Stock Exchange starting Thursday (Sept. 21), which prompted renewed speculation that...

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Apple’s iPhone 8 Preorders Weaker Than Past Iterations Of The Device
Apple’s iPhone 8 Preorders Weaker Than Past Iterations Of The Device
September 21, 2017  |  Apple

Apple’s shares were under pressure in trading on Wednesday (Sept. 20) after a Wall Street firm said preorders for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8...

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