Here’s what analysts are saying about Apple’s Q2 earnings
After yet another long stretch of doom and gloom leading up to Apple’s fiscal second-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, the company racked up yet another …
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Comcast is only increasing internet speeds for customers who also pay for cable
As we’ve documented ad nauseam before, cable companies are struggling with falling profits due largely to cord cutting. With over a million customers jumping ship …
Shocker: Cable companies had yet another terrible quarter thanks to cord-cutting
2017 was a bad year for the pay TV industry. Cable and satellite providers saw subscribers leave in record numbers, and despite efforts to blame …
Jan Koum is leaving Facebook and WhatsApp users will end up paying the price
Jan Koum, the other Facebook-made WhatsApp co-founder that’s still working for the giant social network will leave the company over clashes with Mark Zuckerberg about …
Investors are finding new reasons to love Apple now that the iPhone is fading
In the leadup to the iPhone X reveal last year, analysts were visibly salivating at the prospect of an iPhone upgrade “supercycle,” a tidal wave …
Lawsuit blames rising smartphone prices on Samsung price-fixing crucial components
It’s no secret that smartphone prices have been creeping upwards for the last few years. Some analysts blame the creep on manufacturers using increasingly expensive …
Tesla is burning so much cash it could go broke by the end of the year
Tesla is not much like any other car company. It’s eschewed dealerships, the usual pre-production testing, meetings, management structure, and allegedly worker safety in an …
What the ‘new’ T-Mobile network will look like
In case you didn’t hear, T-Mobile and Sprint made it official yesterday. The two smaller wireless networks are becoming one giant behemoth that will be able …
Sprint and T-Mobile are already preparing for an epic showdown with government regulators
Midday Sunday, T-Mobile and Sprint announced that the boards of both companies have approved a merger deal that will take the US from four wireless …
T-Mobile and Sprint just announced their $146 billion merger
Welp, there goes the neighborhood. As expected, T-Mobile and Sprint have agreed on a price and terms, and the merger has been announced. Don’t worry, it’s …
Cable TV prices have been soaring for 20 years, which probably explains why everyone’s cutting the cord
Cable TV is undeniably expensive. With the average bundle sitting around $105, it costs substantially more than a cell plan and some people’s electricity. But …
High-roller investor with a whole 12 shares of TSLA wants Elon gone
Unlike investing all your money in Bitcoin, or stuffing it under the mattress, being a shareholder comes with a few perks. Among them is the …
Report: T-Mobile and Sprint have agreed on a price for the nightmare merger
Sprint and T-Mobile have agreed on pricing for a deal that would value Sprint at $24 billion, according to Bloomberg. If the reports of the details …
T-Mobile and Sprint may announce a merger as soon as next week
The T-Mobile-Sprint will-they-won’t-they merger saga continues with a new episode that teases a happy ending. Apparently, the two carriers who’ve failed to reach a deal …
Amazon Prime is getting more expensive
During its Q1 2018 earnings call, Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky told reporters that Amazon is increasing the price of its annual subscription from $99 per year …
MoviePass CEO hints that its unlimited monthly movie service is already dead
We became slightly concerned last week when we found out that MoviePass had temporarily replaced its unbeatable $10 a month unlimited movie plan with a …
Amazon shares soar after monster earnings report
Amazon’s shares soared over 6 percent in after-hours trading, following a substantial earnings beat and a forecast for current-quarter growth that would defy all expectations. …
Apple partner TSMC has started production of next-gen chips that will power Apple’s new iPhone
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, a company that has fabricated the A-series chips in Apple’s iPhones and iPads for years, has officially started volume production of …
Report: Huawei is now under criminal investigation in the US
So far, 2018 has been a bad year for Chinese technology companies in the US. January started with the news that the US government had …
With Netflix planning to spend $8 billion on content this year, company plans to raise $1.5 billion in debt
A few years ago, Netflix came to the astute realization that it needed to amass a large library of original content. The brilliance of Netflix’s …
The DoJ’s corruption investigation of Verizon and AT&T could save us from a Sprint-T-Mobile merger
Late last week, news broke that the Department of Justice is investigating possible collusion between Verizon, AT&T, and industry body the GSMA to keep eSIMs …
The iPhone X is being outsold by a 4-year-old iPhone design
In the leadup to the iPhone X reveal last year, analysts were visibly salivating at the prospect of an iPhone upgrade “supercycle,” a tidal wave …
Apple’s acquisition of Shazam is at risk due to a new antitrust investigation
Apple’s acquisition of music recognition service Shazam, a deal reportedly worth $400 million, could be at risk after EU antitrust regulators announced Monday that they’ve …
Walmart is jumping on the crypto bandwagon with two blockchain patents
While the majority of the world is having fun watching Bitcoin go up and down faster than a yo-yo, companies are scrambling to get in …
T-Mobile’s wild ride might finally be slowing down
Since hiring CEO John Legere in 2012 and debuting its new Uncarrier strategy, T-Mobile has turned into the kind of success story that gets MBA …
Report: AT&T and Verizon have been working together to screw you
According to a New York Times article that landed Friday afternoon, the Department of Justice has opened an antitrust investigation into collusion between Verizon and AT&T’s wireless …
The Galaxy S9 is definitely no match for Apple’s latest iPhones
If you read our in-depth Galaxy S9 review, you know that Samsung’s Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus are by far the company’s most impressive …
I want to live in AT&T’s fantasy world where prices actually go down
We’re weeks into the court proceedings between AT&T, which is trying to buy Time Warner Inc, and the Justice Department that is suing to block …
A big slowdown in iPhone orders has Wall Street worried
Shares of Apple were down nearly 2.5 percent Thursday afternoon, following a dismal growth forecast from Apple’s biggest processor supplier. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) …
Cord-cutting is hitting the cable companies where it hurts most: Money
As it’s been extensively documented for the last year, cord-cutting streaming services are coming for the cable companies. Pay TV subscriptions are down by record …
