Apple offices in South Korea raided once again
According to a report from a London newspaper, Apple’s offices in South Korea have been raided by regulators, just ahead of the launch of the …
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More people cut the cord last quarter than ever before
Cord-cutting is happening at speed. We already knew that, and cable companies have been prepping for a while. But one thing no-one foresaw is just how …
The Department of Justice is suing to stop the AT&T/Time Warner merger
The Department of Justice has filed a suit to prevent the AT&T/Time Warner merger from going through, AT&T confirmed in a press release issued today. …
The 5 biggest questions Tesla didn’t answer last night
Elon Musk promised that last night’s event would “blow your mind clear out of your skull and into an alternate dimension.” Well, it’s the morning after …
AT&T is seriously thirsty for Trump’s tax cuts
Trump’s tax plan, we’re told, is going to cause a boom in jobs like we’ve never seen. With the money corporations will save from having …
The mythical ‘iPhone killer’ finally exists
When Apple first launched the original iPhone back in 2007, every rival smartphone maker had the same cavalier response. In a nutshell, they believed iPhone …
Apple supplier Qualcomm rejects $105 billion takeover bid from Broadcom
Last week, chip giant Broadcom made an unsolicited takeover bid for Qualcomm, Broadcom’s rival and the largest manufacturer of modems and processors for high-end smartphones. …
This is the kind of dirty trick Comcast tries to keep its monopoly
In the three months that make up Q3 2017, Comcast’s cable communications operation pulled in $2.65 billion in income. Revenue was up 5.1%, even as …
The iPhone X will push Apple ahead of Samsung once and for all
In the decade-long battle between Apple and Samsung, the iPhone maker has traditionally been winning most of the categories that investors care about. It’s had …
Trump’s DoJ wants AT&T to sell CNN to secure Time Warner deal
According to reports from the New York Times, Financial Times, and Recode, the Department of Justice is asking AT&T to sell Turner, the broadcast TV arm of Time …
What a Qualcomm takeover would mean for Apple and its bitter legal dispute
Earlier today, news landed that chip giant Broadcom has made a $103 billion offer for Qualcomm, its rival in the mobile chipmaking industry. The deal …
Sprint and Altice are teaming up to launch a new wireless carrier
Altice USA, the nation’s fourth-largest cable company, is teaming up with Sprint, the nation’s fourth-largest wireless network, in order to create a new wireless carrier. …
Apple’s extremely wealthy CEO insists that the $1,000 iPhone X is affordable
Tim Cook is the CEO of the most valuable company on the planet, so it makes sense that he is well compensated. Of course, he …
Photos of iPhone X lines from around the world
iPhone X rumors have been swirling for so long that it was beginning to feel like this day would never come. But alas, iPhone X …
Apple CEO Tim Cook says tax reform should’ve been done a long time ago
Tax reform is the one lifejacket of normality that the Trump administration is still clinging to during its present storm. Stock market values have been …
Google found a new way to screw up the Pixel 2 XL
Welcome to the smartphone industry, Google! The company’s first-generation Pixel smartphones were adored by diehard Android fans, who were ecstatic to finally have the opportunity …
Report: AT&T and Time Warner merger might be blocked by Justice Department
is reporting that the Department of Justice (DoJ) is considering an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner. DoJ officials have met with AT&T …
A million people cut the cord in the last 3 months, and cable companies are worried
Cord-cutting, or at least the speed at which people are ditching pay TV, is on track to be the biggest upset of the year. There’s …
Charter will be launching wireless cell plans in 2018
Have you ever hung up the phone with a Charter rep, kicked back in your chair, and wondered if that same brand of customer service …
Proof that the T-Mobile/Sprint merger would be awful for consumers
Earlier today, Nikkei Asian Review published a report that merger talks between Sprint and T-Mobile are over. According to the story, Sprint owner SoftBank was unwilling to …
Report: T-Mobile Sprint merger has been called off
It’s a reprieve at the last minute, folks. The rumored T-Mobile Sprint merger, which is just about old enough to vote, has reportedly been called …
Nintendo now expects the Switch to outsell the Wii U by next spring
Nintendo had a lot riding on the Switch when it unleashed the next-gen console earlier this year. Coming back from the mess that was the …
You might get that iPhone X ahead of Apple’s stated shipping date
Right now, all the iPhone X models are showing a 5-6 wait for delivery on Apple’s online store. If you were determined to get your …
T-Mobile’s customers are actually happy
Back in August, we wrote about a survey that showed how T-Mobile is the only network to actually have satisfied customers. The obvious guess was …
Apple’s latest acquisition will help iPhones catch up with Android in a key area
Apple’s upcoming new iPhone X is a market leader in so many key areas. It has the narrowest bezels among all top-tier flagship smartphones thanks …
AT&T’s Q3 earnings tell us everything we need to know about cord-cutting
Right now, it’s a bad time to be a cable company. Netflix is buying up original content nearly as fast as it’s stealing customers, 5G …
Apple Pay is turning out to be a quiet revolution
You’d be forgiven for forgetting that Apple Pay exists. Years after Apple first launched its mobile payment system, the service has barely changed. We’re eagerly …
Sprint and T-Mobile just dropped a big hint that the merger is coming
Rumors about a Sprint T-Mobile merger have been swirling for months. But thus far, most of the information we’ve had is from anonymous sources talking …
Apple and Samsung are headed back to court… again
Apple and Samsung are headed to court to argue about the damages Samsung owes Apple for infringing on its design patents. Don’t worry: you haven’t …
Q4 iPhone X shipments will top most phones’ lifetime shipments – and it’s still not enough
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is the world’s top Apple insider, and he consistently issues reports that wind up being accurate. That’s typically good news, …
