Sprint announces vague plans for 5G in 2019, assuming it lasts that long
Sprint is struggling to find its place in the US wireless industry right now. Its network has been hit by years of under-investment to be …
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Snapchat shares fall 25% after bad earnings
Snap, the parent company of renowned selfie app Snapchat, just reported its first set of earnings as a public company. The news was not good, …
Let’s hope Comcast and Charter don’t make a wireless network
A report in the Wall Street Journal says that Charter and Comcast are teaming up to make some kind of play in the wireless market. Before you …
Apple is now worth $800 billion for the first time ever
Freshman economics students will tell you that something is only “worth” whatever other people are willing to pay for it. In the case of Apple …
Elon Musk laughs off the idea of Apple buying Tesla
During the first three months of 2017, Apple managed to add a cool $10 billion to its bank account. When the company released its earnings …
Apple isn’t as rich as it seems
As part of its earnings announcement this week, Apple revealed that it’s sitting on $258 billion of cash, mostly overseas. That’s more than the GDP …
Tim Cook will spend 0.39% of Apple’s cash to keep Donald Trump happy
In a CNBC interview this evening, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple will start a $1 billion fund to “promote advanced manufacturing jobs in the United …
Tesla earnings: Revenue hits all-time high but profits are nowhere to be found
Tesla late this afternoon released its earnings report for the first quarter of 2017 and posted revenue of $2.7 billion and a loss of $1.33 …
Maybe Tim Cook should blame the iPhone 7’s three-year-old design for declining sales
Apple on Tuesday afternoon reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that were largely in line with expectations. Revenue climbed to $52.9 billion from $50.2 billion in the year-ago …
Apple posts Q2 earnings: Revenue of $52.9 billion as iPhone sales slide yet again
With shares of Apple currently trading at an all-time high, Apple this afternoon posted its earnings report for its second fiscal quarter of 2017. Per …
Apple has $250 billion in cash just lying around
The iPhone, in addition to turning the entire smartphone industry on its head, helped transform Apple into one of the most valuable companies on the …
How hard is Apple’s stock going to crash?
Another day, another analyst shouting BUY BUY BUY on Apple’s stock, based on the upcoming iPhone 8 launch. This week, Credit Suisse analyst Kulbinder Garcha raised …
Get ready for all the wireless carriers to get worse
The last couple months have seen a welcome change in the wireless industry. Instead of massively confusing bills and data caps, we’ve had prices slashed …
Qualcomm slams Apple in scathing new statement
The Apple vs. Qualcomm patent fight is probably the second most important new legal confrontation between tech companies this year, with the Google vs. Uber …
Nintendo announces sky-high March Switch sales and full-year forecast
There was some concern that sales of Nintendo’s new video game console might be stunted by the sour taste left in gamers’ mouths from the Wii …
Samsung didn’t even need the Galaxy S8 to crush Q1
According to several independent reports from insiders in South Korea, Samsung expects the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ to be its best-selling smartphones of all …
Nintendo Switch sales are still clobbering every other console on Nintendo’s home turf
As difficult as it is to actually find a Nintendo Switch console in stock anywhere, it might seem like sales are lagging. Of course, we …
Tesla’s ambitious Model 3 plan relies on a risky manufacturing technology
It’s crunch time for Tesla. Ever since announcing its ambitious plan to deliver hundreds of thousands of Model 3 cars faster than analysts said was …
T-Mobile keeps growing like crazy
T-Mobile’s results for the first three months of 2017 are out, and it’s good news for anyone wearing a magenta onesie. The company is once …
Tesla is doubling the size of its charging network
The biggest complaint about electric cars has always been that there’s nowhere to juice up. Well, that excuse just died if you own a Tesla. …
Samsung announces new pre-order record set by Galaxy S8
Remember when industry watchers couldn’t stop talking about all of the damage that the Galaxy Note 7 debacle did to Samsung’s reputation? Remember when they …
Elon Musk thinks Tesla is just beginning to get big
Tesla shares have been on a rampage lately. Over the past six weeks, Tesla’s stock price has skyrocketed 25%, with shares currently trading in the $304 …
Verizon is losing customers like crazy, even with unlimited data plans
In the first six weeks of 2017, Verizon Wireless lost 398,000 on-contract wireless customers. Considering that analysts expected Verizon to add nearly 250,000 customers in the …
Verizon is spending big to make its 4G network even faster
Verizon’s pitch has always been simple: pay us more money than any other wireless carrier, get the fastest speeds and best network coverage in return. …
iPhone 8 hype is getting out of hand
Look, the iPhone 8 is probably going to be a really great smartphone. Recent advances in technology are making no-bezel smartphones with zero physical buttons …
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 is already a smash hit
Ahead of the Galaxy S8’s announcement late last month, there was a growing concern that the Galaxy Note 7 debacle would weigh heavy on consumers’ …
Report says Nintendo Switch sales topped 2.4 million in debut month
Nintendo’s previous-generation Wii U video game console may very well have been the biggest swing and miss in Nintendo’s history. The company found tremendous success with …
Uber can’t stop losing money
Uber has opened up its books for a rare examination, and the news is not good. From figures shown to Bloomberg, it would appear that Uber …
The iPhone is helping keep these six companies afloat
The success Apple has seen with the iPhone can’t be overstated. With over 1 billion iPhones sold over the last 9 years, Apple’s iconic smartphone …
Galaxy S8 sales are already explosive
Android fans are about to be divided into two groups: those who buy a Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+, and those who wish they had …
