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Apple Prepping Messaging Upgrades To Compete With Facebook

Apple Prepping Messaging Upgrades To Compete With Facebook
Apple Prepping Messaging Upgrades To Compete With Facebook
April 22, 2021  |  Apple

Apple is preparing a major overhaul to its mobile software, along with changes that could see it competing in the messaging arena with Facebook. Get...

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AirTags, Apple Card Update Dominate Apple’s ‘Spring Loaded’ Event
AirTags, Apple Card Update Dominate Apple’s ‘Spring Loaded’ Event
April 20, 2021  |  Apple

Apple held its virtual “Spring Loaded” event Tuesday (April 20) and delivered on what industry professionals were expecting, namely a new screen for the iPad...

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BlackBerry Attempts A Comeback With 5G
BlackBerry Attempts A Comeback With 5G
April 05, 2021  |  Mobile

BlackBerry, the phone that got thumbs flying with the release of the 957 smartphone in 2000, has certainly faded from view, but it hasn’t disappeared...

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Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Gets On The Road To Electric Cars
Chinese Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Gets On The Road To Electric Cars
March 26, 2021  |  Innovation

One of the world’s biggest smartphone makers is apparently getting into the electric vehicle business, Reuters reported Thursday (March 25). Get the Full Story Complete...

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Indian Phone Sellers Urge Court To Cap Sales, Investigate Amazon
Indian Phone Sellers Urge Court To Cap Sales, Investigate Amazon
March 01, 2021  |  International

An Indian trade association with 150,000 members owning mobile phone stores has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to probe Amazon’s business practices in the country,...

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Mizuho, LINE Increase Investments In Bid To Launch ‘Smartphone Bank’
Mizuho, LINE Increase Investments In Bid To Launch ‘Smartphone Bank’
February 22, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

LINE Corp. and Mizuho Financial Group have agreed to increase their investment in LINE Bank Preparatory Co. and to make changes to its management structure...

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Apple Regains Lead In Worldwide Smartphone Sales
Apple Regains Lead In Worldwide Smartphone Sales
February 22, 2021  |  Apple

Worldwide sales of smartphones dropped 5.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020 and 12.5 percent overall for the year, Gartner reported on Monday (Feb. 22)....

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Smartphone Shipments In China Fell 20 Pct In 2020
Smartphone Shipments In China Fell 20 Pct In 2020
January 11, 2021  |  Mobile

Shipments of smartphones in China tumbled 20 percent in 2020 as Chinese consumers continued to delay upgrading their phones. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Virtual CES Doubles Down on 5G
Virtual CES Doubles Down on 5G
January 11, 2021  |  Mobile

If it feels like the rollout of 5G – or 5th generation – super high-speed wireless service has been in the works forever, you’re probably...

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