The global smartwatch market is experiencing what one analyst called “impressive” growth. And Apple is still leading the way, by a wide margin. Manufacturers shipped 12 million smartwatches during the second quarter of 2019, a 44% increase over the same quarter last year, market analyst Strategy Analytics reported Tuesday. Much of that growth is attributable …
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Amazon’s Prime Day mega-sale comes to an end tonight as the clock strikes midnight, so your chance to score significant savings on items is going to turn into a pumpkin in just a few hours. Amazon’s two-day sale officially ends at 12 a.m. PT or 3 a.m. ET, and judging from the countdown clocks on the most recent batch of …
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President Donald Trump may not be a fan of social networks, but he’s a prolific user. And his activity has garnered a strong following among adult Twitter users in the US: Nearly 20% of them follow the president’s account. Trump uses his account, which has just under 62 million followers, to announce policy changes and criticize his opponents. The account …
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Samsung expects a steep plunge in its second-quarter operating profit amid uncertainty in the global smartphone and chip markets and ongoing tensions related to the US-China trade war. The South Korean electronics giant said Thursday it expects to record an operating profit for the three-month period ended June 30 of 6.5 trillion won ($5.6 billion), a 56% decline from the …
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Apple has apparently had enough of its controversial MacBook butterfly switch keyboards. The company is expected to ditch the mechanism in favor of a new design in a refresh of the MacBook Air later this year, said Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The company rolled out its butterfly switch design starting with its computer revamp in 2015. The redesign was part of …
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eBay plans to launch a site-wide Crash Sale on July 15, the same day that Amazon plans to kick off its two-day Prime Day mega-sale. eBay promises deals will offer discounts of up to 80% on a variety of products, including items from Apple, Garmin and Samsung, among others. One might be forgiven for concluding eBay is calling it a …
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The third week of July is shaping up to be an online retailer battle royale, with challengers looking to upset Amazon’s Prime Day sale. After eBay and Target announced sales to coincide with Amazon’s, Walmart.com is throwing its hat in the ring with a sale of its own. Like eBay and Target, Walmart is hoping to steal some of Amazon’s …
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Employees at the online furniture retailer Wayfair plan to walk off the job Wednesday in protest of the company’s sale of bedroom furniture to operators of detention centers for migrant children at the southern US border. The protest comes after employees learned last week that a $200,000 order of bedroom furniture had been placed by BCFS, a government contractor that …
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US chipmakers are still selling millions of dollars of product to Huawei, sidestepping a Trump administration order barring the sale of US technology to the Chinese telecom giant, the New York Times reported Tuesday. Components began shipping to Huawei three weeks ago, the newspaper reported. Sources told the newspaper that Intel and Micron are taking advantage of a provision concerning …
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Slack’s stock price ended up at $38.62 a share on its first day on the market after reaching a high of $41.95 on a busy Thursday. Shares of the company began trading shortly after 9 a.m. PT on the New York Stock Exchange for $38.50 and saw an immediate jump in price to more than $40. Its reference price was $26 under …
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