Global iPhone production hits record growth despite chip, component crisis: Demand for iPhone 13 models, reduced pricing on older handsets, and Huawei’s declining market share help Apple reclaim smartphone leadership.
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| Mar 2, 2022
Tesla recalls are mounting: Issues range from the dangerous to the absurd but expose quality-control issues traditional carmakers have long solved. What can the industry learn from the deepening integration of tech?
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| Feb 14, 2022
Nvidia ends quest to purchase Arm for $40B: The merger that collapsed under regulatory pressure and potential lawsuits serves as a cautionary tale in a frenzied Big Tech M&A environment.
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| Feb 9, 2022
ES: Pricing, performance, and ease of use dictated who owned the market in the early days of personal computing. Today, VR ecosystems and platforms continue that trend as the metaverse takes shape: Consumers, developers, and content producers will eventually decide the future of the metaverse, but they will be limited by hardware’s capabilities. We look at the state of VR hardware, the key players, and how gaming could serve as a gateway to VR/AR adoption.
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| Jan 25, 2022
Semiconductor sales are expected to normalize after a record-setting 2021 predicated by various shortages and extended gaps between orders and deliveries.
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| Jan 11, 2022
2021 was a year of reckoning across various industries due to the worsening chip crisis. Chip and component supplies ran dry, exposing weaknesses in supply chains, while manufacturers scrambled to adjust product lines.
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| Jan 6, 2022
Unlocking the Wi-Fi 6 spectrum could ease the stress on remote workers’ networks: But the cost of compatible routers and devices might not be worth the incremental connectivity benefits.
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| Jan 5, 2022
Shake-ups in the new year will include hyper-personalization, tech companies venturing further into embedded finance, and the prospect of super apps in Western countries.
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| Jan 3, 2022
Smart home device adoption could finally get boosted by a new standard. Could Matter push adoption beyond the steady growth we’re seeing?
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| Dec 29, 2021
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| Dec 9, 2021
Super apps in Asia, such as WeChat, Alipay, and mobile messaging app Line, have dominated ecommerce and online services in the region for years. Now, some Western apps are trying to build their own super apps by creating marketplaces next to their core financial, social, or delivery services. Most of these apps use a combination of monetization methods, including commissions and ad serving.
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| Jun 7, 2022
China is one of those countries where the population is about to start falling. So China's population is 1.4 billion. I think this year they're getting overtaken by India, so India will be the country with the most people. China will come in second, but it's very, very close, about 1.4 billion each.
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| Mar 30, 2023
So all you have to do is enter your library card and it gives you access to a pretty awesome collection of old movies, British television, and actually a lot of really good Chinese cinema.
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| Aug 31, 2023
For context if you're not familiar with Singles Day, that's a huge Chinese e-commerce event. But yeah, definitely agree with you there, Blake. And I also think that it could be effective for getting younger consumers like Gen Z and millennial consumers into those subscribe and save systems as well. Those are consumers that are really interested in researching health and beauty.
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| Jul 19, 2023
In places like China, it has been huge for ages, but here there was a lot of skepticism. Are people really going to do this? But look, we're already well over a third of the population is doing this all the time. It's going to be up to 130 million people by 2027. We're getting close to half. Among smartphone users, it's going to be, yeah, it's just about 50% by 2027. So this has worked.
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These gains are reflected in steady increases in cross-border buyers globally, particularly in China, which has pushed merchant services providers to help clients attract global buyers. Shopify’s new commerce hub aims to alleviate language barriers and regulatory hurdles, while Barclaycard’s new feature lets businesses accept over 100 currencies using a fixed conversion rate, as two examples.
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| Feb 8, 2022
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Thousands of Googlers get pink slips: As scavenging continues to rise among other industries, terminated workers shouldn’t be jobless for long. Meanwhile, Google is laser-focused on a revenue-driven AI strategy.
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| Jan 23, 2023
Cooling consumer demand drives down Q1 PC sales: PC makers need to attract consumer and educational markets with compelling 2-in-1s, gaming PCs, and tablets in coming quarters.
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| Apr 12, 2022
Earlier this year, China became the first major market to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC), after extensive pilots across the country generated $8.2 billion in transaction volume during H2 2021. We expect major economies to speed up their efforts to avoid getting left behind as geopolitical stakes rise.
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| May 12, 2022