UBS: Apple and Huawei paid Qualcomm $6.4 billion in royalties in arrears
From a note to clients by Toni Arcuri that landed in my desktop Wednesday.
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Adventures in Apple Clickbait: Shocking, New, Suddenly, Explained
Gordon Kelly’s stuff in Forbes is ‘a malware attack on readers'
Most of America’s Mass Shootings Have Happened Since Columbine: Here Are the Deadliest
On April 20, 1999, people across the country and the world were shocked by the news that two gunmen had opened fire in Columbine High School in Colorado, killing 15 and injuring two dozen…
Best Shot-on-iPhone yet (video)
Eye candy with a purpose.
Why Roseville, MI, sued Apple for securities fraud
The city’s employee retirement fund put money into Apple shortly before Tim Cook’s Jan. 2 guidance warning. Ouch. From Reuters “Apple accused in U.S. lawsuit of…
Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is falling apart in reviewers hands (video)
Imagine if this had been Apple!
19 Genius Inventions That Can Stop Us from Using So Much Plastic
Plastic was considered one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century. Available from the early 1900s, plastic was an absolute hit by the 1960s. It’s hard to imagine what the modern world would…
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Winter is over, according to the calendar, and there is one sure sign of a change in the seasons — spring flowers are starting to bloom. More and more flowers blossom as spring progresses,…
Apple-Qualcomm settlement: What the influencers are saying
Slim pickings from the analysts, but no lack of commentary.
Qualcomm pops on Apple settlement (video)
The case was an existential threat for Qualcomm. This lifts the cloud.
20 Highest Paid World Leaders
We know it pays to be a CEO of Fortune 500 company — does it also pay to be president of a country? Ask the men and women who are among the top paid…
John Gruber: Jackassery never goes out of style
The dean of Apple bloggers takes a whack at MarketWatch.
In praise of Tim Cook
Apple's CEO, as seen through the eyes of Microsoft's former president.
First report of Apple Watch fall detector summoning help in the wild
Surprised this took so long.
Apple short interest spiked on Feb. 28, 2019
Extreme pessimism? Rocket fuel to a rally?
Publishers: Apple News+ is off to a rocky start
The magazine business is screwed three ways to Sunday.
Why is Huawei suddenly ‘open’ to selling 5G chips to Apple? (video)
Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei sent a signal on CNBC Sunday. But to whom?
Financial Times: Apple pouring a fortune into original games (video)
FT's Tim Bradshaw estimates the initial investment is likely to exceed half a billion dollars.
Investors loved Disney+, Apple TV+ not so much
In the battle of the plusses, Disney wins.