September 14, 2017
Japan: Apple looking at $3b stake in Toshiba’s chip unit
Bain Capital’s effort to acquire Toshiba’s memory chip business may be in for a huge boost as Bloomberg reports Apple is now discussing a US$3 billion stake in the bid....
September 14, 2017
Apple’s New Product Release Event Sends Ripples Through Stock Market
PYMNTS’ Twitter followers weren’t too excited about the latest from Apple: In an informal poll, more than half of respondents told us they were not impressed by the new iPhones...
September 13, 2017
IKEA ARKit App Lets Shoppers Virtually Try Before They Buy
Augmented reality (AR) is making itself right at home in the home furnishing retail space. IKEA, the Swedish home goods giant, has officially launched its new AR app, IKEA Place,...
September 13, 2017
AscendantFX Launches Mobile B2B Payments App
Cross-border payments company AscendantFX is taking its B2B payment capabilities to the smartphone. The company announced news on Tuesday (Sept. 12) that it has launched APay Mobile, a mobile payment app...
September 13, 2017
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Pre-Order Reaches Record Highs
Samsung announced that pre-orders for its Galaxy Note 8 premium smartphone have hit a record high for the Note series, beating its predecessor over the course of five days by...
September 13, 2017
And Just One More Thing…The World’s First Look At the...
The wait is finally over. “It’s a show stopper” were the words that led USA Today’s coverage of the Apple event and iPhone X launch, while the somewhat more circumspect team at The Washington...
September 12, 2017
EU Wants US Tech Giants To Pay Revenue Tax
Germany, France, Italy and Spain’s finance ministers have announced plans to tax tech multinationals, such as Amazon and Alphabet Inc./Google, based on their local revenue rather than their local profits....
September 12, 2017
Apple’s iPhone X Could Be Hard to Come By, Says...
With Apple gearing up to roll out its latest iPhone – most recently dubbed the iPhone X, after it was originally rumored to be called the iPhone 8 – later...
September 12, 2017
Tim Cook On How Apple Makes The World A Better...
When asked how Apple is improving the world, Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, has a two-word answer that would likely make the late Steve Jobs proud: “our products.” Such was his...
