Mobile
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Apple has acquired a start-up making “holographic smart glass”
Apple has acquired a start-up making “holographic smart glass”, in the latest sign that an “augmented reality” headset is still in the works as a...
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Xiaomi has reassured investors with strong quarterly profits
China’s smartphone giant Xiaomi has reassured investors with strong quarterly profits after an unexpectedly difficult IPO in Hong Kong last month. The eight-year-old company, now...
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Slack is now valued at $7.1 billion
Slack, the workplace chat app, has raised $427 million in a financing round that gives it a valuation more than 40 per cent higher than...
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Magic Leap’s “augmented reality” glasses went on sale
Magic Leap raised $2 billion before its long-awaited “augmented reality” glasses went on sale last week, an unprecedented sum for a start-up before its first...
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Apple is not among the world’s top two smartphone makers
For the first time in seven years, Apple is not among the world’s top two smartphone makers. For the first time ever, a Chinese company is. Analysts...
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Is Apple’s fastest-growing division at risk?
Apple’s fastest-growing division, which includes Apple Watch, AirPods earphones and HomePod speaker, is at risk of being caught up in Donald Trump’s latest proposals to...
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Swatch leadership might be at risk
Swatch once proposed a new time system for the internet. Its eye-catching idea — forged ahead of the dotcom crash — of dividing the day into 1,000...
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Xiaomi’s IPO has been postponed and cut in half
A big build-up can ruin a good party. Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi’s IPO was supposed to carry a sky high valuation and act as a showcase...
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PayPal is paying $2.2 billion to buy iZettle
PayPal is paying $2.2 billion to buy iZettle, snapping up the Swedish payments start-up just before it was set to become the biggest fintech in Europe to...
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Xiaomi is set to be one of the world’s biggest IPO
Xiaomi today launched what is set to be one of the world’s biggest initial public offerings, filing a prospectus to raise up to $10 billion that...
