Mobile
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SoftBank has priced his mobile arm IPO
SoftBank has priced the initial public offering of its mobile business at ¥1,500 ($13.3) per share and will raise ¥2.65 trillion ($23.5 billion), sticking with...
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Yandex has launched its first smartphone
Russian technology group Yandex has launched its first smartphone, as the company seeks to leverage its dominant position in apps and services into hardware sales....
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Apple is looking to nurture the relationship with music
The late Steve Jobs is widely credited with launching music into a digital future with the invention of the iPod and the iTunes store. Now...
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Apple has faltered in recent weeks
The last time Microsoft was the world’s most valuable company, in 1998, Bill Clinton had yet to be impeached, Boris Yeltsin was still president of...
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Magic Leap deserves a leap of faith
Secretive US start-up Magic Leap is known for three things: making “mixed reality” headsets that combine virtual images with the real world, raising money from...
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Apple is charging customers more for fancier versions of existing products
Apple’s peevish decision to stop reporting the number of smartphones, tablets and laptops it sells makes little sense. There is no secret to the company’s...
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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...
