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  • Apple 'Gather round' 2018 iPhone event scheduled for September 12

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    It's the MacBook Wheel, predicted by the Onion ten years ago. Apple finally cracked it.
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  • Lawsuit takes aim at Google for constant location history tracking

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    matrix077 said:
    Where EU when you need them?
    I would almost guarantee that they are already investigating. This is exactly what GDPR is for - simplifying privacy agreements so they aren't misleading and important details buried in the fine print. In theory they could be fined a few percent of turnover. 
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  • Berkshire Hathaway's Apple stake now worth over $50 billion

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    randominternetperson said:
    rotateleftbyte said:
    With Elon Musk hinting that he will take Tesla private, it must be time for Apple to consider this move. Stick two fingers up at Wall St. Apple does not need to raise capital via share issues any more so why are the shares traded at all? Oh yes, the gang of 'Apple is doomed' shorters continue to peddle disaster at every turn just like Tesla.

    Sadly, the premium that they'd need to pay to get 51% of the share capital would be too much even for Apple to stomach.
    I'm pretty sure Tim Cook and his friends don't have a trillion+ dollars to invest in taking Apple private.  Remember, a company can't own itself, so Apple can't take itself private.  Some coalition of owners have to have enough cash to buy out all the other investors and then they can remove it from public trading.  It ain't going to happen.
    And on top of not having a trillion dollars, often when companies like Tesla and Dell go private, it's meant to be short/medium term to get through a difficult phase - a merger+turnaround in Dell's case, early growth phase in Tesla's, or turnaround and resale to a larger company for most software companies bought up by PE - whereas I don't see the endgame for Apple to go private. 
    randominternetperson

  • Berkshire Hathaway's Apple stake now worth over $50 billion

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    Hopefully this has paid him back for any losses he made on IBM. 
    Avieshek

  • Huawei surpasses Apple as world's No. 2 smartphone vendor

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    dandan said:
    You’re nuts i live in America every place i go to its 8 out of 10 phones apple where the hell are these other makers selling.  Its bs shipping or manufacture phones not selling
    They must be getting sold in that little country called Not-America with a population of many billions.
    elijahg