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What I shared on Twitter, and a bit more…
#Apple ordered to repay €13B in tax by the EU. How many years will this case drag on before they see the money? http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37220799
All rumours on minor external changes to new #iPhone next week. Does it matter? Since 2006, all #Apple #Macbooks (Powerbooks) look similar.
#Microsoft needs to learn that 4-5 hours per charge is not enough. #iPad and #MacBooks can all do full 8h+ work day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUOttPF4UTo&feature=youtu.be
Interesting observation. Kind of ties in with Cognitive Surplus. https://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Surplus-Technology-Consumers-Collaborators/dp/0143119583 https://x.com/sairakh/status/770315603806748673
#Facebook got rid of all 15 human editors of trending news team, did you even care that it was hand-picked before? http://qz.com/768122/facebook-fires-human-editors-moves-to-algorithm-for-trending-topics/
#Amazon and #Pandora getting into paid music streaming. They don’t see it as replacing radio, except #Apple #Beats.
http://www.businessinsider.com/pandora-amazon-streaming-music-revenue-spotify-apple-music-2016-8
It’s not a secretive hardware lab if #Facebook allows #CNN to film inside it. Try that with #Apple or #CIA. http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/03/technology/facebook-area-404-hardware-lab/
It’s not hard to imagine the next #AppleWatch will have longer battery life. http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/08/28/photo-hints-at-bigger-334mah-battery-in-second-gen-apple-watch
Glad to see that the traditional way still works. Hard work pays off. http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/seniors-turning-to-uber-airbnb-and-gig-economy-for-extra-income/ar-BBw0PRf?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=UE07DHP
#Nokia is a strong brand in mobile. But is it enough to take grab sizeable market share in 1-3 or even 3-5 years? http://www.androidauthority.com/new-nokia-smartphones-confirmed-q4-2016-710592/
#Uber taking on taxi sector is proving difficult enough to not lose billions of dollars, now they take on transit? http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/25/technology/uber-plus/index.html?iid=SF_River
#AppleMusic had 15m paid subscribers less than #Spotify back in June. #EE added 14m subscribers in 2015. Go figure. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/08/25/ee-launches-first-uk-mobile-phone-contract-bundled-with-apple-mu/