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Apple Will Continue Licensing Acquired Intel Patents

| Evan Niu, CFA

While committing to licensing essential patents, the Mac maker takes some not-so-subtle shots at Qualcomm.

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Apple Could Help Goldman Sachs Grab a Piece of This $18.5 Billion Market

| Evan Niu, CFA

iPhone customers will soon be able to finance their purchases through Apple Card.

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Strategy Analytics: Apple Shipped 10.1 Million iPads in Q3

| Evan Niu, CFA

Amazon also saw tablet sales surge thanks to Prime Day.

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Google Has Made an Offer to Buy Fitbit

| Evan Niu, CFA

It's time to kill off Wear OS.

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Amazon Continues to Grow Search Ad Market Share

| Evan Niu, CFA

Consumers increasingly head straight to Amazon when looking to buy something instead of Googling it.

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Apple’s Augmented Reality Headset May Be Closer Than You Think

| Evan Niu, CFA

A respected analyst thinks the product could launch in the first half of 2020.

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Apple’s Shazam Users Jumped in 2018

| Evan Niu, CFA

Meanwhile, the Mac maker's music streaming service is starting to grow faster. Coincidence?

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Goldman Sachs: Apple’s 5G iPhone Might Underwhelm

| Evan Niu, CFA

The average consumer might not be able to tell the difference.

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Apple’s Bundling Ambitions Hit a Roadblock

| Evan Niu, CFA

The Mac maker needs to get record labels on board to bundle Apple Music with other services.

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Facebook Wants to Sell Portals to the Enterprise

| Evan Niu, CFA

The social networking company is integrating Workplace into its video-calling devices.

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Facebook Settles Inflated Video Metrics Lawsuit for Chump Change

| Evan Niu, CFA

The company will pay $40 million to put a class action lawsuit behind it.

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Microsoft Is Now an Android Phone Maker

| Evan Niu, CFA

Or should we say Android Surface maker?

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Mark Zuckerberg Is Ready to Fight the Government

| Evan Niu, CFA

If the government tries to break Facebook up, Zuckerberg thinks the legal odds are in his favor.

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How Facebook’s Upcoming News Tab Will Work

| Evan Niu, CFA

The social networking giant is paying some publishers in an effort to combat fake news.

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Apple’s Newest iPhones Are Selling Better Than “Muted Expectations”

| Evan Niu, CFA

J.P. Morgan boosts its price target on Apple shares.

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Why Amazon Should Acquire Fitbit

| Evan Niu, CFA

And why Google shouldn't.

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Is Google’s Rumored Pixel Watch Dead?

| Evan Niu, CFA

The smartwatch may have been killed off years ago.

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FedEx CEO Thinks About Amazon Threat Every Day

| Evan Niu, CFA

Amazon is now one of FedEx's four biggest competitors.

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Facebook to Copy Snap’s Least Popular Offering

| Evan Niu, CFA

The social networking giant has smart augmented reality glasses in the works.

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Facebook Announces More Portal Devices for Some Reason

| Evan Niu, CFA

Would you put Facebook cameras and microphones in your home?

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Amazon Next to Try High-Fidelity Audio

| Evan Niu, CFA

Say hello to Amazon Music HD.

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Apple Is About to Bet $1 Billion on the Indian Smartphone Market

| Evan Niu, CFA

More iPhones may soon bear "Made in India" markings.

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Apple Prepays Another $250 Million for Corning Glass

| Evan Niu, CFA

The tech titan had previously awarded the glass maker $200 million.

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Highlights From Apple’s Event

| Evan Niu, CFA

These services and hardware updates speak to a shifting strategy for the giant tech company.

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Apple Is About to Reveal Facebook’s Shady Location Tracking

| Evan Niu, CFA

Why does Facebook need access to Bluetooth on your phone?

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Apple Leads Smartwatch Market in Second Quarter

| Evan Niu, CFA

Apple Watch average selling prices were an estimated $448.

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Apple TV+ Promotion Accounting Could Weigh on Apple Shares

| Evan Niu, CFA

Hardware revenue might get caught in the accounting crossfire.

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Uber Has Raised Nearly $10 Billion in Four Months. It Needs More.

| Evan Niu, CFA

The ridesharing leader is borrowing $750 million to help fund its purchase of Careem.

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Apple Card Keeps Expanding Cashback Rewards

| Evan Niu, CFA

Walgreens joins the growing list of merchants that offer 3% cashback.

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Here’s How Much “Apple-As-a-Service” Would Cost You Per Month

| Evan Niu, CFA

The monthly fees are starting to add up.

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Why Apple Is Giving TV+ Away

| Evan Niu, CFA

The move underscores Apple's yearlong strategic focus on building its services business.

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Apple Gets Aggressive With Apple TV+ Pricing

| Evan Niu, CFA

The Mac maker's forthcoming video streaming service is far cheaper than expected.

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Apple Unveils iPhone 11 and 11 Pro: What You Need to Know

| Evan Niu, CFA

Here's everything the Mac maker announced yesterday.

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Activist Investor Elliott Wants Changes at AT&T

| Evan Niu, CFA

The telecommunications and media juggernaut should stop making splashy acquisitions and start divesting noncore assets.

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Apple Still Dominates the Hearables Market

| Evan Niu, CFA

Hearable global unit volumes skyrocketed 250% in the second quarter.

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IDC: Smartphone Market to Return to Growth in 2020

| Evan Niu, CFA

Global shipments are expected to dip 2.2% this year.

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Slack Tries to Dispel Microsoft Fears

| Evan Niu, CFA

CEO Stewart Butterfield provides anecdotal evidence of Slack's success over Office 365.

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