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‘Caretaker’ Cook Pushes Apple Past $3trn

Apple has become the first publicly-traded company to be valued at $3,000,000,000,000. At the close of play on Friday, the share price of the company had risen to $193.97. It had crossed the $3 trillion mark before – twice actually, but was not able to sustain that value by market closure each time. The recent […]

The German Bundeskartellamt: Apple’s in Trouble

The 2020s are shaping up to be big years for governments’ antitrust legislation all over the world. Earlier this month, Germany’s Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office FCO) regulator designated Apple a “company of paramount significance for competition across markets,” adding Apple Inc. to Google and Meta which were determined with binding effect the same on May […]

Apple Says ‘Hello Mumbai’ at First India Store Launch

Apple Inc on Wednesday revealed the look of its first retail store in India, as several people tried to catch a glimpse outside the store’s black and yellow artwork patterned after Mumbai’s iconic taxis. The store is still in barricades and is likely to open this month, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. […]

U.S. Justice Department Escalates Apple Probe - WSJ

The U.S. Justice Department has in recent months escalated its long-running antitrust probe on Apple Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters previously reported the Justice Department opened an antitrust probe into Apple in 2019 to review whether technology giants were using their size to act in […]

The Path of Big Tech and World Domination

As we hear the argument about tech companies taking over the responsibility of governments, our minds technically travel back to the early days of Covid19 pandemic, when everything suddenly became virtual. This downturn had no alternative, which made every sector reliant on technology. Technology has played a dominant role in implementing government systems on a […]

Wall Street Ends Down Sharply, Hit by Apple and China Worries

U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Monday after protests in major Chinese cities against strict COVID-19 policies sparked concerns about economic growth, while Apple Inc slid on worries about a hit to iPhone production. Shares of the Cupertino, California tech giant lost 2.6 percent and weighed heavily on the benchmark S&P 500 index as worker […]

The Tech Bubble Bursting and Its Consequences

People worry that the ‘tech bubble‘ will likely burst right in front of them. Rightfully so.  This year, tech shares are down more than 30 percent, and private firms are experiencing confidence-shattering down rounds.  In contrast, cryptocurrency exchanges like Celsius declare bankruptcy as prices of cryptocurrencies plummet. And FTX is taking the whole crypto market […]

Web3, 5G, and the Metaverse: The Underlying Technology 

A new internet age where content is consumed through intuitive 3D surroundings rather than 2D displays appears to have begun with the development of strong 5G networks, new XR gadgets, and appealing metaverse apps. We will discuss the relationship between Web3, 5G, and the Metaverse below.  Before we dive into the meat of the subject, […]