For the first time in years, Apple adjusted its first-quarter earnings for the upcoming fiscal year, its 2019 estimates reading as follows: Revenue of approximately $84 billion Gross margin of approximately 38 percent Operating expenses of approximately $8.7 billion Other income/(expense) of approximately $550 million Tax rate of approximately 16.5 percent before discrete items
Even if Apple didn’t deliver its long-awaited AirPower wireless charging mat in 2018, there might still be hope. Apple first previewed the multi-device wireless charging accessory at Steve Jobs Theater in September 2017, shortly after introducing the iPhone X, and indicated that it would be released at some point last year in a press release: […]
In as much as USB-C might drive you nuts in terms of having to hunt down assorted USB adapters, you’re going to like this. An upgrade to the USB-C standard allows cryptography to be used to authenticate connected devices. It will ensure that devices are properly certified, but can also be used to enhance security […]
There are times when a battery catastrophically fails within a product. This apparently occurred for Josh Hillard, an Ohio-based iPhone XS Max owner, whose handset reportedly caught fire and exploded on December 12th. Hillard, who reported that around 3 PM of that day, he noticed a smell and felt a “large amount of heat” and […]
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to 2019, which is also the year the original “Blade Runner” takes place in. As such, you are now required to wear nifty trench coats, accept the fact that owls are both synthetic and very expensive and wonder if the people around you are human beings or Replicants. Still, happy new […]