Apple has long been known as the world’s most profitable company, but those days are over. By preparing to be publicly listed, Saudi state oil company Saudi Aramco had to disclose company reports and was subsequentially rated by Moody’s to have earned …
Read More »Video streaming Still Has Room to Grow
Apple is unveiling its own streaming service and news subscription platform today at company event. They have released teaser content, but there is still much to learn about the content options and prices. The tech behemoth, known for iPhones and laptops, …
Read More »Apple Dominates Global Smartwatch Sales
When Apple introduced the Apple Watch in September 2014, it had impossible shoes to fill. After all, the company’s first foray into the nascent wearables market was supposed to emulate the iPhone’s unprecedented success, a task that the iPad had failed to …
Read More »Why Apple is no longer a byword for innovation – just ask the markets
Which company would you say is going to grow faster in the coming years: Apple or Domino’s Pizza? Intuitively, we see Apple as an innovative firm with a forward-looking culture and disruptive ideas, while Domino’s Pizza operates in a traditional …
Read More »Price Hike Boosts Apple’s iPhone Revenue
Even though iPhone unit sales came in short of analyst expectations for Apple’s fourth fiscal quarter, the company’s flagship product just had its biggest year ever. Through the twelve months ending September 29, Apple’s iPhone revenue amounted to a whopping …
Read More »Google hits 20 but will struggle to become a trillion dollar company like Apple
Memory often plays strange tricks, embellishing past facts while ignoring the unpleasant details that were then so vivid. As George Orwell observed: “One way of feeling infallible is not to keep a diary.” As Google marks its 20th birthday, its …
Read More »India E-Commerce Market Anticipates First Regulations
Legislators in India are drafting legislation which would create a level playing field for Indian startups against companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. The potential law would also require companies to house company data exclusively in India. While India’s annual e-commerce revenue …
Read More »Apple has announced a $300 million green energy fund in China
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will launch a $300 million clean energy fund in China, the firm said in a statement on Friday, working with its suppliers to invest in renewable energy projects that could power close to 1 million homes in …
Read More »Who is more powerful – states or corporations?
Who holds the power in international politics? Most people would probably say it’s the largest states in the global system. The current landscape of international relations seems to affirm this intuition: new Russian geopolitics, “America First” and Chinese state-led global …
Read More »Apple Is Falling Behind in the Educational Market
Apple announced a new iPad on Tuesday at an event focused entirely on the education market. The new 9.7-inch tablet will cost $299 for schools ($329 for everyone else) and support the Apple Pencil, which was previously limited to the …
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