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Logitech plans to acquire Plantronics

The next big company merger is just around the corner.
It seems as if Logitech is having an eye on Plantronics.
Plantronics is a manufacturer for communication devices
and headsets. Logitech wants to set foot there.

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Black Friday – nothing special!

Every fourth friday of November it is the same:
Shops paint their windows with stickers and sheets
presenting large percent denominations of rebates
on most or all products they offer.

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Bitcoin crashing below 4500 USD!

Hard days for the cryptocurrencies when you watch the markets.
With Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies reaching all-new lows,
the question is: Is it still wise to invest in cryptocurrencies?
The reasons why the cryptocurrencies are falling are many.

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Xmas a-knocking, PC market a-sleeping!

So although xmas is around the corner lurking for people
to buy presents for their beloved ones, it seems as there’s
nothing special on the computer market which makes you
voluntarily open your purse. Apple has new gadgets, yes…

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NVidia sold defective graphics cards

Again NVidia has a dropback to digest. Their flagship graphics
card GTX 2080Ti Founders’ Edition seems to have severe issues
with the PCB and/or components that are used to build the
whole thing. Several users have complained about broken cards.

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Apple’s new gadgets and their prices

There you have it… new iPad Pros, a new Mac Mini and
macBook Air refresh. Quite some new devices Apple has
presented yesterday on it’s Event in New York. Available
from November 7th, 2018, you’ll be able to preorder now!

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Github acquired by Microsoft

Microsoft gets green light from the EU commission to
acquire Github, the largest collaboration development
network for software, The price is about 7.5 billion US$
and with this one of Microsoft’s larger acquisitions.

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Investors happy with iPhone XS prices

While many people are taking a big gulp seeing the new
iPhone prices, investors seem to be happy with the way
Apple is making the prices for each of their currently
available iPhone models. The customers hate it though!

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Mercedes Actros with ADA released

Mercedes has released a new type of heavy duty trucks
which come with an updated system of driving assistants.
With this new set of assistants Mercedes raises the
part-autonomous driving level to Tier 2.

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Amazon hits 1 Trillion Market Cap

After Apple hitting the magical 1 trillion line,
now Amazon is doing likewise. At 11:36AM
Amazon shares were at 2’049.50 US$ per
share and raised the value of Amazon…

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Graphics cards cheaper?

This news might be good for Gamers: The sales for
desktop graphics cards have reduced by approx. 30%
as cryptocurrency mining is not very appealing any-
more. Their value has dramatically reduced.

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Venezuela goes Cryptocurrency

It seems as if cryptocurrencies are not all bad.
Venezuela has decided to bind their Bolívar to
the Cryptocurrency “Petro” in order to stabilize
the Bolívar – good idea or not?

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MoviePass to fail in USA

The idea behind MoviePass was good… you pay
a monthly fee and you can stream as many new
movies as you desire. The advantage was clear:
no more rushing into the cinemas.

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Facebook and your bank account

Big data nowadays is a big issue when it comes to privacy.
Especially when you have to share sensitive data in order
to use particular services. Facebook seems to have gone
a step further and sent queries to U.S. banks.

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Apple worth 1’000’000’000’000 US$

Apple is now the long-expected trillion-dollar company.
As of today, all shares of Apple are worth one trillion
US$ (1’000’000’000’000) and thus the most worthful
company in the world. Congratulations, Apple!

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Apple considers Qualcomm exit

Apple and Qualcomm seem to have trouble in their
partnership especially after Qualcom has sued Apple
for patent infringements. As of now it seems as if
Apple will stop using Qualcomm’s network chips.

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IT specialists shortage in Germany

Just recently a report was stating that there’s a shortage
of about 310.000 IT specialists for jobs in Germany. To
cover that shortage, Angela Merkel however decided to
alter the Specialists-Immigration-Law.

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Apple to drop Intel’s 5G modems!

Well, it seems as if Intel faces new challenges. As of yesterday
Apple has announced that it won’t use Intel’s 5G modems in
it’s Apple product portfolio in 2020. So Intel is now reducing
production capacity significantly as other brands do not…

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Netflix secretly increasing prices

While the current price plan is 13.99 US$ / 19.90 CHF
for the premium package, Netflix is already testing a
new price plan that will have 4 different stages.
The basic plan will be SD-only quality.

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Swiss SNB cancels EUR floor – Euro drops!

Euro_crackingIt was a hefty reaction today at the stock echanges worldwide and
even currency exchange markets had a big shock when the Swiss
National Bank declared to drop the Euro floor. From the magic
1.20 CHF line, the Euro noted at lowermost 0.82 CHF.

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Official: Facebook swallows WhatsApp

FB_swallows_WhatsAppNoone would have believed the Nightly News that has hit lots of local
media and tech magazines. But it’s true and official: Facebook has
bought WhatsApp. A whopping $19 billion whereas of 4 billion have been
paid directly, has been forked out by Facebook to seal the deal.

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Detroit has declared bankruptcy!

DollarStacksDetroit has hard financial times ahead. So hard, that Detroit has finally
applied for ordered bankruptcy according to Chapter 13 of the United
States bankruptcy code. This means, the city is undergoing an ordered
reorganization of the finances in order to get up to shape again.

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The USA and NSA – A parody

gif_64x64_d6a471The recent spying actions and scandals of the USA and NSA are drawing
their circles. Not only are several countries sort of pissed off being spied
on, no it is also the fact that Barack Obama is still defending the attitude
that it is perfectly okay to “monitor” allies’ operations and actions.

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iFixit goes Europe

IFixit_new_logo_bumpitiFixit has now found it’s way to Europe. This option now allows European
residents to order iFixit’s tools to repair devices like the ones from Apple
or common gadgets like gaming consoles and all the stuff. So you’ll no
longer have to worry about taxes and overseas mail.

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Nokia kills SymbianOS and Meego

nokiaNokia more and more combines with Microsoft. Another big indicator
for this is the closure of SymbianOS and Meego. While the step for Meego
is somehow understandable (the N9 is the last phone using Meego!), the
closure of SymbianOS is a bit odd since all LowCost-Nokias use it!

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Update – No carrier – Samsung’s regio-Lock

NoNetSamsung appears to hate it’s customers. There’s no other explanation than
that after recent plans have been revealed that upcoming updates of the
firmware include a nasty region lock of foreign SIM cards. So you won’t be
able to pop in a local SIM to avoid roaming fees in certain countries.

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Blackberry no longer independent!

bblogoIt seems, that more and more veterans of the cellphone industry are
about to die. Just recently it has become public that Microsoft is taking
over the smartphone division from Nokia. So the time we see
smartphones from Nokia are over. Now Blackberry is going to fall.

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The IFA and their new toys

20130902-131909.jpgSo the IFA 2013 has shown new gadget to us.
4K TV, new HiFi components, Home entertainment…
But until we can benefit from all the new goodies,
some more days will have to pass by.

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The air is getting thin for Apple!

apple_logoOne may ask: Apple, quo vadis? Since Apple is harshly struggling with
the actual market’s demands and still barely holding the line (as the
stock share price of 436 US$ shows), Apple is now targeted by the IRS
for hiding billions of taxes from the U.S. government.

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Supercomputer Titan gets superfast SAN

Not only is Titan (a Cray XK7 machine with 17PFlops/s) the fastest
Supercomputer to date but soon it’ll have access to the fastest SAN
attached to it. With a net data speed of 1,4 TByte/s it can save a
private person’s video library faster then it needs for the click.

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And the apple keeps falling…

While the gadgets from Apple still sell like fresh-made bread, it seems as if
the stock shares are being dropped like a hot potato. So has the share
value reached a new 2-year-low with “only” 389 US$ per share. Is this a
new trend of Apple? According to the plans to release another iPhone…

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Samsung S4 – Easy to disassemble

It seems as if Samsung wants to show Apple how to not design a good
smartphone. According to first attempts to disassemble the Galaxy S4 it
seems as if one who has a skilled hand in technics, can easily fix smaller
problems with the smartphone himself. The iPhone 5 is not easy to open!

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