The holiday quarter usually sees the iPhone named the most popular smartphone lineup as its latest flagships drive sales, and that was again the case last year.
Global supply constraints made things tighter than usual, however …
Canalys says that Apple took the top slot in Q4 2021, with a 22% share of the global smartphone market, and Samsung fell to second place, at 20%.
This was, however, much…
WhatsApp for iOS plans to animate more heart emojis [U]
January 18, 2022
Update: With beta version 22.2.72 of WhatsApp for iOS, the app is now letting some public beta testers send animated heart emojis in a chat.
WhatsApp for iOS has more features up its sleeve as it’s developing new animated heart emojis for users to take advantage of when…
For the second time in seven months, former iPhone workers are being offered large sign-on bonuses as Foxconn strives to keep pace with demand for the iPhone 13.
The company offered similar increases to recruitment bonuses in June of last year …
South China Morning Post…
The Eurasian Economic Commission database has been a common source of Apple leaks in recent years, with the company legally required to report upcoming products that use encryption technology to the institution.
As spotted by Consomac, the database is now revealing new model numbers for new iPhone and iPad models, which most likely represent the upcoming iPhone SE and iPad Air revisions, rumored…
Ahead of Nasdaq listing, Gogoro battery-swapping network raises millions more in SPAC deal
January 18, 2022
Late last year, it was announced that the battery-swapping Goliath known as Gogoro is going public on the Nasdaq stock exchange in a monumental deal that was set to value the company at around US $2.3 billion. Now we are learning that the company is raising millions more…
Tesla increases Full Self-Driving package price to $12,000, but not its monthly subscription service
January 18, 2022
Tesla has increased the price of its Full Self-Driving Capability (FSD) package to $12,000 as previously announced last week.
Interestingly, it looks like the automaker decided not to increase the price of its FSD monthly subscription service.
CEO Elon Musk has made…
Infant eVTOL racing league, Airspeeder, has publicly announced its first three pilots ahead of its remotely operated EXA Series of Grand Prix taking place in 2022, followed by a crewed racing series in 2023. The first three eVTOL pilots come from different racing backgrounds and represent a new future of “flying car” racing.
Airspeeder is a newly formed electric vertical take-off and landing…
Quick Charge Podcast: January 17, 2022
January 18, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Over half a dozen new Tesla Model Y vehicles were spotted at Gigafactory Texas as production has been expected to start soon.
Does that mean that production has started?
Tesla has been aiming to start Model Y production at Gigafactory Texas in Austin by the end of 2021.
The…
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The Wall Street Journal released today a new report on the situation at Activision Blizzard. According to this report, the company has either fired or “pushed out” 37 people…
