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Apple TV+ could be $9B business, 5G iPhone to drive AAPL in 2020

October 24, 2019
In a new investor note today, Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty expressed optimism about how Apple TV+ and Apple’s other services will perform over the coming users. Huberty specifically predicted that Apple’s Services business will grow by 20% next year. As detailed by CNBC, Goldman Sachs predicts that that Apple TV+ could be a $9 billion revenue business by 2025 for Apple. That’s if…
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Samsung debuts Galaxy S11-ready 5G Exynos Modem 5123 and Exynos 990 SoC

October 23, 2019
Just last month, Samsung introduced the Exynos 980 system-on-chip (SoC), combining a CPU, GPU, and 5G modem onto a single energy-efficient die for midrange to premium phones. Now the company is announcing a “premium” alternative named Exynos 990, alongside a separate new modem called the 5G Exynos Modem 5123 — components that could wind up in some of next year’s Galaxy S11 series…
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Apple releasing fourth developer beta of iOS 13.2 today

October 23, 2019
Apple today is releasing the fourth developer beta of iOS 13.2 and iPadOS 13.2. Today’s release comes exactly one week after the release of the third iOS 13.2 beta with Deep Fusion camera technology, Siri changes, and more. Deep Fusion is Apple’s new camera processing…
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Google launches Jetpack Compose developer preview and Android Studio 4.0 Canary

October 23, 2019
At Android Dev Summit 2019 today in Sunnyvale, Google made a slew of developer announcements for its mobile operating system. The company released expanded APIs for Android Jetpack, Jetpack Compose in developer preview, and Android Studio 4.0 Canary, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE). Think of Android Jetpack as the successor to Support Library, a set of components…
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Grammarly Keyboard for Android now supports swipe typing

October 23, 2019
Typos are all too common on smartphones and while many keyboards are great at fixing that, many ignore grammar mistakes. Grammarly Keyboard has been around for a while to help in that area, and now the app is  adding support for swipe typing. Swipe typing has been around on…
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Android Pie passes 20% adoption after 12 months

October 23, 2019
Google today shared that in August 2019, Android Pie had 22.6% adoption. That means the second-latest version of Android was running on a fifth of devices after some 12 months. Google did not share adoption numbers for any other Android version, including Android 10, the latest version that started rolling out last month. Meanwhile, iOS 13 passed 50% adoption in less than a month. The new figure…
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