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Gene Munster says Apple’s stock has a path to $3 trillion market cap

Tech investor Gene Munster told CNBC on Thursday he sees a reasonable path for Apple to reach a $3 trillion market capitalization in the future. The iPhone maker became the first publicly traded U.S. company to reach a $2 trillion market cap in August — a milestone Munster foresaw in January, when he made the […]

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Dow Jones Gains As Schumer Offers McConnell Stimulus Bargain; Tesla Surges, Apple Falls

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer attempted to strike a Covid-19 stimulus-check bargain with Republican rival Mitch McConnell. Meanwhile Apple (AAPL) stock slipped closer to a loss-taking zone, while EV stocks Tesla (TSLA) and Nio (NIO) surged higher. Intel (INTC) was the best-performing blue chip. X Schumer tried to […]

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NYC subway now accepts Apple Pay across all stations

New York City’s subway began adding support for contactless payments in May 2019, but since then, only a few selected lines have received the technology. However, New York’s MTA announced today that everyone can now finally use Apple Pay and other contactless payment methods across all its stations. The news was confirmed on MTA’s official […]

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Samsung shows off the heritage of the Galaxy S series in new Galaxy S21 teaser

With a little over two weeks to go until the as-yet-unconfirmed January 14th launch date of the Galaxy S21, Samsung has posted a video on its YouTube channel that shows the progression of its Galaxy S series of flagship smartphones over the years. The video depicts the main improvement that each new Galaxy S handset, […]

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Forget the rocketing Bitcoin price! I’d buy cheap FTSE 100 shares to double my money in 2021

Bloomberg Gold Heads for Best Year in a Decade With Dollar on the Ropes (Bloomberg) — Gold is set for the biggest annual advance in a decade after a tumultuous year, with gains this month aided by the dollar’s decline to the lowest since April 2018.Bullion hit a record in August as investors feared an […]

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Gazelle is ending its used device trade-in program

Gazelle is ending its entire device trade-in and buy-back program, with the closure effective February 1, 2021.
Founded in 2006, Gazelle had been one of the most popular online services for trading in used iPhones, iPads, and other mobile devices. The company announced the move today and hasn’t yet stated why it is backing out […]

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Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge get major Windows 10 antivirus update

Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and other Chromium-based browsers will now run smoothly on Windows 10 systems running antivirus software as the result of a new Chromium update. Up until now, certain functions failed to work properly in these browsers when a system running Windows 10 had either antivirus software or a scanner configured to briefly […]

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Number of People Holding Lots of Bitcoin Surges in Rare ‘Whale-Spawning Season’

Large investors continue to accumulate bitcoin, possibly putting upward pressure on the cryptocurrency’s price. The number of whale entities – clusters of crypto wallet addresses held by a single network participant holding at least 1,000 bitcoin – rose to a new record high of 1,994 on Wednesday. The previous peak of 1,969 reached in 2016 […]

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New Apple M1 MacBook Pro surprise price cut returns for January sales 2021

The January sales have arrived, with this epic deal returning on Apple’s powerful new M1 MacBook Pro laptop. Right now you can save a huge £107 off the new M1 MacBook Pro at Amazon – now just £1,192.  Across the pos, B&H Photo is running it’s super-popular $50 discount on the same model, taking the […]

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