Apple might be saying goodbye to wireless router business

The announcement hasn’t officially been made in public but it seems Apple is ready to say goodbye to one product division: its wireless router business. Bloomberg reports that Apple has been working over the past year to shutter its internet networking division so it can focus on the products the generate most of its revenue. According to unnamed sources, these join other product development groups that have been shut down, like the group handling the Apple TV. Engineers who are working on these products are reportedly being moved to other teams.

Apple current has three wireless routers the AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time capsule. But it hasn’t refreshed this line of products since 2013. These existing products are still currently on sale but the company has reportedly started pulling it out of retail stores and some of the devices are available online at discounted prices. Apple has yet to comment on the report.

Source: CNET

Pokémon Card sold at Public Auction for over $54K

 

A mint condition example of the elusive Pokémon "Pikachu Illustrator" trading card sold for a world record $54,970 during a public auction of comics and comic art held by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, November 18, 2016. 

“The Pikachu Illustrator Card was given in January of 1998 to winners of the CoroCoro Comic Illustration Contest,” said Barry Sandoval, Director of Operations for Comics at Heritage Auctions. “Only 20-39 copies of this card were released, 10 of which are graded in top condition and it is unknown how many still remain with the public.”

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WIND mobile rebrands, is now known as Freedom Mobile, forms new LTE network

WIND Mobile, which was one of the challengers to the 'Big Three' wireless carrier oligopoly in Canada, announced that it has rebrandred as Freedom Mobile with,  "a renewed promise to deliver affordable wireless to value-conscious Canadians."

"As WIND Mobile, we built a strong foundation of more than a million customers," said CEO Alek Krstajic. "And as Freedom Mobile, we are reaffirming our commitment to them and to the core principles of our business – value, transparency and fairness."

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Apple's new holiday ad champions the virtue of inclusion

In timely fashion, Apple has released its latest holiday ad which focuses on inclusion. Featuring Frankenstein's Monster, the ad, which shares the same holiday vibe as 2013's Emmy Award winning "Misunderstood" spot doesn't focus on technology or products but instead brings light to extending olive branches, opening hearts to others despite personal or ideological conflicts.