Microsoft briefly surpasses Apple to become most valuable US company

Microsoft beat Apple and became the world's most valuable company. The software and cloud giant hit a new valuation peak as shares rose by 2.1% on Monday, with Apple’s shares falling by 0.7%. We're now living in a time where big tech companies hitting a trillion dollar market caps will become commonplace. Microsoft has long been on that trajectory.

Apple celebrated the trillion dollar highlight in August but has since faced a dip in share prices, apparently due to flagging iPhone sales.

Source: Thurrott.com

Apple's latest holiday ad brings all the feels

Apple has invoked the magic of animation for its latest holiday ad. With some subtle product placements, the clever and whimsical 'Share your Gift' holiday ad. The focus here, beyond buying expensive consumer electronics, is to share your gifts and talents. It's a great message for the season to remind us about what is really important.

Apple reportedly resumes iPhone X production in wake of weaker XS sales

Faced with weaker sales of its newest iPhone XS and iPhone XR models, Apple has reportedly resumed production of the iPhone X, a product that's been largely discontinued to make way for newer models. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Apple is pivoting to iPhone X to comply with OLED display quotas from Samsung who supplies the displays for the iPhones. 

Because the iPhone X is supposedly easier to mass produce than the newer models, Apple hopes to continue selling the iPhone X to offset the weaker sales of this year's iPhones the report said. The iPhone X is still plenty of smartphone even if it is a year old. It has all the latest features thanks to iOS 12 and is just the right size for many users. 

Apple has reportedly cut production orders for all three of 2018's iPhones, it's iPhone assembler, is allegedly cutting $2.9 billion in costs to mitigate the drop in expected orders.  Apple increased pricing for its flagship models this year, which made some consumers opt for cheaper alternatives like the iPhone 8, which is still being sold. 

Source: Wall Street Journal 

Review: ABox Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Starter kit

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

One of the most amazing products in technology today is the Raspberry Pi 3 B+. This is a credit-sized computer that’s powerful and capable enough to run various Linux distributions and even Windows 10 ioT core for creating Internet of Things projects.

The ABox Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Starter Kit is an exceptional value for anyone looking to get into this cool and affordable type of computing or programming.  This starter kit has the main board has the Broadcom BCM2837B0, Cortex-A53 (ARMv8) 64-bit SoC @ 1.4GHz, dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz wireless LAN, Bluetooth 4.2/BLE, faster Ethernet, improved thermal management and PoE capability via a separate PoE HAT.

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