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Apple HomePod Plans 2019 Chinese Debut

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Apple ’s HomePod wireless speaker is set to go on sale in China next year, beating Amazon and Google speaker offerings into the country. According to Bloomberg , Apple’s website in China added a banner announcing that the speaker will go on sale in “early 2019.” and other countries. to launch in China.

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Amazon To Hit $2.5 Trillion In Market Cap By 2024

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Forget Apple and its $1 trillion market capitalization. trillion in market cap by 2024. The analyst said in a research note to clients that AWS may be worth $1 trillion in six years, which would be larger than Amazon’s market cap, which currently stands at $929 billion. Earlier in August, Apple became the first U.S.

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Samsung: Wearables Sales Soared 30 Pct In 2020

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The market for wearables is expected to reach nearly $70 billion by 2025, according to research firm IDTechEX , with healthcare-related products seeing the most growth. Samsung will face strong competition from Apple. Apple shipped 30.7 “Samsung will continue to invest in these advanced technologies.”. billion.

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Singapore’s Mobile Payments Market Appeal

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While the goal of Apple, Samsung or Google is all about getting consumers to pay via a phone (or watch), the fact that consumers are getting familiar with the tap and pay at the POS habit — and that it’s increasingly available at the places they like to shop — is what these players hope is an important first step toward mobile payments the NFC way.

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Verizon And Samsung Target 2019 For U.S. Release Of 5G Smartphones

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The move would essentially beat Apple to the market with smartphones featuring 5G technology, because reports say that Apple is going to wait until 2020 to release the first iPhones featuring the tech. The delay could prove to be fortuitous for Verizon and Samsung, as the companies fight for Apple’s customers.

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AI Startups Culled $9.3B In 2018

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In recent years some of the world’s biggest tech companies have been jumping on the AI bandwagon, with giants such as Google, Apple , Facebook and Intel all snapping up AI startups. In addition, it was reported that AI in the healthcare market is expected to grow to $36.1 billion by 2025.

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Singapore’s Credify Raises $1M To Expand Into Southeast Asia

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South Asia is the fastest-growing market in FinTech and eCommerce, according to Credify. The area is projected to be a $72 billion market for FinTech in 2020, at an CAGR of 72.5 percent, and is expected to be a $102 billion eCommerce market by 2025. The number of startups here is fewer than [in] the U.S.

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