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Citi analysts say that there's a 4-in-10 chance that Apple buys Netflix

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Apple is sitting with a vault so full of money that even Scrooge McDuck is jealous. Every now and then, Apple uses some of this money to make a small acquisition. For example, the company recently took $400 million out of petty cash to buy music discovery app Shazam. The largest acquisition that Apple has made by itself is the $3 billion it spent to purchase Beats Audio. But if a pair of Citi analysts are correct, there is a chance that Apple will top that record by a factor of approximately 34. According to Citi analysts Jim Suva and Asiya Merchant, there is a 40% possibility that Apple will buy streaming video content provider Netflix. The latter currently has a market capitalization in excess of $80 billion. Add on a 30% premium and you're talking about a $104 billion purchase. Before Disney's bid for Fox, the two analysts gave an Apple-Disney combination a 20% to 30% chance of happening. The analysts say that a Disney deal would have a larger impact on

17 most memorable best Iphone, Android mobile games of 2017

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As 2017 is winding down to a close, we take a look back at 17 of the most memorable iPhone and Android games of 2017. The mobile game arena is a vast space and there are hundreds of great games, so it's hard to pick the very best ones as you risk to make a mile-long list or simply not including a lot of titles. So rather than trying to figure out the very best, we have summed up the 17 most memorable games from a slightly subjective point of view. What is not subjective about these games is their quality: all of them are outstanding and you will not regret playing them. So get those fingers in shape because those games will put them to work. With no further ado, here is our list of the 17 most memorable mobile games of 2017. Gorogoa $5, Download on iOS A gorgeous hand-drawn puzzle game with an original story

Would you like Apple to launch a gold iPhone X? (poll results)

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Apple  is currently selling the iPhone X in just two color variants (silver and space gray), but there have been plenty of rumors about a gold version of the handset. Before Apple got to announce the iPhone X, well-connected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo mentioned that, due to unspecified production problems, the company might release a gold variant of the phone sometime  after  the silver and space grey models. Since then, we haven't seen any new info about this, so there's no way of telling if a gold  iPhone  X will ever be available to buy. But we were curious to know what you, our readers, thought about the possibility of Apple releasing a gold iPhone X, so we published this poll. As you can see below, almost half of the poll respondents (47.11%) said that they would like Apple to launch a gold iPhone X. Slightly more than half (52.89%) didn't see this as a good idea. Of course, we can't really know if all those who voted are actually interested in getti

Apple starts offering its $29 battery replacements today, two days earlier than expected

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A couple days ago, Apple apologized for throttling the CPU of certain iPhone models.  Apple  says that it did this so that the handsets' lack of prime battery power wouldn't shut them down when handling certain tasks. Along with the apology came a deal from the company. Since weak batteries are at the heart of the issue, Apple is allowing you to replace the cells on the iPhone6 and up for $29. That is a $50 discount from the usual price of $79. The deal was expected to start on January 1st 2018 and runs through the end of next year. An Apple spokesman said that it expected to need more time to set up the sale, but added that the company is ready to start offering $29 battery replacements starting today. He did caution that batteries for some models might be in limited supply at the moment. While Apple rivals like Samsung, Motorola, LG and HTC have taken this opportunity to distance themselves from Apple's actions, it remains to be seen exactly what kind of consumer ba

Apple apologises for slowing older iPhones down

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The company now says it will replace batteries for less and will issue software in 2018 so customers can monitor their phone's battery health. Some customers had long suspected the company slowed older iPhones to encourage customers to upgrade. Apple admitted slowing some phones with ageing batteries but said it was to "prolong the life" of the devices. In a statement posted on its website , the firm said it would reduce the price of an out-of-warranty battery replacement from $79 to $29 in the US for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later. In the UK the prices will drop from £79 to £25. It said it was pushing ahead with measures to "address customers' concerns, to recognise their loyalty and to regain the trust of anyone who may have doubted Apple's intentions". "At Apple, our customers' trust means everything to us. We will never stop working to earn and maintain it. We are able to do the work we love only because of your faith a

Amazon backs down in Google streaming spat

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The row meant YouTube was not accessible via Amazon's Echo Show smart speaker Amazon has started selling Google's Chromecast devices two years after it originally removed them from its store. Amazon said it removed them to end customer confusion about which services were available on which device. Analysts said it was because they let people watch services that competed with Amazon's Prime Video. Google retaliated by blocking access to YouTube on some Amazon gadgets and threatening further restrictions. In September, Google stopped YouTube playing on the Amazon Echo Show. It said it took the step because the way Amazon got the video-sharing service working on the device was "broken". It also threatened to stop Amazon Fire TV sticks getting access to YouTube from January 2018. 'Productive discussions' The search giant said it took the decisions because of a lack of "reciprocity" by Amazon. In response, Amazon criticised Goog

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Tech Tent: Apple's security under scrutiny

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  Will Apple's gold-plated reputation with consumers be dented by an embarrassing security foul-up? Also on the podcast this week: is t:Bitcoin really using more energy than Ireland? And what kind of qualities do you need to succeed as a professional e-sports player? We try to answer those questions on this week's Tech Tent. Apple: the root of the problem For a long time, Apple has boasted - with some justification - that it has an excellent record of keeping its devices safe from intruders. In any case, with PCs having the lion's share of the computer market, hackers and security researchers used to spend little time hunting down vulnerabilities in Macs. But on Tuesday a Turkish software developer tweeted this: "Dear @AppleSupport, we noticed a *HUGE* security issue at MacOS High Sierra. Anyone can login as 'root' with empty password after clicking on login button several times." It sounded unlikely but it was true. What it meant was that an

Apple apologises and fixes security flaw

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Macbooks running the latest software  will automatically be updated Apple has pushed out an update to fix a major security hole in its Mac operating system, admitting it “stumbled” with its latest software. The flaw,  revealed on Tuesday , made it possible to access a Mac without a password, and also have access to powerful administrator rights. The latest version of MacOS will automatically download the update. "We greatly regret this error and we apologise to all Mac users,” the firm said. "When our security engineers became aware of the issue Tuesday afternoon, we immediately began working on an update that closes the security hole. "This morning, as of 8am PT, the update is available for download, and starting later today it will be automatically installed on all systems running the latest version (10.13.1) of MacOS High Sierra.” It is only second time Apple has forcibly updated users’ machines and comes in response to widespread concern that millio