Apple’s (AAPL) on-again-off-again Internet television service is apparently off again. Apple has been in discussions with cable and broadcast TV networks for years about starting a streaming video service. Most rumors have Apple offering a best-of-cable package of channels that would be aimed at cord-cutters and cord-nevers. But content providers have been reluctant to sign agreements with Apple for its skinny TV bundle, which was expected to cost
People getting an Apple Watch this Christmas should brace themselves for buyer’s remorse three months from now. That’s because Apple (AAPL) reportedly is planning to introduce its second-generation Apple Watch in March. Apple news website 9to5Mac reported Tuesday that Apple is planning a March event to unveil the Apple Watch 2, with plans to ship the product by April. Apple announced its first-generation smartwatch on Sept. 9, 2014. It detailed
Apple (AAPL) supplier NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) muscled by completing its $12 billion acquisition of smaller peer Freescale Semiconductor, making it No. 5 by market value in IBD’s 46-company Electronics-Semiconductor Fabless industry group. With a $20.4 billion market cap, NXP trails only Qualcomm (QCOM), Avago Technologies (AVGO), Broadcom (BRCM) — all fellow Apple suppliers — and ARM Holdings (ARMH) . In late-afternoon trading on the stock