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Apple Watch looking pretty square vs. rival smartwatches

The latest smartwatches from Samsung and Lenovo make the Apple (AAPL) Watch look downright square. South Korea’s Samsung and China’s Lenovo this week revealed smartwatches with round display faces that look like traditional watches. Samsung’s Untethered Smartwatch Samsung’s fourth-generation smartwatch, the Gear S2, ditches the curved rectangular screen of its predecessors. The Gear S2 comes with a 1.2-inch circular display. The previous model,

Netflix Breaks Key Level As Apple, Others Pressure

In addition to being affected by the market’s volatility, Netflix (NFLX) shares are getting hit hard in the stock market today as competition in the streaming space heats up. Variety reported late Monday that Apple (AAPL) has had early talks with Hollywood executives about obtaining original content to go along with its not-yet-announced streaming service. It’s not yet apparent whether Apple would develop movies and/or TV shows, create an in-house

As Netflix Doubles Down, Apple Mulls Original Content?

Apple (AAPL) has had early Hollywood discussions about original content, Variety reported late Monday. It’s unclear if the Eddy Cue-led effort would try to develop movies, TV shows or both — or if it would create an in-house studio or follow the Netflix (NFLX) model of working with outside production companies. Netflix for its part, over the weekend confirmed that it was dropping its online deal with big movie channel and distributor Epix as