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☆ The Holiday Gifts Buy Side Staffers Are Buying This Black Friday
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Buy Side Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +12 min

By Buy Side StaffThe Buy Side staff shops for a living, which also means we spend an inordinate amount of time scrutinizing gift options. To help you shop for nice prices, we limited our list to our favorites that are on sale now for Black Friday. She asked for compression socks, so I’m buying her these pretty ones in blue chevron to help her with recovery. It would make a great gift for a college student, new grad or really anyone who could use a travel gear upgrade. It’s a great set to update your kitchen or give as a gift this holiday season.” —Emily Welsh, VP and general manager

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Learn moreWe're only a few days away from Black Friday 2023, and the early deals are only getting hotter. Before the true shopping bonanza starts on November 24, take advantage of this week's best early Black Friday deals to get a headstart on holiday shopping. Some of the best Black Friday deals this week include a $640 discount on a premium 31 cu. And be sure to check out our complete guide to all of the best Black Friday deals for more sales and shopping advice. The best early Black Friday deals this weekFor more Black Friday discounts, be sure to check out our other deal roundups packed with all of the latest sales you can shop right now:

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Learn moreApple AirPods and AirPods Pro are among the top wireless earbuds you can buy, and for good reason. The AirPods Pro deliver the best sound quality of any Apple earbuds and they feature active noise cancelation (ANC) to block out background sounds. You can learn more about both models in our AirPods Pro review and AirPods 2 review. You can find even more top discounts on other products in our guide to the best Black Friday deals. Apple also sells a midrange AirPods model, the AirPods (third-gen), which typically cost about $40 more than the second-gen model.

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FLIGHTS OF FRUGALITY A good gift is one someone will actually use. When it comes to travel, that means choosing things that reduce stress—and up the enjoyment. If that’s not in your budget, choosing a gift that they’ll find useful and that you can afford can be tricky. Bells and whistles: A zippable laundry compartment ensures dirty socks never defile dry-cleaned blouses. The option to use either short or long handles allows for, respectively, close-to-chest security or easy pairing with a rolling suitcase.

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☆ Lawmakers want to know if China had anything to do with Apple's decision to cancel Jon Stewart's show
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple was asked by a House committee to explain its decision to cancel Jon Stewart's show. "The Problem with Jon Stewart," which streams on Apple TV+, was canceled last month. AdvertisementLawmakers have asked Apple to explain why "The Problem with Jon Stewart" was recently canceled. AdvertisementAfter being told he must be "aligned" with the company on topics, Stewart and Apple decided to go their separate ways. "If Jon Stewart can potentially be impeded from offering commentary on the CCP, what does this mean for less prominent personalities?".

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☆ Best Black Friday Fitness Deals 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Ian Salisbury | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

And, since quality gear—from treadmills to fitness trackers—usually requires a big investment, these sale items can mean big savings. Fitness tracker dealsWhether you’re training for your next marathon or merely aiming to get your steps in while walking the dog, logging your activity is key. A great fitness tracker can help you take pride in your progress and enable you to set goals for the future. Apple Apple Watch Series 9 $349 at Walmart $ 390 Save $ 41 $399 at Apple Form meets function in the Apple Watch Series 9. Deals on treadmills, exercise bikes and more serious gearExercise machines can help you reach your fitness goals faster.

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☆ Check out how different the inside of fake AirPods look compared to the real thing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jon Bruner, head of marketing at Lumafield, shared some CT scans of real and counterfeit AirPods. On Tuesday, Bruner shared some photos to X showing CT scans of a real pair of AirPods compared to some counterfeitsLumafield calls the engineering of the AirPods Pro a "marvel of miniaturization." AdvertisementAdvertisementLumafield reviewed some key differences between the batteries, circuitry, and overall quality in the real and counterfeit AirPods. The real AirPods scanned were a pair of AirPods Pro, the most expensive of Apple's wireless earbud lineup. Jon Bruner/LumafieldThe fake AirPods also have fewer microphones, so you won't get as good sound quality as you would with the real AirPods, according to Lumafield.

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☆ How to use your Apple Watch to calculate the tip and split a check at a restaurant
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Jake Piazza | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Your Apple Watch can help you calculate the tip and split a check at a restaurant with just a few taps. The feature is built right into the calculator app, and all you need to do is enter the amount of the check, the percentage you want to tip and the number of people with whom you'd like to split the bill. It's just a small example of how Apple works to make the Apple Watch ingrained into people's daily routines. Apple's wearable revenue, which includes the watch and AirPods, was its third-highest selling category behind the iPhone and Services in its most recent earnings, generating $9.32 billion in sales. Give this a try the next time you're at a restaurant and don't want to do the mental math of splitting between a big group.

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☆ Apple supplier Luxshare to invest $330 mln more in northern Vietnam
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

HANOI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Apple (AAPL.O) supplier Luxshare Precision Industry Co (002475.SZ) has been awarded a license to invest an additional $330 million in its plant in Vietnam's northern province of Bac Giang, raising the total investment to $504 million, provincial authorities said. The facility is expected to be completed in 12 to 24 months, it added. China-based Luxshare, one of Apple's main AirPods makers, started investing in Vietnam since 2019. Its additional investment in the country comes as other manufacturers seek to further diversify production away from China. Earlier this year, another Apple supplier, Foxconn, set up a new factory in central Vietnam and raised its investment in the country by $250 million to make electric vehicles and telecom parts.

Persons: Luxshare, Phuong Nguyen, Lincoln Organizations: Luxshare Precision Industry, Apple, Thomson Locations: HANOI, Bac Giang, Vietnam, Bac, China

☆ Meta is returning to China 14 years after Facebook was blocked by striking a deal with Tencent to sell its VR headsets
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meta is making a comeback to China 14 years after Facebook was blocked from being accessed there. The firm has struck a deal with Tencent to sell VR gear in 2024, The Wall Street Journal reported. Deals with Chinese firms are among the few ways big US tech companies can get a foothold there. China has largely banned US tech firms , bar Apple, from doing business there for several years. Meta still extracts cash out of China through Facebook and Instagram ads it sells to Chinese companies.

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☆ Serial snorers may want to check out the next Apple Watch — it will reportedly help detect sleep apnea
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The next Apple Watch could help detect sleep apnea by tracking your breathing, Bloomberg reports. The feature, set to come out in 2024, will detect a person's breathing while they sleep and help determine if they exhibit signs of sleep apnea, according to the report. Right now, the Apple Watch does have some health-tracking abilities and can monitor things like heart rate and blood oxygen levels. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Apple Watch isn't the only tool Apple has been working to equip with health-conscious technology. Apple has been coming out with a new version of the Apple Watch every year since its 2015 debut.

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☆ Here's what analysts at major Wall Street firms expect from Apple's upcoming earnings report
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Hakyung Kim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The September quarter results will only encompass approximately a week of the iPhone 15 sales. AAPL YTD mountain Apple stock in 2023 The company will post its September quarter results Thursday after the bell. Take a look at what analysts are forecasting ahead of the company's announcement: Deutsche Bank trims price target Deutsche Bank reduced its price target on shares to $200 from $210. Morgan Stanley sees better-than-expected quarter results Morgan Stanley has an overweight rating and $210 price target on Apple. The company is leaning cautious on December quarter results due to iPhone supply shortages and consumer spending concerns.

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Apple shares, which have risen 37% so far this year, dropped 3.4% after-hours, following the forecast. Maestri said Apple expects to have higher iPhone sales for the fiscal first quarter, even though this year's holiday quarter has one fewer week of sales than the year-ago. Cook said the company's new high-end handset models - the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max devices - are facing supply constraints. Apple's sales in China fell to $15.08 billion from $15.47 billion in the fourth quarter a year ago. Cook said that after accounting for foreign-exchange rates, Apple's business in China grew year-over-year, driven by iPhone sales and services revenue.

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☆ Apple’s Sales Drop Slightly While Profit Is Up 11 Percent
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Tripp Mickle | More About Tripp Mickle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At a time when the tech industry’s biggest companies are rebounding from a post-pandemic dip, Apple is suffering through its most prolonged sales slump in more than a decade. Apple’s most important business, the iPhone, rallied last month behind the release of four new devices, which boosted sales 3 percent, to $43.81 billion, from last year. And the company’s sales for software and services, such as Apple Music and cloud storage, jumped 16 percent, to $22.31 billion. But sales sank for most of the company’s other businesses, including the Mac, iPad, and the Apple Watch and AirPods. Total product sales dropped by 5 percent, to $67.18 billion.

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☆ Apple reportedly abandoned a secretive project that would have made the Apple Watch compatible with Android phones
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Apple reportedly considered making the Apple Watch compatible with Androids under a secret project. The project was reportedly abandoned over concerns it could impact iPhone sales, Bloomberg reported. Apple previously had similar concerns around making iMessage for Android, with an exec saying it would hurt Apple more than help. AdvertisementAdvertisementIf you buy one Apple product, Apple wants you to be tempted to buy another — and that's why we might never get an Android-compatible Apple Watch. You need an iPhone to set up an Apple Watch, for example.

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☆ I Can Hear You Fine. Is It Rude That I’m Still Wearing AirPods?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Nicole Nguyen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

I once heard that marriage is asking each other “What did you say?” for the rest of your lives. That’s certainly true for my husband and me. We do chores with earbuds in, listening to our respective music and podcasts. When one of us speaks up, it inevitably prompts a delayed, confused response.

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☆ The $169 AirPods 3 reportedly aren't selling great, and Apple is apparently working on a new design
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Apple's third-generation Airpods "haven't sold particularly well," Bloomberg reports. Apple's AirPods are undoubtedly a hit, however, making up a large share of the 2022 headphone market. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt sounds like the third-generation AirPods haven't quite been the runaway hit Apple was hoping for. The newer AirPods will reportedly come with USB-C charging, similar to the iPhone 15 and the AirPods Pro 2nd generation. The AirPods Pro and Max will also get an update further into the future.

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A new Apple Watch Ultra 2 is displayed during the 'Wonderlust' event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 12, 2023. Masimo's 2021 complaint said the 2020 Apple Watch Series 6, the first model with blood-oxygen monitoring capabilities, infringed its patents. Apple has since shifted some of its Apple Watch production to Vietnam. Irvine, California-based Masimo has accused Apple of stealing its technology and incorporating it into several Apple Watch models. Apple is also facing an Apple Watch import ban in a separate patent dispute with medical technology company AliveCor.

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☆ Apple will reportedly release a bunch of new AirPods next year
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Apple plans to release new versions of several AirPods models next year, according to a report from Bloomberg. Apple's wireless headphones business has become a moneymaker for the company and requires regular updates to keep the product fresh and demand high. Since they were first announced in 2016, Apple's wireless white buds have become ubiquitous on big-city mass transit and inside offices and schools around the country. Apple's AirPods Pro, which cost $249, got minor updates last year, and this fall added a model with a USB-C port. Apple reports AirPods sales under its Wearables, Home and Accessories product line, which reported $41 billion in revenue in Apple's fiscal 2022.

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☆ 'Steve Jobs' biographer Walter Isaacson says Apple will be the company 'most hurt' if economic tensions between US and China escalate
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

As some US companies cut back on their dependence on China, Apple could be hardest hit, says Steve Jobs' biographer. Walter Isaacson told "Squawk Box" that "it'll be hardest" for Apple to decrease reliance on China. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs more US companies are trying to cut back on relying on China for business, Apple could be the one hardest hit if economic tensions continue to escalate. "Most companies are trying to decrease their dependence on China, but it'll be the hardest for Apple to do that." More than 95% of iPhones, Macs, AirPods, and iPads are made in China, according to the Financial Times.

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☆ Here are Tuesday's biggest analyst calls: Apple, Nvidia, Amazon, Tesla, DraftKings, Meta, Monster & more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are the biggest calls on Wall Street on Tuesday: Bank of America reiterates Apple as neutral Bank of America said China remains a risk for Apple . UBS downgrades Regions to neutral from buy UBS said the Birmingham, Alabama-based regional bank is going into the "penalty box." DA Davidson upgrades Braze to buy from neutral DA said shares of the cloud-based software company will benefit from "resilient growth." Piper Sandler downgrades Monster to neutral from overweight Piper said in its downgrade of Monster that it had previously been just "wrong." Seaport initiates Amazon, Meta and Alphabet as buy Seaport initiated Amazon , Meta and Alphabet on Tuesday, saying it sees further upside for all three.

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☆ Tim Cook Can’t Make iPhones Without This Chinese Company and Its CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Yang Jie | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Apple wants to cut its ties with chip designer Qualcomm but despite years of work and billions of dollars, the company hasn’t been able to build a wireless chip in-house. WSJ reporter Aaron Tilley joins host Zoe Thomas to explain Apple’s spectacular failure in this effort. Many Apple customers may not be familiar with Luxshare Precision or its leader Grace Wang, but they likely own its handiwork. Along with other Apple contractors, Luxshare manufactures AirPods, the Apple Watch and the recently released iPhone 15, including the top-of-the-line iPhone Pro Max. Luxshare is also the assembler of Apple’s first mixed-reality headset, due to reach consumers next year.

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☆ Apple continues its sweep to roll out USB-C to more devices
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Apple (AAPL) quietly announced its next-generation Pencil that works with iPads and now includes USB-C charging. The change comes nearly a month after Apple retired its Lightning charger, a milestone moment toward universal charging amid pressure from EU regulators. Like previous models, the third-generation Apple Pencil is intended for taking notes, sketching and marking up documents. The price is $79, down $20 from the second-generation Apple Pencil and $50 less than the original. At its iPhone 15 event in September, the company announced all of its next-generation smartphones and new AirPods Pro will launch with USB-C charging.

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