AirPods are Apple’s best product in years. Their slick, intuitive user experience has won fans worldwide and silenced critics who ridiculed their polarising design. But AirPods launched back in 2016 and were long overdue an update. Now AirPods 2 are here, and you might be surprised by what Apple has and hasn’t changed… Note: Apple simply calls … Read more
HIGHLIGHTS OnePlus 5 users need to flash the Open Beta build Open Beta 2 for OnePlus 5 includes various bug fixes New Open Beta version also has November Android security patch OnePlus 5 on Friday received OxygenOS Open Beta 2 build based on Android 8.0 Oreo weeks after the release of its first Open Beta build. The … Read more
At face value the numbers make no sense. A monthly survey of homebuilder confidence in December released Thursday from the National Association of Home Builders spikes to the highest level in 11 years. The one-month move, entirely attributed to Trumponomics euphoria by NAHB executives, was the biggest in 20 years. One day later, the monthly … Read more
The biggest source of speculation at a Fed meeting — whether or not the board will decide to raise interest rates, which it has done only once since 2006 — is all but a foregone conclusion this time. The bigger question is what the Federal Reserve will do in 2017, and how that will impact … Read more
Gold had a hard time making up its mind about Friday’s jobs report. In the 20 minutes before the number came out, gold futures first rose about $10, before promptly giving up those gains. At the second before the number was released at 8:30 a.m. EDT, gold was sitting at $1,356.5 per troy ounce. On … Read more
After six turbulent months, there’s good news for Wall Street banks, and there’s bad news. The good news first: it’s likely getting better. Of course, that comes as big banks try to rebound from the bad news: It’s been the worst start to a year, on a number of metrics, since the global financial crisis. … Read more
fb continued to leave its competition in the dust as the social media giant published spectacular profitsnumbers that despatched the inventory flying Thursday. “fb has benefited from the structural shift in how corporations spend their ad bucks,” Gina Sanchez, founder of Chantico worldwide, said Thursday on CNBC’s “strength Lunch.” “So at this factor even as … Read more
Twitter turned 10 on Monday and while it might be celebrating at the moment, there are some sobering facts to contend with including a 65 percent drop in its share price in the last year, discontent from Wall Street and concerns over whether it can continue to add users. Jack Dorsey returned to the helm … Read more
In CNBC’s social media on campus series, we asked students from all across the country to tell us what social media platforms are most prevalent at their school. Facebook? Snapchat? Twitter? Are students using them for purely social purposes or professional/school activities? And, are any social media platforms “dead” or just for old people? Here’s … Read more
In CNBC’s social media on campus series, we asked students from all across the country to tell us what social media platforms are most prevalent at their school. Facebook? Snapchat? Twitter? Are students using them for purely social purposes or professional/school activities? And, are any social media platforms “dead” or just for old people? Here’s … Read more