Shares of the Arizona-based First Solar are taking off in late Tuesday trading, thanks to a new partnership with none other than tech giant Apple. In what they are touting as "the largest commercial power deal," the companies announced Tuesday afternoon that Apple has committed nearly a billion dollars to partner with First Solar and build a solar farm south of San Francisco. Shares of First Solar surged nearly 5% on the news and continued to rise in ...
Xiaomi, the fast-rising Chinese smartphone maker, is in talks to raise close to $1.5 billion in new capital at a valuation set to exceed $40 billion, in the largest private financing for a venture-backed company since Facebook in 2011. Negotiations with investors including DST– the Russian internet company that also backed Alibaba, Facebook and Airbnb – are yet to be finalized, according to people familiar with the discussions. But if ...
Reports have confirmed that Apple will hold a press event next week where it is widely expected to announce new iMacs with Retina displays as well as new iPads and the public availability of OS X Yosemite. Just a month ago, Apple announced its new smartphones - the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus - to great success. It sold over 10 million units in just three days and this number does not include China. The new iPhones will only go on sale in ...
'Songs of Innocence' has so far been downloaded 26 million times 81 million iTunes customers have listened to, or in Apple's own words, "experienced" U2's latest album, Songs of Innocence, during a free (and ongoing) promotional giveaway. That number factors in downloads in addition to streams from iTunes Radio and Beats Music, according to Billboard. Apple VP Eddy Cue recently gave the music publication an update on the "biggest ...
After a small group users of the iPhone 6 Plus reported that it “apparently” bent while carrying in the pocket, Apple found itself in an awkward situation, however, this did not prevent other companies to make joke on this subject, now known as “bendgate”. Apple has received nine reports regarding the bending of the phone so far, and the company regarding this problems, said that “under normal use blaming the phone extremely rare.” However, ...