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Weakness in Chinese smartphone sales in the holiday quarter led Apple to report its first guidance miss in 16 years. Both Tim Cook and external analysts have tentatively said that market conditions are slowly improving. In January, major Apple Chinese resellers cut the price of iPhone XR models. This week, the same resellers are pushing iPhone XS with price promotions, as first reported by the Taipei Central News Agency. Many people believe Apple is letting resellers buy the iPhone at cheaper wholesale prices than usual, in order to be able to offer significant discounts for customers....

iPhone Upgrade Program popularity has hit extremely impressive levels, suggests a survey of US iPhone owners. It found that 36% of them were already members, and a further 25% plan to join it. This could suggest that Apple is well on its way to addressing one of the biggest challenges facing the company … As we noted last year, upgrade cycles – the length of time consumers go between phone upgrades – has been steadily increasing over the years....

WARNING: Spoilers for The Irishman. In The Irishman, Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro portray real-life criminals associated with the Bufalino crime family. Martin Scorsese’s Netflix film is based on the Charles Brandt book, I Heard You Paint Houses; Brandt based his nonfiction book on the confessions of Frank Sheeran, an alleged mafia hitman for the Bufalino crime family, who claimed responsibility for the murder of Jimmy Hoffa. However, Hoffa’s disappearance was never officially solved by the FBI: no charges were ever laid for his murder, and he was declared dead in absentia....

Sony recently announced a revision under the Xperia series, Sony Xperia 1 III, 10 III, or Xperia 5 III smartphones. Sony Xperia 1 III is designed as a flagship phone, while Sony Xperia 10 III and Xperia 5 III are midrange phones. These all smartphones are available for sale in the summer of 2021. Besides all, the upcoming Xperia phones have an IP rating that sounds a bit relaxing as the Xperia 1 III has an IP68 rating, and Xperia 10 III and 5 III have an IP65/68 rating as justified by the price....

Apple is being sued for allegedly refusing to help those who have fallen victim to a iTunes gift card scam. An 11-count class action lawsuit has been filed against the company. Apple is accused of lying when it says that there is no way to trace or refund the value of the cards … There are a large number of scams which involve pre-paid gift cards like store cards and iTunes gift cards....

The rescue plan for Japan Display – a supplier of LCD screens for Apple which needed a major investment to boost its move into OLED – is set to be worth a total of 232 billion yen ($2.1B). However, there is a slim possibility that the bailout could be blocked by a US national security review … Reuters reports that the bailout is a much larger one than expected. Earlier speculation had been around significantly lower figures....

Java String indexOf() Syntax The syntax of Java String indexOf() Method is: Java indexOf() Parameters Below are the indexOf() Java String parameters: char – Used to represent a single character value str – Used to represent the string to search for fromIndex – Used to represent the index position to start the search from Java String indexOf() Return Value This indexOf() Java String method returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character....

Apple removed most Jawbone and Nike fitness bands from its retail stores back in March, during the run-up to the launch of the Apple Watch. It was assumed then that Apple was purging products that might be felt to compete with its own wearable. But Jawbone Senior Product Manager Jason Donahue said that its UP2 fitness band will be available in Apple Stores shortly, reports Japanese site Macotakara. The statement was made during a product launch in Japan … Donahue originally stated only that the new wearable would be sold in Japanese Apple Stores from early July, but when asked about other countries, he said that it would be released “even earlier” in U....

Iconic and perdurable trivia game show Jeopardy! is seeking a replacement for host Alex Trebek. The unique platform, blue box panels, and Trebek have created a formula that’s kept the show in syndication for over thirty-five years. Now, the game show is reportedly preparing for Trebek’s impending exit from the equation. Created by Merv Griffin, the game show consists of presenting contestants with clues in the forms of answers, to which players must phrase their responses in the form of a question....

Joe Manganiello has revealed his costume from the upcoming video game movie adaptation, Rampage. One of the more unexpected adaptations on the list of upcoming video game movies, Rampage adapts the gaming title of the same name that began as a popular arcade game in 1986. Coming from director Brad Peyton, the project will reunite with the filmmaker yet again with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, marking this as their third collaboration together, after Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and 2015 disaster thriller, San Andreas....

Joaquin Phoenix reveals how he created his laugh for Joker, and the inspiration he drew from. Warner Bros. and DC Films are stepping outside of their shared universe to bring a different type of movie based on comic book characters to the screen. Joker will be an origin story for the Clown Prince of Crime, with Phoenix portraying the iconic Batman foe. Joker is written and directed by Todd Phillips, who’s been allowed to take liberties with the character thanks to the film’s standalone status....

Jordan Peele surprises fans with a surprise new trailer for his upcoming film, Us. Scheduled to hit theaters in late March, Us is one of 2019’s most anticipated titles, as cinephiles can’t wait to see what Peele does for his second directorial effort. In 2017, he took the film industry by storm with Get Out, a terrifying and entertaining exploration of racism in America that did extremely well at the box office and earned a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars....

. According to a Nikkei Business report (English), another iPhone carrier exclusive country has fallen. Softbank (in blue, above) in Japan has had a monopoly on the iPhone for the past three years in the world’s third largest economy. However, with the release of next iPhone, KDDI/au will carry the device. Both carriers still trail behind the leader NTT, as you can see in the un-translated image above. According to the report, the iPhone will hit HDDI/au shops in November, a little later than the US expects to see them....

Apple appears to have improved the durability of the iPhone 7 compared to the iPhone 6s, as highlighted by a new drop test video by EverythingApplePro. The iPhone 7 does very well in this specific test, sustaining ten foot face-down and side drops without cracking the screen. In contrast, the iPhone 6s was completely shattered at drops of five-feet. The iPhone 7’s rear sapphire cover glass (the camera bump) was damaged but the person could still take photos....

The developers explain the newly released application supports iPhone OS 3.1 and 3.1.1 for iPod touch, but is only capable of jailbreaking/unlocking first-generation devices, and the iPhone 3G. “This is the low down on our tools for use with the 3.1 firmware from Apple, please read the whole post in full before attempting anything,” the developers warn on their blog. “Because of changes with Apple’s update techniques (that complicate the 3GS upgrade process) this will be a multipart release....

Apple is set to launch the iPhone in China and 21 other markets this Friday, Jan. 13. As of yet, the device is only confirmed to launch on China Unicom, the nation’s second-largest wireless carrier and currently the sole provider of the iPhone in the country. However, a new report from a Chinese agency website (via The Wall Street Journal) claimed the iPhone received necessary approval from the China Radio Management agency for use on China’s third largest mobile operator by subscribers, China Telecom....

A trio of new rumors from a handful of Asian sources have popped up over the holiday and today, each predicting a different facet of the upcoming ‘iPhone 6S‘. While these are still just very unverified whispers at the moment, odds are that at least one of these will end up coming at least partially true. Here’s a roundup of the latest iPhone rumors, in no particular order: A10 Processor OK, we lied just a little bit....

New data provided by a trade-in website shows that an iPhone trade-in gets you twice as much as trading in a comparable flagship Android smartphone a year after you bought it. Both comparisons are calculated as a percentage of the purchase price, to ensure that they are like-for-like … The difference tails off slightly at two years, but the used iPhone is still worth very much more than the used Android phone....

Later this year Iron Man will come soaring back to TV screens, but this time fans will get to fly with Tony Stark in virtual reality. A new PS4 game featuring the Marvel hero has been announced, allowing players to get an idea of what it’s like to wage aerial battle as the titular character. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is undoubtedly Hollywood’s most successful shared universe, and with that comes tertiary content featuring some of the most ardent personalities from the hit franchise....

Where can horror classic A Nightmare On Elm Street be watched online, and is available on Netflix, Hulu or Prime? Wes Craven dreamed up (sorry) A Nightmare On Elm Street after reading a series of seemingly unconnected articles about people dying in their sleep after complaining of terrifying nightmares. He would later piece today dream stalker Freddy Krueger from a variety of inspirations, including a drunk man who terrorized him as a child, a boy who bullied him and he based the clawed glove on a cat’s paw....