Huawei supplants Apple as the second largest smartphone seller

While Huawei was already a smartphone giant, analyst numbers released today show that in the last quarter it pumped out more smartphones than any company in the world other than Samsung. IDC and Strategy Analytics found that smartphone sales slowed overall, a trend that hit Samsung the hardest of the big companies with its numbers dropping off by more than 10 percent from last year. In its earnings report yesterday...
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/01/huawei-apple-samsung-idc-sa-analysts/?source=Snapzu

How to tell the difference between persuasion and manipulation

We influence each other in many ways besides pure reason. What’s the moral difference between persuasion and manipulation?
Read more: https://aeon.co/ideas/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-persuasion-and-manipulation?source=Snapzu

A new report questions “viability” of plan to privatize the space station

The future of the space station is up in the air—or rather, a vacuum.
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/a-new-report-questions-viability-of-plan-to-privatize-the-space-station/?source=Snapzu

The Company That Invented the iPhone in 1990

How a group of ex-Apple employees went from insanely great to greatly insane, accidentally inspiring a generation in the process
Read more: http://nymag.com/selectall/amp/2018/08/general-magic-oral-history-of-the-influential-tech-company.html?source=Snapzu

Steve Jobs' former ad man says Tim Cook is getting 'vanilla' advice that is making Apple bland

Steve Jobs' former ad guru Ken Segall thinks Apple CEO Tim Cook is getting vanilla advice and that the company is not taking enough risks in its marketing. He added that Apple was failing to create personalities around new iPhones.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-former-ken-segall-tim-cook-vanilla-advice-2018-7?source=Snapzu

Harley-Davidson Rebels With An Electric Motorcycle

Smaller bikes, electric engines and urban storefronts: Harley-Davidson, we hardly knew you. The Milwaukee-based company, facing dwindling sales in its home market, said Monday it hopes to broaden its appeal and invigorate sales with new products, which next year will include LiveWire, its first electronic motorcycle.
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Ex-SolarCity employees: We were fired after reporting millions in fake sales

Gay ex-employee also sues Tesla over alleged “continuous” insults including “f****t.”
Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/07/3-ex-solarcity-employees-claim-company-oversaw-bogus-sales-to-inflate-valuation/?source=Snapzu