Microsoft shuts down Cortana on iOS and Android

Microsoft has shut down its Cortana app for iOS and Android. It’s the latest in a series of moves to end support for Cortana across multiple devices, including Microsoft’s own Surface Headphones. The Cortana app for iOS and Android is no longer supported, and Microsoft has removed it from both the App Store and Google’s Play Store.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/1/22361687/microsoft-cortana-shut-down-ios-android-mobile-app?source=Snapzu

Blackberry slips after 4th-quarter earnings miss forecasts amid global chip shortage

Shares of Blackberry slipped 9% Wednesday after the communications software firm revealed fourth-quarter revenues that missed expectations even on improved QNX car software sales amid a global chip shortage.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/blackberry-stock-price-slips-q4-earnings-miss-forecasts-amid-global-chip-shortage-2021-3?source=Snapzu

Defective Macs 'knowingly sold by Apple' in stage light case

A federal judge has ruled that Apple knowingly sold defective Macs, in response to an application for a class action lawsuit against the company. The lawsuit is over the MacBook Pro “stage light” fault, in which the backlight takes on the appearance of stage lighting at the bottom of the screen before later failing completely.
Read more: https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/01/defective-macs-stage-light/?source=Snapzu

LG appears to pull out of money-losing smartphone business

LG Electronics appears to have decided to pull out of its money-losing smartphone business and entered into a transition process to relocate its mobile communications employees to other business units.
Read more: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2021/04/133_306481.html?source=Snapzu

Amazon is becoming the face of American inequality

As the Alabama warehouse votes on whether to unionize, Amazon has been facing mounting pressure from progressive lawmakers — and on Friday, the company went on the offensive, calling out Sens. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for their criticism of the company’s policies. Predictably, tweets provoked more tweets, turning into days of jousting between progressives and a corporate PR account.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/29/22356321/amazon-inequality-bezos-democrats-union-sanders-fulfillment?source=Snapzu

Connecting the dots: Explaining the strange behaviour in markets

A raft of seemingly unrelated incidents and developments have shaken up global markets. But there are two things that connect them. Archegos Capital management, Gamespot, Greensill and others.
Read more: https://www.theage.com.au/business/markets/connecting-the-dots-explaining-the-strange-behaviour-in-markets-20210331-p57fkh.html?source=Snapzu

U.S. Home Prices Rise at Fastest Pace in 15 Years

Home-price growth in January accelerated to its highest annual rate since 2006, as the supply of homes for sale dropped to a new low. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index rose 11.2%.
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-home-price-growth-accelerated-in-january-11617109259?source=Snapzu