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The $50 Google Home Mini vs. the $50 Amazon Echo Dot—who wins?

Ever since Amazon (AMZN) created the Amazon Echo, the “Siri for the home” voice assistant, every company and its brother has rushed to come up with one almost exactly like it. Take, for example, the Amazon Echo Dot. Well, now here’s Google (GOOG, GOOGL) with its own version of the Dot, called the Google Home Mini.

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  Apple and AT&T activate LTE Band 8 to give iPhone users in Puerto Rico cellular service by Loon Balloon

  TechCrunch
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  Call of the week: Buy Apple on iPhone 8 'gloom and doom'

  Yahoo Finance

Call of the week: Buy Apple ahead of the iPhone X launch

Yahoo Finance's Seana Smith with this week's call of the week.

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  Why Microsoft is playing nice with iPhones and Android

  Dan Howley
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  Apple reportedly isn’t producing enough iPhone X units for first weekend sales

  TechCrunch

Market recap for Thursday October 19th

After dropping triple digits the Dow poised to finish in the green as Apple suffers its worst day in over 2 months.

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  Apple makes the case that even its most banal features require a proficiency in machine learning

  TechCrunch
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  Apple's enterprise strategy begins to take shape

  TechCrunch

2 Winning Tech IPOs of 2017

Even in a bull market, Roku and Otka stand out from the pack, particularly among newly public companies.

Apple explored buying a medical-clinic start-up as part of a bigger push into health care

Apple was deep in talks to buy the company behind its on-site medical clinic Crossover Health.

Beached-Whale Breakouts Plague Apple, Facebook, Google Despite S&P 500 At Highs

Many recent breakouts, such as Apple, Facebook, Google parent Alphabet and Alibaba, have acted like beached whales, clearing buy points but then going nowhere.

Here’s How Apple Inc. Could Price New iPhone Models in 2018

Apple's iPhone average selling price growth story is just getting started.

Will a Tepid Critic Reception of the Ionic Doom Fitbit?

A lot is riding on Fitbit’s first attempt at a smartwatch.

Better Buy: Berkshire Hathaway vs. American Express

Revisiting a battle of two financial titans. Is Berkshire Hathaway still tops over AmEx?

There Might Only Be 3 Million iPhone X Units Ready for Launch

A lot of customers are going to go home empty-handed on launch day.

Will Apple replace your family doctor?

Apple has considered an expansion into health care clinics. CNBC explains what this could mean for the company’s future in the medical industry.