Disney+ is the best app of the year, according to Google Play users (Engadget)

Google Play has announced the winners of its year-end awards, including users’ and editors’ picks for the best apps, movies, TV shows and books. As has been the case... Read more »

Sony estimates CIS sales for fiscal 2020 to fall 11.8% on weak handset demand (DIGITIMES/DigiTimes: IT news from Asia)

Sony has recently estimated its CMOS image sensor (CIS) sales for fiscal 2020 (April 2020-March 2021) to fall 11.8% on year compared to a 6.5% decline estimated earlier, due... Read more »

Amazon Web Services to offer macOS on-demand in the cloud, in new appeal to Apple developers (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Amazon Web Services will provide software developers with access to macOS on-demand in the cloud for the first time, promising to speed up the process and reduce the cost... Read more »

Indian trade body blames Amazon and Walmart for an “unholy alliance” with banks (Niharika Sharma/Quartz)

CAIT has named most of India’s top banks, including SBI, Bank of Baroda, ICICI, Axis Bank, Citi Bank, HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and HSBC for having “unholy alliance”... Read more »

Symtek to sustain strong equipment shipments for semiconductor clients (Willis Ke/DigiTimes: IT news from Asia)

Taiwan-based automation equipment maker Symtek Automation Asia saw its October revenues shoot up 177.55% on year to NT$307 million (US$10.75 million), thanks to shipments to clients in the PCB,... Read more »

The best Cyber Monday Apple Watch deals still available include $50 off the Series 6 and $20 off the (insider@insider.com (Antonio Villas-Boas,Kevin Webb)/Business Insider: Tech)

Cyber Monday 2020 Apple deals are still live, bringing some of the best prices of the year for the Apple Watch Series 6, down $50, plus older versions. When... Read more »

Sony Xperia Android 11 update schedule revealed (JC Torres/SlashGear)

It’s getting harder and harder to root for Sony’s Xperia smartphones. Despite their pedigree, the company has consistently failed to push out devices that would make consumers remember its... Read more »

Apple Hires Former Venture Capitalist Josh Elman For App Store Discovery Role (Slashdot)

As part of Apple’s ongoing efforts to improve app discovery, the company has hired former venture capitalist Josh Elman for a related role on the App Store. AppleInsider reports:... Read more »

Zoom has picked Amazon Web Services as its preferred cloud provider, months after forming a partners (Rosalie Chan/Business Insider: Enterprise)

Summary List Placement The videoconferencing company Zoom has picked Amazon Web Services as its preferred cloud provider, just months after forging a major partnership with Oracle cloud to handle... Read more »

Xiaomi overtakes Apple as third biggest smartphone vendor (JC Torres/SlashGear)

With all that has happened this year, you’d think that the smartphone market has drastically changed over the past few months. Some might have expected Huawei to sink and... Read more »
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