01-26-2016, 11:57 PM
Apple is close to matching Intel's processing power and performance, according to an analysis by AnandTech. The processor in the iPad Pro, the newest and most powerful tablet from Apple, is the A9X which is designed and made entirely in-house. This is important to note because as Apple becomes more and more proficient at making its own CPUs, it becomes less and less reliant on Intel.
Apple's A9X CPU vs Intel Core M: AnandTech - Business Insider
I have argued that the low level of German wage increases before the financial crisis were a significant destabilising influence on the Eurozone, which also indirectly contributed to Germany taking a hard line on austerity. The basic idea is that Germany gained a significant competitive advantage over its Eurozone neighbours, which it has since been unwilling to unwind (through above average German inflation). What this competitiveness gain did was lead to very healthy export growth and a large current account surplus, and that additional demand meant that Germany did not suffer as much as its neighbours from the second Eurozone recession that policy created. Peter Bofinger has made a similar argument.
mainly macro: German exports and the Eurozone
After all, a blockchain is essentially an incorruptible ledger of blocks of data, and that data can be records of just about anything. Like records of land ownership. Creating and maintaining incorruptible registers of land titles is a huge – and mostly unsolved – problem for developing countries. So when the government of Honduras launched an investigation into whether a blockchain-based land registry could solve it, the non-geek world sat up and began to take notice.
Is Blockchain the most important IT invention of our age? | John Naughton | Opinion | The Guardian
Amazon Prime, the company's $99-per-year loyalty program, now has 54 million US members, according to a new analysis from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP). That's up 35% from this time last year — again, based on CIRP estimates
New CIRP Amazon Prime numbers - Business Insider
If robots rise, interest rates will fall. That was the assumption of delegates at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, as revolutions in automation and artificial intelligence reshape how economies work.
Why Robots Mean Interest Rates Could Go Even Lower In The Future - Bloomberg Business