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Apple's results are in and are stronger across most categories than analysts were expecting. iPhone sales seem more resilient than projected, Macs and iPads are flying off the shelves and its services now represent an $8B business. And, according to CEO Tim Cook, the best is yet to come. Apple is "very bullish" on the iPhone X delivering a very merry holiday season, and Apple's market cap was up over $900 billion in post market trading. Read More...

Kate Hudson believes there’s no good reason why yoga-style leggings should retail for $100. That’s why she joined forces with TechStyle to pioneer a new line of athleisure wear, Fabletics, offering luxury athleisure brands at a lower cost via a membership commerce model. In a recent interview with Karen Webster, TechStyle CMO Shawn Gold explained how TechStyle’s mission to create accessible fashion has helped it find the perfect fit between fashion, data and a new subscription commerce model. Read More...

The total combined value of the Frightful Five — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft — is indeed a frightful amount, most recently tallied at $3.3 trillion: a full trillion more than the companies were collectively worth just two years ago. In fact, individually, each has a market cap greater than half a trillion. Here's how the tech giants fared in Q3 earnings reports, plus the latest news from each — just in case you missed it. Read More...