On Thursday, Donald Trump will walk into the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, shake Xi Jinping's hand, and declare it a great meeting. There will be announcements. There will be numbers — billions of dollars in Chinese purchase commitments, a new bilateral mechanism with an important-sounding name, possibly a joint statement on Iran. Trump will post on Truth Social. Markets will rally briefly. Pundits will argue about who won. None of that will tell you what actually happened. What is actually happening in Beijing this week is something more consequential and more uncomfortable than the summit theatre will reveal: two leaders of two deeply mutually dependent superpowers, both of whom need this meeting to succeed for entirely different reasons, sitting across a table in a world that has already moved past the assumptions that defined their last nine months of negotiations. The Iran war changed the equations. The rare earth gambit changed the power balance. Taiwan is sitting in...
Apple has finally confirmed the news that all Tech writers have been speculating about. Tuesday Oct 4, is the day for the special announcement. Apple has sent out the invite stating the next iPhone release will be on October 4 and will start at 10. am PT. Venue will be Apple’s Cupertino, Calif. campus. So for all those awaiting the big day when the iPhone5 will be launched, there is no more any need for speculation. It will be on Oct 4, 10 am at Apple's campus. So what can be expected at the launch event. Will Apple unveil its much-hyped, all new iPhone 5, aa updated iPhone 4S, a white iPod touch,the Facebook iPad app and new Facebook iPhone app update. This is what is believed to be in general what Apple will be announcing. The only difference during this launch event will be the absence of Steve Jobs on stage, instead we will see Tim Cook his choose successor. Pressure will definitely be on the new man to bring with him the usual excitement that goes with a Apple Launch event. ...