Enterprise

Microsoft beats Apple as the world’s most valuable company

Just for a brief moment

Published

November 27, 2018

Daniel Morial

When Apple became a trillion-dollar company about four months ago, it was a momentous triumph for the company. Although, their market value slowly went down after the excitement over the new iPhones. On the other hand, Microsoft is slowly crawling up to the top and was able to overtake Apple in market cap value for the first time in eight years.

Microsoft briefly reached US$ 812.93 billion earlier today and it was closely followed by Apple with US$ 812.60 billion. Even for just a brief time, the Redmond company became the most valuable entity in the world. Traders are still making Apple and Microsoft battle for the title as we speak.

It was in 2010 when Apple passed Microsoft due to the massive sales and popularity of the iPhones and MacBooks. Apple’s stock grew phenomenally over the years and it peaked with a US$ 1 trillion valuation.

Yet, investors started to express concern about current iPhone sales which make up about 60 percent of the company’s revenue. The Cupertino company doesn’t expect to hit market estimates for the holidays which is why stock prices are going down. There are now reports that Apple has resumed the production of an older iPhone model due to the weak sales of the latest one.

Microsoft’s current company logo | Image credit: Microsoft

To add to the list of concerns, Apple doesn’t even want to disclose how many iPhones, iPads, and Macs it sells. This make will it harder for analysts to foresee the future of the company’s revenue and, of course, increases the risks for investors.

Things are a bit different for Microsoft which is performing pretty good since Satya Nadella took over as CEO in 2014. Unlike Apple, Microsoft has a number of revenue sources including popular services and products like Windows, Office, Xbox, and Surface. What makes most of Microsoft money though is their focus on cross-platform technologies, the cloud, and artificial intelligence.

Who could forget the failure of Windows Phone? Still, the company showed resilience and was able to keep itself on the right path. Microsoft passed Google’s and Amazon’s market value, so the leap over Apple’s is just another indication of the company’s bright future.

Until when can Microsoft hold the torch? Nobody can say for sure, but it’ll be an exciting tomorrow for the company and for all the tech giants who are constantly competing.

Source: Bloomberg

Enterprise

Global Connect Show Shenzhen empowers Chinese enterprises

Opportune time for new Chinese enterprises to go global

Published

June 2, 2026

GadgetMatch

The Global Connect Show Shenzhen 2026 (GCS SZ 2026) was successfully held on June 1 at China’s innovation hub.

More than 100 Chinese enterprises joined the event, encouraged to expand into international markets.

The program focused on three core pillars:

Chinese brand going global
Global channel connection
Dedicated “Into the Enterprise” series

China has developed a new generation of internationally competitive companies across various sectors, including:

consumer electronics
smart hardware
artificial intelligence
robotics

As these companies enter a new phase of going global, demand is growing for global communications, brand building, market trust, and localized business networks.

As such, the Global Connect Show is one of the platforms to be able to strengthen the relationship across enterprises, partners, business associations, and even media and influencers.

It is a significant window for innovative brands to enter global retail channels by building compelling brand narratives and developing strong localized operations.

This year’s GCS is the third staging of the show, which consistently aims to match Chinese brands with partners through a results-first approach. Such an approach includes hands-on product experiences, presentations, and one-on-one meetings.

Enterprise

New US-China ban might affect 75% of phones, laptops

Companies can no longer use Chinese labs to test their products.

Published

May 5, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

The United States is continuing its crusade against Chinese technology today. However, the target now isn’t a company from China but a method important to a lot of non-Chinese brands.

Today, via Reuters, the Federal Communications Commission (or FCC) has unanimously voted to prohibit companies from using Chinese labs to test their electronic devices if they are to be sold for use in the United States. Naturally, this includes smartphones and computers.

Notably, the prohibition doesn’t directly target Chinese brands. However, it will still affect a huge swath of the industry. The FCC estimates that around 75 percent of the entire market are devices tested in labs based in China.

This means that companies who wish to sell future products in the country must move their testing to labs in the United States or other countries that it deems secure. At its current iteration, the prohibition will not affect devices that already earned their certification prior. However, it might prevent them from getting recertified once their current one expires.

Now, the prohibition isn’t an absolute lock just yet. The FCC will allow the industry to submit comments about the proposal. But, with a unanimous vote from the FCC, companies might have to start looking for alternative testing sites if they want to stay operation in the United States.

Enterprise

OnePlus has reportedly merged with realme

Both brands were previously rumored for restructuring early this year.

Published

April 30, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

OnePlus has a problem. For a while now, rumors have swirled about the company’s dissolution. For their part, the company has continued to deny the reports, citing business as usual. Likely to their dismay, the reports just keep coming. Today, sources have hinted that OnePlus has merged with realme.

Back in January, it was rumored that OnePlus would be closing up shop this year. Since the company very quickly denied the rumors, the report hardly made waves. However, a suspected merger with realme is more difficult to debunk.

For one, realme is itself in a very interesting position. Also back in January, realme was reportedly moving back into being a sub-brand of OPPO. Coupled together with the OnePlus debacle, all this internal restructuring seems par for the course.

According to Digital Chat Station on Weibo, OnePlus and realme have already concluded the merger. The two brands have reportedly united their Chinese and international operations under one roof. Likewise, their marketing will be the same. Pete Lau will still be the main head for this new division.

As with anything of this nature, take this with a grain of salt. OPPO, OnePlus, and realme have not issued any official statements concerning a merger or a shutdown for any brand.