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Goldman warns that Apple is too dependent on Google for services revenue, and will need to roll out a 'Prime' bundle

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Goldman Sachs estimates Google paid Apple nearly $9.5 billion in traffic acquisition costs (TAC) during calendar year 2018. The fees will continue to make up a large portion of Apple's services revenue into 2019, the firm said, but will grow at slower rates. Apple could need to make up the difference with a 'Prime' bundle Drew Angerer | Getty Images Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 12, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho Analysts at Goldman Sachs estimate more than 20 percent of Apple's burgeoning services revenue comes from Google. Apple touts its services revenue as the next growth driver for the company, amid slowing iPhone sales. But the share of the segment that comes from Google is decelerating, and Apple could need to make up the difference with a 'Prime' bundle, Goldman Sachs said in a note published Monday. "Apple will need to add mid to high single digits growth back to Services r...

Will Your Future-Self Be Proud of What You Have Done with Your Life?

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For some people, their hero is themselves but many years in the future when they will eventually meet and decide how they have spent their life. Ask yourself this question: If you were to see your future-self, would you be proud of the person you have become, or will you just be an old man full of regret, counting his days until they come to an end? There will come a day when you will be shown a vision. The vision of everything you could have been and everything you could have accomplished; the person you could have become. An image of your ideal-self who has lived a brilliant life. On that day, you will either know the know the person or he will be a complete stranger to you. You may know him a bit, which means you have walked towards your destiny a bit. You may know him very well, which means that you have nearly accomplished everything that you were born to do. You may also come to think that he might be your identical twin, and that is a fulfilled and accomplished life. Let us not ...