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Stocks in the Spotlight - Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRO), Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE:KGC)

On Thursday, Shares of Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), gained 2.20% to $112.57.

Apple introduced the all-new iPad Pro™, featuring a stunning 12.9-inch Retina® display with 5.6 million pixels, the most ever in an iOS device, and groundbreaking performance with the new 64-bit A9X chip, rivaling most portable PCs. The new larger iPad Pro is thin and light and provides all-day battery life. There are more than 850,000 apps in the App Store℠ designed specifically for iPad®, and the new iPad Pro will enable a new generation of advanced apps for everything from productivity, design, illustration, engineering and medical, to education, gaming and entertainment.

Apple also introduced Apple Pencil™ for iPad Pro, a precision input device available for purchase separately, which makes drawing and sketching feel remarkably fluid and natural. The touch subsystem of the Multi-Touch™ display in iPad Pro has been redesigned to work with Apple Pencil to dramatically reduce latency and deliver incredible accuracy for activities like fine art illustration and detailed 3D design. Advanced sensors in Apple Pencil measure both pressure and tilt for a fast and fluid drawing experience, while a built-in Lightning® connector makes for quick and easy pairing and charging. Apple Pencil also works with popular apps like Mail, Notes, Procreate and Office 365 for iPad, offering new levels of creativity and productivity.

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, watches, and portable digital music players worldwide. The company also sells related software, services, accessories, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications.

Shares of GoPro, Inc. (NASDAQ:GPRO), inclined 0.68% to $33.88, during its last trading session.

GoPro declared the limited availability of Odyssey, a new 16-camera rig designed for Google’s 3D, 360-degree virtual reality platform, Jump, through the Odyssey Limited Access Program (LAP). Started recently, professional content creators and producers can apply to take part and purchase an Odyssey rig for delivery later this year.

First declared at Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O, Odyssey offers a 360-degree camera array for stereoscopic 3D content capture. Features such as genlock camera synchronization, multi-camera control, and extended battery life aim to eliminate challenges faced by content creators at the forefront of immersive content capture. Together, GoPro’s Odyssey and Google’s Jump platform will make it possible for anyone to experience a time or place like they’re actually there – through immersive, 3D, 360-degree content.

Jump has three parts:

  • A specialized camera, the GoPro Odyssey
  • An assembler that uses advanced computer vision and the computing power of the Google cloud to process the footage
  • A player: YouTube

GoPro, Inc. develops hardware and software solutions to alleviate consumer pain points associated with capturing, managing, sharing, and enjoying engaging content. The company offers HERO line of capture devices, such as cameras; premium accessories, counting battery BacPac, smart remote, and LCD touch BacPac accessories; and mounts comprising equipment-based mounts compriseing of helmet, handlebar, roll bar, and grip and tripod mounts that enable consumers to capture content while engaged in a range of activities, in addition to mounts that enable customers to wear the mount on their bodies, such as wrist housings, chest harnesses, and head straps.

Finally, Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE:KGC), ended its last trade with -0.65% loss, and closed at $1.54, despite gold futures finished higher on Thursday, ending a string of losses that took prices to their lowest level in a month as investors continued to look for hints on the outcome of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting next week, according to Market Watch.

Gold for December delivery picked up $7.30, or 0.7%, to settle at $1,109.30 an ounce on Comex. Prices fell to their lowest settlement level since Aug. 7 on Wednesday, which marked their 10th loss in a dozen sessions, not taking into account the Monday holiday. Market Watch Reports

Kinross Gold Corporation, together with its auxiliaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of gold bearing properties. It is involved in mining and processing gold and silver ores.

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