| Apple announces a new MacBook Air and an iPad Pro, HeadSpin is catching a lot of VC attention and Sony is seeing huge gains in revenue, thanks to a bump in PlayStation sales. Here's your Daily Crunch for October 30, 2018. 1. Long-awaited brand-new MacBook Air finally gets retina display and Touch ID Dubbed the "greenest Mac ever" the new MacBook Air is made from 100% recycled aluminum. The new laptop weighs just 2.75 lbs. and is 15.6mm thick. That's 17% less volume and 10% thinner than the previous Air. 
2. Say hello to the new iPad Pro Apple's new high-end tablet is doubling down on performance with a 8 core CPU and a 7 core GPU. The company is claiming the new iPad is 92 percent faster than all mobile computers sold last year. 3. Valued at $500M, investors say HeadSpin is 'one of the fastest-scaling software companies' ever Headspin has closed a $20 million Series B, led by ICONIQ Capital, Battery Ventures and EQT Ventures. The company works with Tinder, DocuSign and some 200 other app providers, allowing the companies to test and monitor their apps in real-time and on real devices before, during and after an app is released. 4. Sony posts $2.1B profit as PlayStation sales keep on growing A 27% jump in gaming revenue has helped Sony post a solid Q2 earnings report. PlayStation is once again Sony's leading driver of revenue, bringing in $4.9 billion in sales during the quarter with an operating profit of $800 million for the division, that's up around 65% year-on-year. 5. Nintendo turns to old favorites Mario and Pokémon to hit lofty Switch target Can the upcoming arrival of 'Super Mario Party,' 'Pokémon: Let's Go! Pikachu/Let's Go! Eevee,' and 'Super Smash Bros. Ultimate' help Nintendo hit its ambitious goal of selling 20 million Switch consoles by the end of the financial year? 6. What the Bolsonaro victory means for Brazil's startup ecosystem The president-elect advocates for the open market as the main engine of innovation, through what he calls a "positive technological shock" 7. Assessing IBM's $34 billion Red Hat acquisition Was the largest software acquisition in history a savvy move, a desperate one or perhaps a bit of both? | 
