Apple prepares a voicemail service that will transcribe your messages using Siri to compete with Microsoft’s Cortana and Google Now August 3, 2015 The problem is obvious: Leaving voicemail is quick and convenient. Unfortunately, listening to it is sadly tedious. This age-old telephone dilemma has been solved, and the solution is ingeniously simple: transcribing incoming voicemail messages so that you can read them instead. Apple is preparing a new tool which will use voice assistant Siri to transcribe [...]
Windows 10 launch: 14m devices installed Microsoft’s new operating system in the first 24 hours as users cheer the return of the start menu and Cortana July 31, 2015 The owners of 14m devices rushed to install Windows 10 in the first 24 hours after the launch of the latest incarnation of Microsoft’s long-running operating system, the company said today. Microsoft’s Yusuf Mehdi wrote about the response to the new OS on the Windows blog: We’re humbled and grateful to see the response to [...]
Windows 10 launch: Analysts think Microsoft-powered devices will continue to outsell iOS – although Android will always win July 29, 2015 The launch of Windows 10 has people pretty excited – the operating system launched amid much fanfare today as a free update for Windows users. But what will it mean in the war between Microsoft, Android – and its arch-rival, Apple? Data by Gartner shows while devices running Android, Google's answer to Windows, have stormed the [...]
Apple, Yahoo, Microsoft, IBM and Twitter share prices fall as US markets open July 22, 2015 US technology shares all fell as US markets today, after disappointing results by Apple prompted a mass sell-off overnight. Read more: Apple reckons Watch sales "beat internal forecasts" The iPhone manufacturer led the fallers, with its shares falling five per cent to $124.29, after a 7.3 per cent drop in pre-market trading wiped $66bn off its [...]
Microsoft share price slides as revenue continues to fall despite growth in cloud computing ahead of Windows 10 launch July 21, 2015 The figures Microsoft’s reported sales down over five per cent compared to the same period last year. The software giant’s revenue was down to $22.18bn, roughly in line with analysts’ forecasts. At $0.62, the company’s earnings per share were slightly higher than analysts’ expectations of $0.58. Revenue from cloud-based computing was up 88 per cent [...]
Microsft cuts thousands more jobs and takes $7.6bn writedown on Nokia phone business acquisition July 8, 2015 Microsoft chief Satya Nadella has made another round of job cuts as the business took a multi-billion dollar writedown on its purchase of Nokia. The struggling PC business will lay off 7,800 staff, the majority of whom work in the phone side of the business. It will also take a writedown of $7.6bn on the Nokia [...]
Microsoft sells display advertising business to AOL and map technology to Uber June 30, 2015 Microsoft has sold its mobile and video advertising businesses to AOL in the US, UK and seven other key markets as it looks to focus on search advertising. Read more: Verizon swoops for AOL in $4bn bid to boost ads AOL, recently purchased by US telecoms giant Verizon, will take control of all display advertising on [...]
Google’s Larry Page, American Express’ Ken Chenault, Three’s David Dyson: These are the UK’s top-rated chief executives, as voted for by their employees June 10, 2015 It's a tough business, being a chief executive these days – so a little bit of love from their employees never goes amiss. Now recruitment site Glassdoor has unveiled its list of the UK's highest-rated chief execs. Alas, the top-rated guy isn't even based here… The list, which is based on approval by their employees, [...]
This animation shows how 12 iconic company logos have changed over time: Coca-cola, Nike, Google, Apple, Microsoft June 9, 2015 Logos are key to how customers remember and relate to a company – meaning many avoid changing them too often. However, Zing Ecommerce has put together an animation showing how much some of the world's most widely recognised logos have changed over time. "It might surprise you how the most recognisable logos of some of [...]