Facebook wins copyright case against Chinese drinks company Zhongshan Pearl River Drinks May 9, 2016 If you'd been looking forward to sampling a refreshing "face book" beverage on your next visit to Beijing, you're about to be sorely disappointed. The US social networking behemoth Facebook has won a rare copyright victory in China, after the Beijing Municipal High People's Court ruled that Zhongshan Pearl River Drinks could no longer use [...]
Saudi Aramco targets London, New York, and Hong Kong for international listing May 9, 2016 The public listing of what could become the world's most valuable company, Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco, looks on course to happen in London. London – previously reported by City A.M. as a leading contender for the state-run company's IPO – has been named as part of a potential three-way foreign listing, along with rival global financial centres Hong Kong and New York. Shares [...]
After Apple, another smartphone maker is feeling the slowdown – this time, HTC May 9, 2016 It's tough time in the smartphone market these days. Pretty much everyone who's going to get one has already got one – in established markets at least – and that means the market is, in fact, more finite than firms imagined when growth rocketed over the past few years. Even for the likes of Apple. But it's HTC which is [...]
Someone spent thousands on this one-off Jony Ive designed Apple iPad Pro May 9, 2016 An iPad specially created by Apple's design guru Jony Ive and the only one of its kind in the world has been snapped up at auction for thousands of pounds. The one-off yellow iPad Pro, along with a blue suede smart cover and orange leather Apple Pencil case, was bagged by an unknown buyer at the auction for a hefty [...]
China takes stake in Apple chip supplier Imagination Technologies May 9, 2016 A Chinese technology fund has taken a three per cent stake in UK chip maker Imagination Technologies, sending shares rocketing more than 13 per cent. Tsinghua Unigroup, a state-backed tech holding firm which is part of Tsinghua university, has ambitions to become the biggest chip maker in the world and has taken a three per cent stake in [...]
The blockchain payments app: How Circle plans to change the way we spend – and think about money May 9, 2016 You don't pay to send someone an email – to send information from one place to another. And merchants typically pick up the cost of actually making the transaction when you buy something online. And the founders of Circle – the free, blockchain-enabled payments app – don’t think you should pay to send money, either. [...]
Classic cars and super-yachts at Mallorca’s most luxurious rally event, the Oris Rally Clásico at Puerto Portals May 6, 2016 Thanks to its clubbing capital Magaluf, Mallorca has developed an unfair reputation as a place full of barely-clothed, sunburnt Brits, all clambering over each other to contract the latest, greatest sexually transmitted disease. There are a few locations actively attempting to repair that perception, though, by attracting lovers of sport and culture to the island, [...]
Apple and SAP join forces to create new apps for business and professionals May 5, 2016 Tech giants Apple and SAP today announced a tie-up that will see the companies create apps for business customers using iPhones and iPads. Apple and SAP said they will combine “powerful native apps for iPhone and iPad with the cutting-edge capabilities of the SAP HANA platform”, which will be used by professionals ranging from company directors [...]
The curious case of the iphone trademark: Apple loses fight over iPhone name in China May 4, 2016 Apple has lost a legal battle against a Chinese handbag maker over its use of the iPhone trademark. Xintong Tiandi, a Chinese company that sells leather purses and phone cases, trademarked "IPHONE" in 2010. Apple filed a trademark for “iPhone” in 2002, but got approval only in 2013. The tech giant launched a legal tirade against [...]
SoundCloud founder: Music streaming isn’t “winners take all” market as it launches Go subscription and ad supported free services to take on Apple Music and Spotify May 3, 2016 SoundCloud has said it believes there is plenty of room in the competitive world of music streaming for different platforms as the company launches its paid for subscription service, SoundCloud Go, in the UK and Ireland just weeks after its US debut. Co-founder and technology chief Eric Wahlforss shook off suggestions that it faced stiff [...]