Apple share price climbs to 2016 high ahead of iPhone 5se launch event in best iPhone pre-launch stock rally in years March 21, 2016 Apple stock is rising along with anticipation ahead of the launch of its latest iPhone, expected to be unveiled by boss Tim Cook at an event in California in just a couple of hours time. Shares in the tech giant have touched $107.02 in intraday trading, a high for 2016 as hype mounts around the [...]
These are the 15 companies more powerful than most countries: Walmart, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Apple and Glencore top the list by Foreign Policy March 21, 2016 We live in a world of multinational corporations – effectively "stateless" companies that select where they are domiciled based on tax laws, red tape and ease of carrying out business. Some of the biggest companies in the world now employ more people than entire populations of countries – others have higher revenues than major world [...]
Apple event: Five things we think we know about the 21 March launch of the iPhone 5se, iPad Air 3, Apple Watch bands, iOS 9.3 and other software updates March 20, 2016 Apple fans, get ready. The always-anticipated launch of a new device is happening on Monday and as always, the rumour-mill is in overdrive. What can we expect from Tim Cook and co'? It's not all about the iPhone 5se, in fact, but it is likely to be the star of the show. Here's everything you [...]
Adele hacked: Singer targeted by hackers as private photos reportedly leaked on Facebook fan group March 20, 2016 Adele is the latest star to be targeted by hackers as reports claim the singer has had personal photos stolen. Photos of herself as a child, when she was pregnant and of her son were shared on a Facebook fan group on Friday, it's claimed. One of the fans in the group alerted the star's [...]
Apple boss Tim Cook: FBI’s attempt to crack iPhone back door is “bad for America” and makes the country more vulnerable March 17, 2016 Ahead of next week's hearing on whether the US Department of Justice can force Apple to help the FBI access an encrypted iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, the tech giant's chief exec has issued a strong warning on what this could mean for the US. In an interview with Time, Apple [...]
Oil prices: Global capital spending faces further squeeze after declining sharply in 2015 – S&P March 17, 2016 Global business spending on capital dropped sharply last year and could fall to 2006 levels by 2017, a major ratings agency said today. Spending on physical assets such as property and equipment – known as capital expenditure or simply capex – dropped 10 per cent last year, according to estimates from Standard and Poor’s. Most [...]
What Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak really thinks about the Apple Watch, driverless cars and Tim Cook March 17, 2016 Apple's co-founder is not such a fan of the Apple Watch, it turns out. While he loves it as a customer, Steve Wozniak has revealed he's not such a huge fan of the wearable from a business point of view. In a Reddit AMA (that's ask me anything), he said he was worried about the market Apple [...]
Imagination Technologies share price jumps on more job cuts and more restructuring plans March 17, 2016 Imagination Technologies is cutting a further 200 jobs from its global workforce with its latest restructuring efforts. Shares of the UK chip maker, which counts Apple among its customers, jumped as much as 11 per cent in early morning trading after the company updated investors on its turnaround plan. The firm aims to save a further £12.5m by [...]
Apple’s new iPhone 7: Leaked pictures reveal rumoured dual camera March 16, 2016 Apple fans (or anyone else about to go shopping for a new smartphone) – behold the latest iPhone ahead of the tech company's secretive launch in less than a week's time. New leaked pictures of the iPhone 7 claim to show Apple's newest handset for the first time, and reveal the phone will have two rear cameras. [...]
Apple’s Siri and other virtual assistants from Google, Microsoft and Samsung can’t help with tough questions about depression, suicide, rape, and domestic violence, study finds March 15, 2016 Siri may be able to tell you the weather forecast and show you where the nearest Pret is, but Apple’s digital helper and those from the likes of Google, Samsung and Microsoft, are unable to help with some of life’s toughest questions. Who hasn’t googled those niggling little health symptoms? But now that we use those [...]