Steve Jobs – The Musical: An opera about the Apple founder’s life is coming in 2017 August 7, 2015 A Steve Jobs musical is coming in 2017, after the Santa Fe Opera commissioned a piece about the Apple founder’s life. The opera, due to launch in Los Angeles, will focus on the man behind the Mac, exploring the late entrepreneur’s personal relationships, with his wife, but also the daughter he initially rejected. Composer Mason [...]
Apple Music attracts 11m subscribers in first month, closing in on music-streaming rival Spotify August 6, 2015 Apple has attracted 11m users to Apple Music, its music-streaming service currently in free trial stage. The company revealed the first public figures in an interview with USA Today, as Eddy Cue, senior vice president of internet software and services, commented: We’re thrilled with the numbers so far. Apple Music launched on 30 June and [...]
Disney weighs on Dow Jones – New York Report August 5, 2015 The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rose yesterday following three days of losses as tech shares advanced, while the blue chip Dow index ticked lower, weighed by Disney’s largest daily drop in almost seven years. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 10.22 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 17,540.47; the S&P 500 gained 6.52 points, [...]
Rate fears and Apple hit index – New York Report August 4, 2015 Wall STREET ended lower yesterday as investors worried about a rise in interest rates while Apple’s shares hit their lowest in over six months. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 47.31 points, or 0.27 per cent, to 17,550.89, the S&P 500 lost 4.68 points, or 0.22 per cent, to 2,093.36 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped [...]
Researchers create first firmware worm that attacks Macs remotely and silently August 4, 2015 Mac users beware: You're no longer immune. It’s a truth universally acknowledged that Macs are more secure than PCs. But researchers have just dealt this truth a hefty blow, after they created the first firmware worm that can attack Mac computers. The accepted wisdom is that computers running Windows are more exposed to attacks, but [...]
TfL Tube strike August 2015 travel advice: Seven apps to help you travel around London on Wednesday and Thursday August 4, 2015 Of course there are many a taxi apps to be used for getting around London during the strike, but here are some apps that will help you travel during the Tube strike that may be a little less busy. Moovit This public transport app gives you access to real-time travel info, based on crowdsourced and [...]
President Barack Obama antagonises Republicans as he unveils ambitious clean power plan August 3, 2015 Framing climate change as one of the most pressing challenge the world faces, President Barack Obama has unveiled what he called “the single most important step America has ever taken in the fight against global climate change.” The goal of the plan, which has been two years in the making, is to cut greenhouse gas [...]
Twitter shares plummet 5.7 per cent to close at record low August 3, 2015 Shares in Twitter have closed at a record low after tanking 5.7 per cent to $29.27 amid concerns about the prospects for the social media platform's growth. Since their peak in January 2014 when investors were excited about the potential for growth at the newly public social media company, Twitter shares have fallen 58 per [...]
China crisis weighs on Wall Street – New York Report August 3, 2015 WALL STREET ended lower yesterday as tumbling oil prices dragged energy shares to a three-year low and factory data from China added to concerns about weakening growth in the world’s second-largest economy. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 91.46 points, or 0.52 per cent, to 17,598.4, the S&P 500 lost 5.86 points, or 0.28 per [...]
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 [...]