CES 2015: Samsung unveils SUHD TV and new content store Milk to rival Netflix and iTunes January 5, 2015 With its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, only reportedly making an appearance behind closed doors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, Samsung last night instead chose to double down on its position as the world’s largest manufacturer of TVs. Samsung’s flagship product was its SUHD TV, a 88-inch screen [...]
New Year resolutions: Products to help make 2015 fitter, healthier and more organized January 5, 2015 Another festive season draws to a close, another year begins, and with it comes the mass promise-making that takes place every January. Across the globe people are resolving to cut out chocolate, carbs, social media, cigarettes and take up great novels, another language, or jogging. Even those who profess to have made no resolutions harbour [...]
Xiaomi: Everything you need to know about the world’s most valuable technology start-up and third-biggest smartphone maker January 5, 2015 Despite not having any products on sale in the UK, smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi can't keep out of our business headlines. Just a week after being named the most valuable technology company in the world, the Chinese company has announced a mammoth increase in sales in 2014. Xiaomi is now said to be the third-biggest [...]
CES 2015 preview: 3 things to expect at the biggest technology show of the year January 4, 2015 It's not even a week since the wrapping was ripped off the latest tech gadget gifts given over Christmas, but a wave of new devices, inventions and trends are already set to sweep the market. The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), brings together the biggest electronics brands, and many upstarts looking to disrupt their business, [...]
Apple’s App Store and iTunes introduces UK no-questions-asked 14-day refund guarantee December 30, 2014 European users of iTunes, the App Store and iBook who find they've accidentally downloaded a rubbish song or boring movie are now entitled to a no questions asked 14-day money back guarantee. Apple has updated its terms and conditions giving customers 14 days to return purchases excluding gift-cards according to 9to5mac.com. The changes, which apply [...]
One chart showing why Apple thinks you need a gold iPad December 23, 2014 Just weeks after the months of Apple rumours were laid to rest with the launch of the iPhone 6, speculation has now turned to the iPad. Apple is said to be making a gold version of the iPad in a bid to boost flagging sales of the device. The new colour option, likely to be [...]
Xiaomi could be worth more than Uber, Twitter, LinkedIn and Netflix after $1bn investment round December 22, 2014 A Beijing-based company which has become the world’s third-largest smartphone maker in the space of four years is now said to be worth more than the likes of Uber, Twitter, LinkedIn and Netflix after its latest funding round. Xiaomi has raised $1bn (£640m) from a host of investors, valuing the firm at more than $45bn, [...]
48 hours in… Oslo December 21, 2014 WHERE TO STAY The 140-year-old Grand Hotel has an illustrious cultural history in the city. It hosts the annual Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and past live-in guests include playwright Henrik Ibsen and explorer Fridjof Nansen. grand.no WHERE TO GO Bask in the green surroundings of one of Norway’s most important heritage sites, the Akershus Fortress, [...]
Oracle and Yellen send S&P 500 up – New York Report December 18, 2014 THE S&P 500 closed out its biggest two-day advance since November 2011 yesterday, extending a Federal Reserve-fuelled rally from the previous session, while tech shares jumped after Oracle results. The Dow industrials recorded the best one-day percentage gain since December 2011. The S&P 500 posted its biggest daily percentage gain since January 2013 and is [...]
Putin: Effects of the rouble crisis will “last two years under the most unfavourable circumstances” December 18, 2014 Buoyed, presumably, by the triumph of being named Russia’s man of the year for the 15th year in a row just hours ago, this morning Vladimir Putin climbed on to the podium to give a press conference to 1,300-odd journalists in what has become known as his answer to a “state of the nation address”. [...]