Microsoft board weighs options for new leader August 26, 2013 APPLE’S co-founder yesterday warned Microsoft against resting on its laurels as the company starts its search for a new chief executive. Steve Wozniak, who joined forces with Steve Jobs to launch Apple’s first personal computers, told the BBC that the company behind Windows had offered customers dated products and “no really great new surprises” in [...]
Brand Index: Blackberry’s new model failed to stem its brand decline August 26, 2013 THERE was a spike for BlackBerry on Twitter on Monday with 41 per cent of the UK Twitter population exposed to messages about the brand. They were of course hearing the news that the mobile phone manufacturer is setting up a committee to explore potential business model options, including selling off the company. So what [...]
New York markets paralysed August 22, 2013 TRADING in more than 3,000 US firms was suspended for over three hours yesterday, as a mysterious technical issue brought the Nasdaq stock exchange to a halt. The unprecedented suspension just after midday left investors unable to trade popular tech shares such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft. Nasdaq blamed a problem with distributing share price [...]
New York Report: Shares close higher despite Nasdaq outage August 22, 2013 US STOCKS closed higher yesterday in a trading session marred by a historic trading halt of roughly three hours on the Nasdaq stock exchange as a result of technical problems. All traffic through Nasdaq OMX Group, the second-largest US stock exchange stopped at 12:14pm Eastern Time, the exchange said on its website. Shares in Nasdaq [...]
The Nasdaq is broken August 22, 2013 US stock exchanges halted the trading of all securities on the Nasdaq stock exchange today following reports of a technical issue in the data feed for Nasdaq-listed securities. The exchange announced the halt at 17:15 (British Summer Time). Other exchanges followed suit and notices of halts in individual securites began from 17:18 in alphabetical order [...]
Trading on Nasdaq securities stopped due to technical issues August 22, 2013 US stock exchanges today stopped trading in all securities listed on the Nasdaq due to a technical issue in the data feed providing market data for Nasdaq-listed securities. Nasdaq-listed stocks represent about 28 per cent of all shares traded so far this month, according to BATS Global Markets. Companies listed on the Nasdaq include Apple, [...]
iPad sales drop behind in China August 21, 2013 APPLE’S iPad is losing market share to local rivals in the Chinese tablet computer market, according to figures released yesterday. Figures from market research firm IDC show the firm sold 1.5m tablets in the second quarter of 2013, giving it a market share of 28 per cent. This is a sharp drop on the 49 per [...]
Finesse your 5S August 21, 2013 The latest iPhone is coming – send it into orbit with these stellar accessories Tarra Motors Scooter Price: TBC Asian scooter production company Tarra Motors has announced its latest creation: a scooter with an inbuilt iPhone docking station. The docking station in the dash allows the scooter to store information such as electricity consumption while [...]
Review: Rock Lobsta at Mahiki August 20, 2013 RESTAURANT 1 Dover St, Mayfair, W1S 4LD Tel: 020 7493 9529 FOOD Four Stars VALUE Three Stars ATMOSPHERE Three Stars Cost for two with drinks: £100 Once upon a time I worked for a newspaper in Bermuda called the Mid Ocean News. I say “worked” – we didn’t actually do very much. Every Friday we’d [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 20 August 2013 August 19, 2013 FINANCIAL TIMES US top trade official presses Japan The top US trade official Michael Froman pressed Japan to open up its car and insurance markets as transpacific trade talks reach a critical stage, with negotiators trying to seal a deal by the end of the year. Race for Africa investment tax deals The surge in [...]