Games consoles meet a chainsaw massacre July 2, 2012 WHAT would you rather do: harvest corn, or chainsaw a zombie in the face? That’s the question asked by the Facebook app for Gaikai, the cloud gaming company just bought for $380m (£242m) by Sony, which clearly believes the chainsaw is mightier than the scythe. It’s probably right, too. Just a few minutes of experimenting [...]
APPLE PAYS $60M TO SETTLE DISPUTE IN CHINA July 2, 2012 APPLE has paid $60m (£38m) to Proview Technology (Shenzhen) to end a dispute over the iPad trademark in China that saw the world’s most valuable technology company engaged in a protracted legal tussle with a near-bankrupt Chinese firm. The lawsuit had hampered some sales and delayed the launch of the new iPad in China.
Apple pays out $60m to settle iPad trademark dispute July 2, 2012 Royal Mail has increased annual profits and said that its core postal business is also back in the black for the first time in four years. The delivery service made a profit of £23m on revenues of £7.2bn, up from a loss of £120m last year. The business, which delivers to 29m UK addresses, says [...]
Five years old: iPhone hits the grand old age June 28, 2012 CELEBRATING its fifth birthday today, the world’s most iconic smartphone continues to dominate its rivals according to data from Ipsos MORI. Revealed to the world by Steve Jobs in January 2007, the first iPhone was scanned through the till on 29 June of the same year. British fans of Apple will be able to celebrate [...]
Steve Jobs made the right call: Apple’s ingenious iPhone turns five today June 28, 2012 FIVE years ago, the makers of BlackBerry didn’t believe the iPhone was possible. According to a former employee, they held internal meetings on 10 January 2007, the day after the unveiling but six months before it went on sale on 29 June, arguing that Apple was fudging the truth: it was simply impossible for a [...]
Google takes on rivals with Nexus 7 tablet June 27, 2012 GOOGLE last night unveiled its first own-branded tablet, putting it in direct battle with giants Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. The Nexus 7, developed with Taiwanese firm Asus, is a seven-inch tablet with a front-facing camera built around Android software. Google, which is already taking advance orders for the device, will sell an 8GB version from [...]
Samsung banned from selling Galaxy Tab 10.1 device in the US June 27, 2012 APPLE has triumphed in the latest round of patent battles with its archrival Samsung after a US judge yesterday backed the iPad maker’s request to halt sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 device. “Although Samsung has a right to compete, it does not have a right to compete unfairly, by flooding the market with infringing [...]
Microsoft shows business social networks are big news – which one is right for you? June 27, 2012 Microsoft is no stranger to throwing huge amounts of money at markets it wants to break into – it did it with the Xbox and it’s in the process of doing it with its new Surface tablet. But even in this context, the $1.2bn it has agreed to pay for enterprise social network (ESN) Yammer [...]
Judge halts sale of Samsung Galaxy Tab in US June 27, 2012 A US judge backed Apple Inc’s request to stop Samsung Electronics selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the United States, giving the iPhone maker a significant win in the global smartphone and tablet patent wars. Samsung’s Galaxy touchscreen tablets, powered by Google’s Android operating system, are considered by many industry experts to be the [...]
Samsung calms investors with solid forecasts June 25, 2012 SAMSUNG executives leapt to reassure investors yesterday over the company’s performance after its shares fell by 4.4 per cent to a four month low. Since the launch last month of its latest smartphone, the Galaxy SIII, Samsung has been cursed with the blessing of overwhelming demand. But the South Korean firm revealed it expects to [...]