Apple opens doors to laptop app shop January 6, 2011 WHILE most of the electronics world’s eyes were turned towards the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Apple – which refuses to exhibit at the event – quietly opened the doors to the laptop version of its app Store. Around 1,000 apps were immediately available for download on its Mac range, with millions more set [...]
AT&T launches 12 new Google smartphones January 6, 2011 GOOGLE won a major vote of confidence in its mobile phone platform Android yesterday, after America’s second largest network said it would launch 12 new handsets which run the software. AT&T announced four times as many smartphones as it did this time a year ago, backed heavily by Google software, highlighting the urgency of its [...]
TABLET WARS January 6, 2011 Samsung and Panasonic upped the ante in their battle with Apple yesterday, both eleasing products that will directly compete with Steve Jobs’ core stable of products. Samsung, the firm that has come closest to offering a viable challenge in the tablet wars with its Galaxy Tab, unveiled a slick new device designed to compete with [...]
US uncertainty takes toll on FTSE despite blue chip gains January 6, 2011 BRITAIN’S top share index was pushed down to close lower yesterday, after uncertainty on the outlook for the US economy from weak retail sales and jobs data dented commodity prices and hit mining and energy stocks. Gains in retailer Marks & Spencer, British Airways and technology firm ARM Holdings ensured losses were relatively muted, however. [...]
Intel launches high-speed chip for home moviemakers January 5, 2011 WHILE the giants of the electronics world were still setting up their stalls for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it was Intel which made the first game-changing announcement. The firm yesterday unveiled a chip it says is the most exciting product in the company’s history. Its Second Generation Intel Core, which features an [...]
Qualcomm to buy Atheros in $3.1bn deal January 5, 2011 QUALCOMM plans to buy Atheros Communications for roughly $3.2bn (£2.1bn) in cash, showing its determination to become a major player in supplying chips for smartphones and tablet computers. Qualcomm is clearly betting that the deal – at a 21.6 per cent premium to Atheros’ share price before talk of the takeover began to circulate – [...]
A taste of the north in Clerkenwell January 5, 2011 North Road 69-73 St John St, EC1M 4AN Tel: 020 3217 0033, www.northroadrestaurant.co.uk FOOD 4/5 SERVICE 4/5 ATMOSPHERE 4/5 Cost per person without wine: £30 IF I tell you that the nibbles supplied at the start of this meal consisted of “skin” – of chicken, fish and pig – and then tell you the meal [...]
What the other papers say this morning January 4, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES BOND SURGE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC AS COMPANIES VIE FOR FUNDS Companies have embarked on an early-year rush to issue debt in an effort to beat rivals and secure financing before any rise in borrowing costs.The surge in bond issuance on both sides of the Atlantic on Tuesday came as equity [...]
US markets cheer in the new year January 3, 2011 US MARKETS reached two-year highs yesterday, buoyed by a strong performance from the manufacturing sector. The S&P 500 closed up 1.13 per cent at 1271.87, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 0.8 per cent at 11670.75. The Nasdaq Composite added 1.46 per cent to 2691.52. Apple was one of the biggest winners, as [...]
iPhone alarm causes new year headache for Apple January 3, 2011 ALARMS failed for a third day for thousands of iPhone users yesterday, despite assurances from manufacturer Apple that the device would fix itself. Non-recurring alarms on the smart phone suffered a New Year bug that prevented the wake-up calls from working. The makers of the smart phone assured users the phones would work from yesterday, [...]