Orange to trigger an iPad price war November 22, 2010 THE pricing model for Apple’s all conquering iPad could undergo a dramatic shift, with UK carrier Orange set to offer heavily discounted units to users willing to sign lengthy contracts, City A.M. has learned. It is understood the firm will offer the iPad for around £200 – far below the starting price of £529 for [...]
The Beatles score 31 tracks in top 200 November 22, 2010 THE Beatles managed to land 31 tracks in the iTunes top 200 chart after their first weekend on sale. Last Thursday saw the Beatles songs become available for download for the first time after years of fruitless negotiations between Apple founder Steve Jobs, Beatles management company Apple Corps and the Beatles label EMI. Analysts predicted they [...]
Google to hire 2,000 new staff November 19, 2010 Google plans to hire more than 2,000 people around the globe, bumping up its workforce as it expands into new markets and battles for talent with faster-growing rivals. The world’s largest Internet search engine, whose finance chief told investors in September that the Internet industry was waging a “war for talent,” has job openings listed [...]
iPhone users to see adverts inside apps November 18, 2010 iPhone users in the UK will soon find adverts inside apps they download as Apple rolls out its iAds platform outside the US. The platform allows application developers – and Apple itself – to make money from advertising contained within apps. It is set to launch in the UK and France in December after attracting [...]
BlackBerry claims Playbook is more powerful than iPad November 18, 2010 BLACKBERRY maker Research in Motion (RIM) yesterday fired a warning shot to Apple when it released a video claiming to show the superiority of its tablet computer. RIM is set to launch its rival to the all-conquering iPad in the second quarter next year. Named the Playbook, it will attempt to lure users with its [...]
Crozier cool on restarting ITV dividend November 18, 2010 BROADCASTER ITV will keep considering the possibility of paying a dividend given its newly strong balance sheet, but investing in programmes is more urgent, its chief executive said yesterday. Adam Crozier, who took over in April, said ITV needed to make more of its own content and technology to profit from coming web distribution channels [...]
In praise of French spirit November 17, 2010 HERE’S a strange thing: the French don’t like cognac. In fact, according to Patrice Pinet, master blender for Courvoisier, France imports more Scottish whisky than it makes cognac. Young people in France in particular, he laments, have given up on the drink, associating it with a naff, fusty past instead of a cool, cocktail-centric present. [...]
Infineon to pay first dividend in a decade November 16, 2010 GERMAN chipmaker Infineon plans to pay shareholders its first dividend for a decade, underlining confidence in the future after clawing its way back from the downturn. Chief executive Peter Bauer, a life-long chip specialist who grew into the role of restructurer, said Infineon planned to pay out dividends on a regular basis just like other [...]
BEATLES EAT INTO APPLE CHART November 16, 2010 BEATLES albums yesterday flooded iTunes top 200 chart on their first day on sale. Analysts predict they could topple top selling albums by Michael Jackson and Black Eyed Peas. The release of the rights to iTunes after a lengthy legal wrangle is good news for Terra Firma boss Guy Hands, whose embattled music firm EMI [...]
iTunes puts Beatles online November 15, 2010 THE Beatles are expected to make their music available for the first time on Apple’s iTunes online music store, the company is expected to announce today, suggesting its disputes with the band are finally at an end. The copyrights to the Beatles’ earliest recordings start expiring from the end of 2012, 50 years after their [...]