Vodafone is buoyed by South African results May 17, 2010 VODAFONE received a welcome boost ahead of its full-year results when its South African wing announced a big leap in earnings. Vodacom reported a 22 per cent earnings spike and said it would increase its dividend payouts. Vodafone is expected to announce strong results tomorrow off the back of growing smartphone sales, especially after it [...]
Mozzarella in Mayfair goes glam May 17, 2010 Cielo/Luxx 3 New Burlington Street W1S 2JF 020 7297 2893 www.cielorestaurant.co.uk, www.luxx-london.com FOOD *** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost per person without wine: £50 THESE days, being a restaurant plain and simple just isn’t good enough. Since the credit crunch bit, we have entered a new realm of added value, and if you like to [...]
Vodafone to reveal surge from iPhone May 16, 2010 VODAFONE is expected to announce strong results tomorrow off the back of strong smartphone sales. The soaring popularity of products including Apple’s iPhone will lead to a spike in revenue of around seven per cent, according to analysts. This would bring the full-year revenue for the telecoms giant to around £44bn. Its profit before tax [...]
Tough trading for Telefonica May 13, 2010 O2 owner Telefonica will concentrate in rolling out its telecoms empire into emerging markets, with Brazil top of its hit-list. The firm yesterday lagged behind projections with its first quarter results yesterday, which were weighed down by a weak performance in its native Spain. Europe’s second largest telecoms firm by market capitalisation said it was [...]
HTC sues Apple over patents while LimeWire faces closure May 13, 2010 THE mobile phone firm HTC has launched legal action against Apple that could prevent sales of the iPhone and iPad in the US. The Taiwanese company, which has close links to internet giant Google, claims Apple has infringed five of its patents. The move follows legal action from Apple, which is claiming HTC broke 20 [...]
Cheap, imaginative and very tasty May 10, 2010 The Mall Tavern 71-31 Palace Gardens, W8 4RU 020 7229 3374 www.themalltavern.com FOOD **** SERVICE **** ATMOSPHERE *** Cost per person without wine: £23 IT once would have seemed an inauspicious outcome for the former executive chef of a highly-regarded London restaurant to wind up cooking – and waiting tables – in a pub. But [...]
Nokia broadens row with Apple May 9, 2010 Nokia, the world’s top handset maker, has broadened its patent fight with Apple to include the iPad, deepening the bitter legal disputes between the two smartphone rivals. Nokia on Friday filed a complaint in the Federal District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin, alleging Apple’s iPhone and iPad 3G products infringe five of its [...]
Intel plans to enter mobile phone market May 5, 2010 INTEL will attempt to grab a slice of the increasingly lucrative smartphone market with a new super-chip. It yesterday unveiled a new version of its Atom platform, promising lower power consumption, cheaper cost and smaller size to better target smartphones. The world’s largest semiconductor company hopes to replicate the success it has seen in the [...]
Google ebook platform will battle Kindle May 5, 2010 INTERNET juggernaut Google will launch into the ebook market next month in a move that could trample Amazon’s Kindle. The California-based firm will launch Google Editions, a platform that will allow publishers to sell ebooks directly through their websites, as well as through Google. Crucially, publishers will be allowed to keep almost all of the [...]
British chipmakers remain upbeat as demand surges May 5, 2010 BRITISH chipmakers CSR and Wolfson Microelectronics yesterday reported positive first-quarter sales as demand for mobile phones and consumer electronics began to bounce back. Wolfson reported a 13 per cent rise in revenue to $28.5m (£18.9m) and said 90 customers would use its new chips into their products, including one top smartphone maker using Wolfson’s latest [...]