Apple iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 launch: New releases show Tim Cook’s strategy October 16, 2014 Tim Cook called it a speed bump: Apple's global quarterly iPad sales were down to 13.28 million in the last quarter, the lowest they'd been since Q2 2012. Read about the iPad launch here. So rather than panic, Apple seems to have decided it just needs to refine its product. As Ernest Doku, telecoms expert at [...]
Mountain a new challenge this ski season October 13, 2014 1. Tirol, Austria White 5 pass is valid for 10 days from 1 October 2014 to 15 May 2015, for €358 per person, tirol.com If you just can’t wait to go skiing or you want to beat the peak season rush, Austria is the perfect destination this month. The five Tirol glaciers encompass 229km [...]
Samsung develops new wi-fi tech five times faster than speeds currently available October 13, 2014 In an increasingly competitive smartphone market, could ultra-fast wi-fi speed hand Samsung the edge over its rivals? The South Korean company says it has developed wi-fi technology capable of sending data five times faster than the maximum speeds currently available. Existing technology, which allows for 108MB per second of data transmission on wi-fi, [...]
7Digital share price surges after talks with Will.I.Am for smartwatch music service confirmed October 13, 2014 One of the digital darlings of London’s Silicon Roundabout has confirmed it’s in talks with global superstar and tech entrepreneur Will.I.Am to create a music streaming service for his soon-to-launch smartwatch. 7Digital Group said it is in discussions with “respect to the delivery of a music service on a new range of devices, including wearables,” [...]
Carl Icahn tells Tim Cook: Apple share price dramatically undervalued October 9, 2014 Infamous activist investor Carl Icahn has published in full a letter to Apple urging Chief Tim Cook and board executives to buyback shares. Icahn tweeted yesterday about the letter to Cook hinting "Believe it will be interesting." In the letter, Icahn said Apple was "dramatically undervalued in today's market" and that "the more shares repurchased [...]
Samsung’s profit expected to fall as smartphone demand wanes October 7, 2014 SAMSUNG Electronics is heading for its first annual fall in profits since 2011, after it revealed yesterday its profits between July and September would be the lowest in more than three years due to dwindling demand for its high-end Galaxy smartphones. Samsung said its profit for the third quarter would likely fall 59.7 per cent [...]
Samsung share price up despite profits at three-year low October 7, 2014 Samsung has warned that its quarterly profit for the three months to September was at a three-year low, resulting in the electronics giant's first annual fall since 2011. Ahead of the release of its full financial results later this month, the South Korean company said its operating profit during the period declined by 60 [...]
Wall St slips as traders look to earnings’ data – New York Report October 6, 2014 US SHARES yesterday fell in choppy trading, with traders nervously eyeing the start of earnings season, while the S&P 500 failed to remain above a key technical level. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 17.78 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 16,991.91, the S&P 500 lost 3.08 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 1,964.82 and [...]
Forget the Galaxy S5 and smartwatches, this is why Samsung is betting £10bn on the chips inside mobile devices October 6, 2014 Samsung is making its biggest bet yet on the chip making side of its business with plans to spend £9.7bn on a new factory to increase production of semiconductors. The Korean giant is investing in the tech behind the tech, rather than its more well known mobile hardware business which makes the flagship Galaxy devices, [...]
Microsoft insists Samsung still owes it $6.9m in unpaid interest October 5, 2014 Microsoft is suing Samsung for $6.9m (£4.33m) in unpaid interest, an unsealed lawsuit has revealed. In August Microsoft announced it was suing the South Korean firm in a dispute over unpaid interest on Android patent royalties. The lawsuit, made public by a New York federal court, reveals that although Microsoft has already received $1bn in [...]