Google sets its sights on TVs, cars and watches June 25, 2014 GOOGLE’S Android software is coming to cars, televisions and watches this year, as the search giant looks to capitalise on the booming market of internet-connected devices. During its annual developers’ conference in San Francisco yesterday, Google announced the first cars running Android Auto, software for navigation, music and messaging, that will roll into car showrooms [...]
Samsung electronics finance boss warns of disappointing results June 25, 2014 Samsung Electronics expects its earnings for the second quarter to be “not that good”, the firm’s finance chief said yesterday, amid growing worries about weak sales for its key smartphone business. Finance chief Lee Sang-hoon made the remark to local reporters in South Korea. Analysts have recently raised concerns that the company’s cash cow handset [...]
Google I/O 2014: Expect Google TV, Google Glass, Android Lollipop and wearables June 25, 2014 Google’s I/O conference brings together developers from across the world to see the latest breakthroughs, products and software created by the internet giant. The event kicks off later today, but speculation is rife about the announcements due to come out of San Francisco. Here’s what’s expected (in addition to guests pulling up in Google's driverless [...]
Google set to unveil a wearable future June 24, 2014 Tonight at 5pm Google will show off its latest software at its annual I/O Conference for developers in San Francisco. Last year, Google used the event to unveil a redesigned Google Maps, launch its Google Play streaming music service and announce that Android has shipped on 900m devices. Tonight, Google is expected to focus on [...]
Google Play: 4 charts showing growth in app downloads, revenue, gaming and markets June 24, 2014 Google Play, the app store available on smartphones by Samsung and HTC, more than doubled revenue from app downloads driven by the ever-growing popularity of gaming. Almost 90 per cent of Google Play revenue comes from games typified by the hugely popular Candy Crush Saga and Clash of Clans, up from 80 per cent in [...]
iPhone 6: New handset to be thinner, rounder and have a bigger screen June 24, 2014 Apple could be set to begin production of new, larger iPhones next month according to Bloomberg. The new devices are said to boast screens of 4.7 and 5.5 inches in size, a significant increase on the four inch display currently used by the iPhone 5s. The Bloomberg article, which cites people familiar with the company, [...]
Google and Microsoft to introduce ‘kill-switch’ to make stealing a phone pointless June 20, 2014 Anti-theft features will be introduced to phones using Google and Microsoft operating systems, as smartphone makers attempt to crack down on device theft. Essentially, the proposed 'kill-switch' feature should make stealing a handset pointless and follows the lead set by Apple and Samsung in tackling the surge in phone thefts. According to a report by [...]
Samsung’s #Selfie4England backfires June 19, 2014 There is a long, rich and humorous history of hashtags backfiring on corporates but it doesn’t seem to stop them – step forward Samsung, who has been running the #Selfie4England since England’s first game last week. Let’s just say it’s been going wrong almost as much as right. A quick scan of the [...]
Amazon’s Fire smartphone looks set to light up mobile market June 18, 2014 Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos last night put Apple, Samsung and legions of online retailers on red alert with the launch of its new Fire smartphone, with the promise that the online giant would once again revolutionise shopping. Bezos, in a rare media appearance, demonstrated Firefly, a service that lets the $199 (£117) phone identify [...]
New York Report: Stocks rise on Fed outlook on interest rates June 18, 2014 WALL Street stocks jumped on Wednesday, taking the S&P 500 index of top companies to an all-time record after the Federal Reserve promised to keep in place low interest rates until 2015 and forecast a moderate growth in the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 98.13 points, or 0.58 per cent, to end at [...]