Tagged: Apple & News
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Amazon plots a move into the living room with Kindle TV set-top box News
25.04.2013 Keen to exploit opportunities in the streaming business, online retail giant Amazon is set to take on the might of Apple, Microsoft, Netflix and Hulu in the battle for the...Tags: Smartphones, Tablet Computers, Kindle Fire, Kindle, Apple TV, Apple, Netflix, Streaming, Amazon -
Apple sets this year’s WWDC for 10-14 June in San Francisco News
24.04.2013 Developers, mark your calendars: consumer tech giant Apple has set the date for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The event, where developers can discover... -
Google acquires news reader start-up Wavii for about US$30m - report News
24.04.2013 Google has beaten Apple to the punch in acquiring news feed start-up Wavii for around US$30m. -
Apple revenues reach US$43.6bn – posts US$9.5bn profit – iPhone growth slows News
23.04.2013 Technology giant Apple posted solid sales and revenue figures of US$43.6bn and US$9.5bn, respectively, but has raised questions about future growth plans as sales levels of... -
Financial results this week News
22.04.2013 Technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week.Categories: Financial Results, Financial -
Microsoft is the latest tech giant believed to be working on a smartwatch device News
15.04.2013 Software giant Microsoft has become the latest addition to the coterie of tech giants working on the next frontier of form factors – the watch. As well as its own smartphone,...Categories: Wireless Communications, R&D, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Digital Business, Consumer Tech, Computers -
More than US$64bn worth of tablet computers will be bought in 2013 News
12.04.2013 The march of tablet computers and the slow, steady demise of the PC industries continues and the latest figures from ABI Research indicated that some 150m tablet devices will...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Apple close to signing iRadio deals with major labels Universal and Warner News
12.04.2013 Apple’s rumoured rival to Pandora – dubbed iRadio – is taking a step closer to becoming a reality if reports are to be believed about a deal that is close to being signed with...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
PC sales fall off a cliff – steepest quarterly decline on record reported News
11.04.2013 The full extent of the decline of the PC industry has been made clear in the latest quarterly analysis from IDC, which revealed a near 14pc drop in the number of PCs sold in the...Categories: Software, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Apple and Yahoo! in talks about mobile collaboration – report News
10.04.2013 Yahoo!’s CEO Marissa Mayer is reportedly in talks with Apple’s senior vice-president of internet services Eddy Cue about getting more of Yahoo!’s content and services onto iOS... -
Intel doubles transfer speed of Thunderbolt to 20Gbps, even while transferring a 4K movie News
09.04.2013 Chip giant Intel has previewed early prototype silicon of its next-generation Thunderbolt technology, which doubles the speed of transfer between devices from 10Gbps to 20Gbps...Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, Communications -
Review: the HTC One smartphone (video) News
29.03.2013 Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC has a lot riding on its latest device, enigmatically known as the One. The device went on sale in the UK this week, hits the shops in Ireland... -
The week in gadgets: Apple’s ‘iRing’ TV remote, a tiny fish eye and non-stop bubble wrap popping News
08.04.2013 A look at gadget happenings, as Apple television set rumours now come with added bling, an Indiegogo project to produce the world’s smallest digital fish eye camera snaps our... -
Pirate Party founder warns 10pc of private equity gets wasted in patent defence News
05.04.2013 A considerable portion of business angel and private equity investment in promising young technology companies – as much as 10pc – often gets wasted on defending against patent... -
Samsung reports US$7.7bn Q1 operating profit, up 53pc on last year News
05.04.2013 Consumer electronics giant Samsung has predicted a stronger first quarter than expected after estimating it has made operating profits of US$7.7bn on the same period last year. -
Apple plans to overtake Google Street View with outdoor 3D panoramas News
04.04.2013 Apple is working on its own Street View-like mapping feature that merges position tracking with 3D panoramas. -
iPad price reductions suggest new iPads are coming News
04.04.2013 Despite Apple releasing its fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini in October, around March/April has traditionally been the launch point for new iPad products since the first one...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Consumer Tech, Computers -
PC sales plummet worldwide as tablets and smartphones roar ahead News
04.04.2013 As a possible indication of the declining fortunes of the personal computer as we know it, Gartner has grouped PCs in with tablets, smartphones and other connected devices to...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers, AppsTags: App, Tablet Computers, Windows 8, Smartphones, Mobile Phones, PCs, Mac OS X, iOS, Apple, Android, Google, Operating Systems -
Apple poised to begin production of next-gen iPhone and lower-cost iPhone News
03.04.2013 More reports have surfaced whereby tech giant Apple’s manufacturing partners are preparing to ramp up production of a new iPhone in the second quarter in time for a potential...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Aer Lingus dismisses rumours of San Francisco direct flights as just speculation News
02.04.2013 Aer Lingus has dismissed rumours that it plans to resume its schedule to San Francisco as speculation. It had been rumoured the airliner would later today reveal plans to...Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Leadership & Management, Investments, Internet, Hardware, Digital Business