New iPhone 6 Next Summer With A Bigger Screen? Not So Fast
Few consumer product companies can work the rumor mongers into a lather more intensely than Apple so absorb this latest report with that in mind. On top...
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Google acquires news stream service Wavii
Google has acquired news stream service Wavii for an estimated $30m (£18m). Wavii, which was launched last year, offers customised news feed to users, summarising...
Back from the dead, two soap operas woo viewers online
(Reuters) – The biggest drama in soap operas these days isn’t who’s cheating, fighting amnesia, or waking up from a coma. It’s whether the backstabbing...
Hands off “Game of Thrones”, says U.S. ambassador to Australians
(Reuters) – Taking to Facebook, the U.S. ambassador to Australia is urging Australians to cease their illegal downloads of “Game of Thrones”, saying that they are among the...
Samsung Electronics profits boosted by smartphone sales
Samsung Electronics has posted a record quarterly profit, boosted mainly by growing sales of its smartphones. It made a net profit of 7.15tn won ($6.4bn;...
Twitter lands ad agency partnership for major revenue boost
Twitter has struck one of its biggestadvertising deals to date with media agency Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), the companies said, in the social media site’s latest...
Senate votes to move forward on bill taxing Internet sales
(Reuters) – A measure to empower U.S. states to require out-of-state retailers to collect online sales tax cleared a legislative hurdle in the Senate on...
Julian Assange’s secret chat with Google’s chairman
Eric Schmidt met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in secret in 2011, according to the transcript of a wide-ranging discussion published late Thursday by the...
Twitter launches music app to deepen multimedia offering
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc launched a stand-alone music-streaming app on Wednesday, opening another front in the micromessaging service’s ambitious expansion into multimedia content. The iPhone...
iPhone supplier Japan Display turns to smaller smartphone makers
(Reuters) – Japan Display Inc, one of two Japanese producers of Apple Inc iPhone screens, wants to boost sales by up to 60 percent by winning more business from smaller makers...