On 24th April, Samsung released a 60 seconds advertisement dubbed 'The Next Big Thing Is Here' flaunting the Galaxy S5's camera by comparing it to iPhone 5S's camera unit. Alas, the next day, the company was put in a situation to admit that Samsung shipped a limited number of Galaxy S5 smartphones with "inoperable" cameras and that it has taken necessary steps to make sure the issue does not reoccur in future shipments.
Google Chrome Web browser, which accounts for 24.67% of entire desktop browser market share across the world, has become one of the most powerful Web browsers when it comes to fighting spam. It also offers users astounding speed in handling data.
After surprising investors with its better-than-expected revenues for Q2 FY 2014, Apple Inc has set aside an additional $30 billion for stock buybacks through 2015. The latest stock repurchase announcement will make the company's total buyback to $90 billion. The stock split will be completed on June 9 and Apple's stock price is expected to fall dramatically. According to analysts, if the stock split happened last April 23 with a closing price of $524.75, Apple stock would be trading at $7...
The futures markets are forecasting positive prints for the Asian region as Europe and US reversed Friday's negative prints to see green on screens by putting the Ukraine fears and a slide in commodities to one side.
In US economic data, the pending home sales index rose by 3.4% to 97.4 in March while the Dallas Federal Reserve Business index rose from +4.9 points to +11.7 points in April.
A new report found that Australians pay up three times more superannuation fees amounting to $10 billion
The Australian sharemarket peaked at around 1.30pm (AEST) today, only to give back those gains in late trade to finish flat. At the high point the XAO was up 0.25 per cent while the index was down 0.2 per cent at its lowest level. The market is still hovering around near six-year highs.
The Australian economy will continue to struggle at a slow growth pace to remove pressure from the rising unemployment rate which is currently on its ten-year high. In the latest regional report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects the country's economy to grow below the trend.
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou, yielding to national pressure, had ordered the suspension of the construction of what could have been the country's fourth nuclear power plant.
SingTel-Optus increased its contracts for Apple iPhones and Samsung Galaxy handsets
Car owners and drivers may soon bid goodbye to car washes. Nissan has recently unraveled the prototype of a "self-cleaning" car.
The company 'OnePlus' unveiled its first smartphone, the 'One' last week. It is worth noting that, the anticipation around this particular Android Smartphone has been very high and it is touted by many as a flagship killer. OnePlus One runs on CyanogenMod 11S version, which is based on Android 4.4 KitKat and the handset boasts of some of the best high-end specifications and features.
The Australian sharemarket has returned from the three-day long weekend a little uninspired, with local stocks largely unchanged. The All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is up 4pts or 0.08 per cent and remains above the key 5500pt mark. The XAO is rising for the seventh consecutive trading day and is near a six-year high. This is the first full trading week following both the Easter and Anzac holidays over the past fortnight.
Despite the controversy embroiling Western Australia due to its shark cull policy, the state has emerged as Australia's top performing economy followed by Northern Territory. Western Australia is leading the country's economy because of its strong growth in construction.
Apple Inc. Q2 is just a financial gimmick to hide Apple Inc.’s slow growth in years
A freshly discovered security bug in Microsoft's Web browser 'Internet Explorer' has surfaced.
Nokia has finally entered Microsoft's turf as the $7.5 billion purchase of its mobile phone line has been finalized on April 25.
Apple Inc., Google Inc., Intel Corp. and Adobe Systems have recently reached a settlement with plaintiffs over antitrust lawsuit, Reuters reported.
Thursday saw the ASX make another near six year intra-day and closing high, as trading in the blue chips continued to push the market to levels not seen since mid-2008.
In US economic data, the ´´flash´´ services index fell from 55.3 to 54.2 in April. The composite purchasing managers index eased from 55.7 to 54.9 in April. But consumer sentiment rose from 82.6 to a 9-month high of 84.1 in April, ahead of forecasts centred on a result near 83.0.
In the last Labor-led government, industries had to pay $24 per tonne carbon tax to reduce carbon emissions in the atmosphere. Under Abbott administration, the government would instead pay Australia's heavy industries $2.5 billion to reduce their carbon emissions to meet the federal government's target of 5 per cent reduction or 421 million tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2020.
Apple Inc. has beaten analysts' expectations and its own guidance by earning $45.6 billion in revenue for the first quarter of the calendar year and the second quarter of the fiscal year.
The buying spree continued on the final day of the shortened trading week, with Australian stocks once again closing at their best levels in almost six years.
The Australian share market continues to trade at near six year highs in the early session, despite a negative lead from Wall Street. Investor sentiment has been boosted however by strong earnings reports from Facebook and Apple in the US, after the bell, which has sent both companies' share prices higher in after-hours trade.
Activist investor Carl Icahn says that Apple Inc is undervalued and admitted of not selling a single share of Apple Inc
Gas prices in New South Wales are set to increase by 17.6 per cent effective July 1, making typical NSW households' gas bills jump between $150 and $225 annually.
Le's talk about women empowerment. Being the highest ranking woman on Facebook, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg speaks out her stand on the importance of women to occupy the other half of making business decisions.
The equity rally we've been seeing in the US finally came to a halt on the back of mixed earnings and some disappointing economic data. The US flash manufacturing PMI and new home sales both missed estimates and contributed to dampening sentiment. While earnings weren't great in US trade, after hours trade has seen some monster results from tech giants Apple and Facebook. In fact, US futures are up 0.6% in after-hours trade and this is likely to also translate to good gains in Asia.
In US economic data, new home sales fell by 14.5% to a 384,000 annual rate in March, an 8-month low and below the market expectation for a result near 450,000. The Markit manufacturing index eased from 55.5 to 55.4 in April, below forecasts for a result near 56.0.
A TripBarometer survey by travel site TripAdvisor among 50,000 people from different countries named Australia and Italy as their top dream destinations with the two nations tied for first place.
