The Australian market is losing ground for the second consecutive session, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) down 0.3 per cent. The situation was dire this morning however, when the index was down by more than 1.5 per cent in early trade.
Samsung Galaxy S3 variants from U.S. Cellular and Verizon Wireless both received an official Android 4.1.2 firmware update with multi-screen & multi-window feature, S Beam Auto Share Shot and new security patches from Google.
Convertible devices running on either Windows 8 or Android have flocked the market today. Consumers now enjoy the convenience of detaching or transforming their computing devices based on their preferences. Often, the choice boils down to the type of operating system. Samsung is transforming the meaning “convertible” offering both Windows 8 and Android on their ATIV line.
Sony begins official Android 4.2.2 update for the Xperia ZL for European users of the LTE version. Reports also indicate that an official update will become available for the HSPA+ version soon.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has lashed out against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), labeling the latter's lifetime ban against gay men donating blood as "discriminatory" and "not based on sound science."
Intel is joining forces with Samsung and Qualcomm for the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) consortium. The company’s move is part of its ongoing efforts to develop and introduce wireless charging for laptops and tablets.
Customer Joe Gibson and his 3-year-old son were initially enjoying their meal at Friendly’s Sports Bar & Grill until the Missouri father got hold of the receipt. An angry Mr. Gibson shared the offensive receipt at the St. Louis Dispatch Facebook page to voice out the unpleasant incident.
Apple, HTC and Samsung have been battling it out in tech manufacturing for quite some time now. According to Digitimes, the competition may no longer be just on which company can produce the lightest and fastest devices. Rumor has it that the three companies are looking into developing liquid-cooled phones.
By Rudi Filapek-Vandyck, Editor FNArenaI joined Twitter. Not because I am curious what this celebrity has to say about her kids, or to read that another one is waiting for a connecting flight, impatiently.
By Kathleen Brooks, Research Director UK EMEA FOREX.comThe markets are still in carnage mode post the FOMC.
Huawei Technologies Co. is taking on two tech giants Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. (005930). In a bid to gain as much market share, Huawei recently introduced what they claimed as the world’s slimmest smartphone.
An expert advisory group warned of the possibility of 8 sites on brown coal mines across the Latrobe Valley collapsing. The warning is the result of an independent investigation in the collapse of the Morwell River diversion that inundated the Yallourn mine with 60 billion litres of water, damaged infrastructure and cut electricity for months from the nearby power plant.
Lenovo is boosting its presence in the ultrabooks industry as it just released the ThinkPad S531. The ultrabook has a backlit keyboard and super slim design that can rival many high end offerings on the market today.
By Greg PeelWhen US bonds started to move on Fed taper talk in May, the Aussie went first. When the Aussie started to go, the foreign exit of Australian stocks, held for yield differentials, was quick to follow.
ASUS continues to release a line of supercomputer and high end notebooks. The company recently unveiled another ultrabook – the Touch-Enabled 15.6-inch VivoBook S551. Running on Intel’s latest 4th Generation Haswell based Core processor and power-efficient Nvidia GT 740M graphics processing unit, Asus is bringing competition over to their side.
By Greg PeelThe Dow fell 353 points, or 2.3%, while the S&P lost 2.5% to 1588 and the Nasdaq dropped 2.
By Stephen Hogan, Senior Private Client Adviser, Equities/DerivativesAustralian MarketThe Australian market (XJO) closed down -19.
The much vaunted US Fed meeting has come and gone, and some of the more significant market concerns have been realised. Chairman Bernanke re-iterated that risks facing US economic growth and employment had eased in recent months and as a result it was reasonable that the Fed should looking at slowing the pace of bond purchases (quantitative easing) later this year, with a view to ending the initiative by the middle of 2014. Whilst this was by no means a revelation, the commitment of the central ...
Three years ago, iPad made waves because it was bottomless and a touch screen – that was years ago. From then on, rivals of Apple Inc. started producing their own versions ranging from ten inches to eleven. Samsung alone has nearly every size anyone think so. Today, it is not just about touch screens and bottom computers. Variation is crucial and Lenovo brings to the table their 27-inch table PC.
Intel Corp. (INTC) is the world’s leading chip manufacturer. With the release of Haswell and other processors, the company has once proven they are the top players in the industry. Chief Executive Officer Brian Krzanich thinks otherwise. Intel’s products are still not fast enough, according to Krzanich.
Apple Inc.’s Apple TV is now offering HBO and ESPN
T-Mobile is the chosen exclusive network carrier of Sony Xperia Z in the United States, announced the Japanese tech company.
Details about Sony ‘s latest rumored phablet Sony i1 codenamed "Honami" were linked online. The upcoming device joins the surge of tablet and smartphone products pouring into the market. With a 5-inch 1080x1920 display plus 2000:1 contrast ratio, Sony is gearing up for this year’s battle of tech manufacturers. Can the company win?
The Australian share market is being heavily sold off on Thursday, with weaker than expected Chinese manufacturing data (PMI) exacerbating the selling.
On Thursday, ANZ spokesperson Stephen Ries denied earlier reports that the company is closing its Mulgrave call centre in Melbourne and transferring jobs to New Zealand and The Philippines. "We're not going to speculate what's going to happen in the future," he said. He assured Australian customers that ANZ's call centre headquarters would remain in Melbourne.
HTC finally reaffirms Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update for their flagship smartphone HTC One. This means that the handset will receive the latest Android features such as Actionable Notifications and Quick Settings.
The AUD has fallen below USD 0.9300 for the first time since September 2010 after US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced that the US Central Bank's stimulus measures would end in mid-2014.
IBM Australia is looking to let go of 1,500 jobs in a move to send jobs offshore to New Zealand and Asia. Local jobs held by around 1,200 to 1,500 Australians are affected as their jobs have been found to be redundant. The figures are comparable with Ford's plans to cut 1,200 jobs when the company leaves Australia in 2016.
As expected, QE tapering is coming; as expected, $85 billion a month is here to stay in the interim; as expected, a timeline was given and as expected these changes to the current programme are conditional to the state of the underlying economy.
ANZ Bank considers cutting 600 jobs and plans to send head office jobs to New Zealand or the Philippines as part of its cost-cutting measures.
