Apple’s iOS 6.1 is out beta stage following updates from the tech giant that shoved its mobile platform into full version a few days after developers were first given a taste of software fixes deployed with the patch.
By Andrew NelsonLast week was certainly a busier one in the uranium market, with nine deals done and nearly one million pounds of uranium changing hands.
Twitter launched its first video service client to iPhone and iPod touch users that currently have issues about inappropriate content. The app is called Vine which can be used to search pornographic video clips. Vine allows a user to shoot and upload high quality videos with a run time of 60 seconds, which also loops.
Nexus 4 is making its way to different markets around the world, courtesy of local Google partners. Its latest destination appears to be in the United States via giant retailer Best Buy, which plans to sell the LG-manufactured very soon, reports said.
The Java 7 Update 10 on December 2012 was exposed to vulnerabilities against hackers and cyber criminals. The new update on Jan 13, 2013 has two new flaws which also makes it susceptible to digital attacks.
There are different theories why Apple continues to weaken while Samsung zooms past its main rival but once business partners. Some experts explained it to Samsung's engineering marvel and marketing expertise.
Australian DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian's controversial radio show, Hot 30, got bumped off the air by a new interactive radio show aptly titled The Boot. Their call to the King Edward VII hospital in London to inquire about the state of Duchess Catherine's pregnancy led to the suicide of nurse Jacinta Saldanha who passed on the call to another nurse, who in turn, divulged the medical information, thinking it was the Queen herself who was on the line.
Thirteen McDonald's outlets the past two weeks across Australia had been using the fastfood chain's Aussie nickname, Macca's, to celebrate Australia Day. They will temporarily use that name until Feb 3.
The analyst principally responsible for the production of this research report is: Howard Humphreys, Director & Lead Research Analyst, Seismic ResearchAsian stocks advance on strong economic reportsReturning from the Australia Day public holiday, Australian stocks led Asian markets higher today, des...
-Significant increase to resource-Quality project excites brokers-Quick route to first goldBy Eva BrocklehurstPapillon Resources ((PIR)) is a strong contender in the West African gold play with its flagship Fekola gold project in Mali.
And there's only one currency that's not involved in the escalating currency wars. That currency is gold. So why is it continuing to lounge around, pretending that nothing is happening? We have a few ideas on that, but first let's look at the latest happenings in the currency war saga.
Inch by Inch. This sums up the progress of the market over the course of the last 5 days. A series of unspectacular daily gains which yielded a rise of 1.2% for the week. It's precisely this type of weekly improvement that has seen the market advance by more than 10% since the end of November. More than $6.5 Billion in shares were transacted on Friday, a figure substantially inflated by an option expiry the previous day. At its highest point of the session the market hit a fresh 20-month high...
Michael Garcia, a Laurenzo’s restaurant waiter from Texas, received internet recognition for defending a 5-year-old boy with Down syndrome against another customer’s offensive remarks. The waiter refused to serve the customer after hearing the remarks “special needs children need to be somewhere else.”
Nokia is reportedly planning two flagship smartphone debuts for 2013. The first one was codenamed Catwalk, as reported earlier, while second thrust will be known as Nokia Laser, set to be exclusively distributed by Verizon later this year.
Ahead of its scheduled previewing at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, pictures of the supposed Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 were leaked out.
The “Django Unchained” film’s slave toy collectibles were supposed to bring more success to the Weinstein Company. Criticism from the African-American groups caused the company to discontinue selling the Django toys particularly on the virtual marketplace eBay.
Virtual marketplace eBay has pulled out from its shelves the controversial 'Django Unchained' toys after the Weinstein Company, the film's producer and likewise facilitated the creation of the toys, discontinued making them following complaints and criticisms from various African-American advocacy groups.
The local sharemarket is higher for the eighth straight session, with the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) up 0.4 per cent or 17.8 pts to 4851.6. Global markets rose overnight, with the Dow gaining for the fifth day while European equities aren't far off two year highs.
Crediting strong sales of its Galaxy S3 smartphone and Galaxy Note 2 phablet, Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., now the world's preferred mobile phone maker, has reported profits during the fourth quarter of 2012 has jumped tremendously to a record high 76 per cent versus a year ago.
Samsung recently disclosed that the Galaxy S series handsets clocked more than 100 million in total unit sales, with the Galaxy S2 and the Galaxy S3 each registering over 40 million of shifted units.
Samsung introduced in 2012 the feature called Smart Stay technology. The feature keeps the screen on by detecting via front-facing camera to determine if the user is looking at the screen. This feature is included to the Galaxy S3 devices, and it is not based on whether the user's eyes are closed or not.
By Kathleen Brooks, Research Director UK EMEA, FOREX.comIn recent posts we have mentioned the importance of Treasury yields, so I thought it was time to take a closer look at US government debt and the driver of yields going forward.
Google Now is software that acts as an intelligent personal assistant and is the counterpart of the iOS' Siri. It is capable of various tasks such as answering questions, making recommendations, performing actions for web services, and displaying cards in Gmail with information about flight, package tracking, and hotel and restaurant reservations.
A study by tanning brand St Tropez linked women's countenance with the activity of the day.
Australians who are considering buying stocks of oil and gas companies on the basis of the reported $20 trillion worth of potential oil reserves at the Arckaringa Basin in South Australia: beware.
By Greg PeelThe Dow closed up 46, or 0.3%, while the S&P was flat at 1494 and the Nasdaq tanked 0.7%.Rooster one day, feather duster the next.
FNArena is surveying investor sentiment in Australia in an effort to generate, over time, a guage similar to the AAII Investor Sentiment Survey in the US.
Consistency has been the by word the the Australian share market this week. The gains have been modest in scale, although the volumes on from time have been surprisingly strong given the holiday period. Today was such a case, with $4.3 billion shares changing hands. From a technical point of view this is quite positive. It highlights the willingness of participants to accept higher prices.
LG has confirmed the upcoming release of the 5-inch Optimus G Pro, which reports said is geared for an initial distribution to Japan shortly after it’s unveiling at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in February.
An international survey by content delivery provider Akamai Technologies has found that of all the continents in the world, Internet speed was found to be at its fastest in Asia.
