Apple CEO Tim Cook Reassures Its Shareholders of a New Product Which Will Upsurge Their Stocks Sooner
Apple CEO Tim Cook made a statement at the Apple's annual meeting at California headquarters earlier this week saying, "The company is working as hard as ever, and we have some great stuff coming". Cook made this statement after company faced some sagging stocks with a view in market that Apple is not able to give a breakthrough after its range of iPhone and iPad.
Smartphones are ‘Emasculating’, Says Google Co-founder Sergey Brin
Sergey Brin, Co-founder of Google made a public statement in a conference illustrating smartphones as `emasculating' which raise eyebrows of thousand of smartphone users. Brin was talking about the new soon-to-be-launched product Glass, the high-tech augmented-reality eyeglasses, at the TED Conference in Long Beach, California, when he made this statement.
Hackers Originate in US, Says China
Chinese government has recently said in a statement that two-third of the 100,000 cyber attacks a month last year originated in the U. S. The statement has been made by the government after Internet security firm Mandiant disclosed the links in Feb of Chinese military with attacks all over the globe.
Facebook Announces its Deal with Microsoft
Facebook on Thursday revealed that it has stamped a deal with Microsoft to buy digital-advertising service. There were rumors in early December about Facebook purchasing the digital advertising from Microsoft. The terms have not been disclosed by Facebook as of now.
New York To Witness Launch of Samsung Galaxy S4
With the end of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona yesterday, all eyes are now on the big event. Samsung Galaxy S4 will be launched on March 14 in Times Square in the New York City under full public viewing and will also be directly streamed on Youtube for millions of Samsung lovers across the globe.
Virgin domestic service Little Red to take off on March 31
Billionaire Richard Branson-promoted Virgin Atlantic's first domestic flights service, dubbed Little Red, will take off on March 31 in Manchester.
The upcoming flights service will connect Manchester, Edinburgh and Aberdeen to London Heathrow. Flight operations from Edinburgh and Aberdeen will start from April 5 and April 9, respectively.
China Life issues profit warning; shares slip
Shares of China Life Insurance Co. slipped the most in a week yesterday after the country's biggest insurer issued a full-year profit warning.
Lloyds expected to set aside more money for PPI compensation
British lender Lloyds will reportedly increase in the amount of cash it has set aside to compensate customers who had been mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI).
Emerging reports say that the increase will be announced when the Britain's biggest retail lender will reveal its full-year results on Friday.
Chidambaram announces Rs 8,500cr for various women-specific schemes
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday announced a number of women-specific schemes and measures for empowerment of the fair sex.
In his budget speech, Mr. Chidambaram announced the establishment of India's first public sector all-women bank.
He announced that India's first public sector women's bank would be established with an initial capital of Rs 1,000 crore. The public-sector bank, which will address the financial requirements of women citizens, will be served by women bankers.
Budget correctly addresses key challenges: Montek Singh
The Budget tabled by Finance Minister P Chidambaram yesterday was a well-balanced Budget that at correctly addressed the key challenges before the country, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said.
Mr. Ahluwalia said that the Budget responded to the critical needs, which includes arresting the macro imbalances and coping with the huge fiscal deficit.
Pandora Media Puts Limit on Listening to Free Mobile Service
Two issues viz. mounting royalty costs and a delay in money-making from mobile phones were being faced by Pandora Media Inc. As per a recent report, it has, therefore decided to take some action to address the problems.
Leap Sees Sales of Less than Half of iPhones than Expected
The Wall Street Journal was recently told by Leap Wireless that it had slothfully lagged behind in terms of sales of its prepaid iPhone. Leap Wireless operates Cricket Wireless.
Chromebook Pixel Arrives with Screen as Exceptional Feature
Chromebook Pixel is a new device, which had been launched by Google last week at a press event in San Francisco. While other features of Pixel are notable, the one that won many hearts instantly was the 12.85 inch touch screen, powered by the Chrome OS.
US Alleged of Highest Number of Hacking Attacks to Chinese Military Sites
According to the latest news, China's Ministry of Defense has said in a statement on its website that the US is biggest culprit of hacking into its military sites consistently.
Samsung Has a Lot To Flaunt At MWC
Electronics giant Samsung has much to flaunt at the Mobile World Congress (MWC). The venue for the event with focus on mobile devices and services is Barcelona. The new entity in the slab of Samsung is Galaxy Note 8. It is eight inch wide. It is more of a tablet than a phone.
Med tech startup launches new smartphone app that tests urine for medical conditions
At the TED Conference, which is currently underway in Long Beach, California, med tech startup Biosense Technologies launched its new uCheck app that will give the users an instant health check, with the help of commercially available test strips and a few smartphone snapshots.
