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Versace CEO: Internet investment more important than Chinese market sales

Karlie Kloss models for Versace’s new campaign; Versace has attracted millennials with its social media marketing MONTE-CARLO, Monaco – As China’s contribution to luxury growth is flattening, the luxury industry should be looking online to reap more development opportunities, according to panelists at the Financial Times’ Business of Luxury Summit June 9. In “Is the Internet the New China?” session, the consensus was that the Internet will drastically change the

Review: Updated: Microsoft Lumia 435

Introduction and design The Microsoft Lumia 435 is an odd little phone. Immediately recognisable as a Lumia, given its bold colours and polycarbonate body, yet boasting sharper lines, a more boxy design and a Microsoft logo, this is a different breed of Windows Phone. As the first 400-class device in the Lumia family, the Lumia 435 is designed to appeal to a different audience from its older siblings. It’s for

This could be the big OLED breakthrough we've been waiting for

Hands up all those with an OLED TV in their homes? Despite the fact LG’s latest UHD OLEDs are genuinely stunning from an image quality point of view, at £6,000 we’d argue very few of us are likely to get our eyes on one in our own homes. But a joint venture by Fujifilm and nano-electronics research institute, imec, might well have turned up a more cost-effective method of producing

Review: Updated: Sony Xperia Z3 Compact

Introduction and design The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact is one of the latest entrants in Sony’s rapidly expanding line of Xperia Z handsets. Though the original Xperia Z was only launched in March 2013, there have since been three main entries into Sony’s flagship line (the Xperia Z1, Xperia Z2 and the Xperia Z3) along with tablets and the occasional compact variant. There’s also been a Sony Xperia Z4 announced

TechRadar Deals: Best Kindle deals in June 2015: grab a cheap Amazon ereader!

Welcome to TechRadar’s dedicated page for Amazon Kindle deals. Here you’ll find the cheapest Kindle deals for all models, whether it be for the classic ereaders or the Fire tablet versions. We cross check every model of Kindle with every retailer every day to pull in the best deals so that this page is always up to date with the cheapest prices. Kindle Voyage deals The top of the range

Updated: 10 companies Microsoft should buy to stay relevant

Introduction Generally speaking, tech behemoths are always busy splashing cash and buying up new companies. And Microsoft, with its huge coffers, is obviously no exception… Microsoft has missed out on mobile – though it is still hoping to turn things around with Windows 10’s cross-platform nature – and is now having to play catch-up in other areas, which makes it a prime candidate for acquiring hot startups and expanding into

Apple Music faces antitrust scrutiny in NY, Connecticut

(Reuters) – The attorneys general of New York and Connecticut are investigating Apple Inc’s negotiations with music companies to look for signs of potential antitrust violations. The attorneys general want to know whether music labels colluded or were pressured into favouring Apple’s paid music subscription service, which was released on Monday. Apple launched Apple Music on Monday, a $9.99-a-month streaming music service that will likely alter the dynamics of how

Apple drives vehicles to collect data to improve Maps

(Reuters) – Apple Inc said it was driving vehicles around the world to collect data that will be used to improve Apple Maps. The company has given driving locations on its website for June 15-30 which include Ireland, England and several cites in the United States. (http://apple.co/1MnGAvc) Apple said it would blur faces and licence plates on collected images prior to publication to protect privacy. The camera-equipped vehicles deployed by

AMS shares slide after report firm lost Apple contract

Shares in AMS AG sank on Wednesday following a report in Swiss newspaper Finanz und Wirtschaft that the Swiss-listed sensor manufacturer had lost a key contract with Apple. The stock fell as much as 27 percent before paring losses to trade 23.3 percent lower at 43 Swiss francs by 0430 ET. “AMS would appear to have lost the contract for the next generation of Apple products,” Finanz und Wirtschaft reported,

Exclusive: Digital Realty seeking to acquire Telx

Digital Realty Trust Inc is working on a bid to acquire private equity-owned data centre peer Telx Group Inc for more than $2 billion, in a deal that would diversify its business, according to people familiar with the matter. Digital Realty’s move is the latest sign of consolidation in the data centre sector, as U.S. businesses’ burgeoning demand for data and video is fuelling a revival in fibre optic services