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Guy Beart, 'France's last troubadour', dies at 85

Guy Beart, one of France’s best-known troubadours who was considered one of the finest exponents of the “chanson francaise” genre, died on Wednesday at the age of 85. One of his daughters is Emmanuelle Beart, one of France’s most prominent actresses, having risen to international fame in the 1986 film “Manon des Sources”. Just nine months ago, Guy Beart had given his final performance at Olympia, the Paris concert hall

Apple says won't release watchOS 2 on Wednesday

(Reuters) – Apple Inc said it won’t release watchOS 2, an updated operating system for the Apple Watch, on Wednesday as planned after it discovered a bug in development. A company spokeswoman said the bug was taking longer to fix than expected. Apple said last week that watchOS 2 would be available on Sept. 16.

Accenture's new purchase simplifies Salesforce and Google cloud integration

Accenture has enhanced its cloud services arm by purchasing Cloud Sherpas. The deal, for which financial terms have not been disclosed, allows the global consultancy to add Cloud Sherpas’ expertise in assisting companies in the sometimes complicated task of incorporating cloud services into their business. The main brunt of the deal involves bringing Cloud Sherpas staff and their expertise into the Accenture Cloud First Applications team, which will involve some

Apple says will not release watchOS 2 on Wednesday

(Reuters) – Apple Inc said it will not release watchOS 2, an updated operating system for the Apple Watch, on Wednesday as planned after it discovered a bug in development. A company spokeswoman said the bug was taking longer than expected to fix and that an error-free version would be released “shortly”. Apple said last week that watchOS 2 would be available on Sept. 16. (Reporting by Arathy S Nair