Adjusting settings on your smartphone As much as companies try to convince us a smartwatch is going to change our lives, a big part of their appeal is the ability to see who just called/SMS’d/Whatsapp’d you without removing your phone from your pocket. Android Wear smartwatches are pretty great at that. However, it can take over, and before you know it, that racing game you downloaded keeps complaining you’re not
iPhone 6S / 7: Release date, news and rumours Here at TechRadar, we’re a pretty giving bunch, so we’ve done Tim Cook’s crew a favour and shown them how the iPhone 7 should look. Well, given it’s nailed on to actually be the iPhone 6S this year, we’ve taken the view of improving what’s already there, rather than giving it the complete overhaul we’re going to see in 2016. The
iPhone 6S / 7: Release date, news and rumours Here at TechRadar, we’re a pretty giving bunch, so we’ve done Tim Cook’s crew a favour and shown them how the iPhone 7 should look. Well, given it’s nailed on to actually be the iPhone 6S this year, we’ve taken the view of improving what’s already there, rather than giving it the complete overhaul we’re going to see in 2016. The
Qualcomm shares fell 1.8 percent to $63.05 in after-market trading on Wednesday. The move comes after hedge fund Jana Partners called for Qualcomm to spin off its chip business from its highly profitable patent-licensing income, among other changes the activist asked for. “We decided we were going to take a fresh look at the corporate structure of the company,” Qualcomm president Derek Aberle said in an interview, adding that the
Qualcomm shares fell 1.8 percent to $63.05 in after-market trading on Wednesday. The move comes after hedge fund Jana Partners called for Qualcomm to spin off its chip business from its highly profitable patent-licensing income, among other changes the activist asked for. “We decided we were going to take a fresh look at the corporate structure of the company,” Qualcomm president Derek Aberle said in an interview, adding that the
Wal-Mart Stores Inc has taken full ownership of Chinese e-commerce firm Yihaodian.com, buying out the 49 percent stake that it did not already own to accelerate its push online, the U.S. retail giant said on Thursday. The investment will help Wal-Mart target China’s fast-growing online market at a time when largely brick and mortar retailers are feeling the pinch of competition from online rivals and a slowing of the world’s
Wal-Mart Stores Inc has taken full ownership of Chinese e-commerce firm Yihaodian.com, buying out the 49 percent stake that it did not already own to accelerate its push online, the U.S. retail giant said on Thursday. The investment will help Wal-Mart target China’s fast-growing online market at a time when largely brick and mortar retailers are feeling the pinch of competition from online rivals and a slowing of the world’s
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) – French media and entertainment technology group Technicolor will buy Cisco System’s home video equipment business for 550 million euros ($602 million), it said on Thursday, sending its shares to a five-year high. The cash-and-stock deal is part of Technicolor’s efforts to expand in the thriving home video market and boost profitability. It will create the world No. 2 in customer premises equipment (CPE) –
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) – French media and entertainment technology group Technicolor will buy Cisco System’s home video equipment business for 550 million euros ($602 million), it said on Thursday, sending its shares to a five-year high. The cash-and-stock deal is part of Technicolor’s efforts to expand in the thriving home video market and boost profitability. It will create the world No. 2 in customer premises equipment (CPE) –
By Eric Auchard FRANKFURT (Reuters) – British venture capital firm Notion Capital is raising a third fund that will make it Europe’s largest bankroller of cloud-based business software start-ups, the company said on Thursday. The London-based firm said it had initially raised $120 million in a new fund for cloud computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) companies and is targeting upwards of $150 million once fundraising for the round
