Starting today, if you buy one of LG’s brand new 4K TVs you’ll be handed six months free Netflix to enjoy on your cracking new TV. And let’s be honest here, if you have a 4K TV then you’re going to be forced to use Netflix for your 4K content, because there aren’t many other ways to see ultra HD right now. That should change later on this year when
iPhoto, Aperture and Photos 27 June 2014 is the date when everything changed. This is when Apple announced it was pulling the plug on its two photo-editing applications, iPhoto and Aperture and replacing them with a single new Photos app. To be fair, iPhoto was starting to show its age, so no-one was very worried about that. A new photo editing application was hardly likely to be dumbed down any
By Shadia Nasralla and Angelika Gruber VIENNA (Reuters) – Facebook presented a long list of procedural objections to an Austrian court on Thursday trying to halt a class action lawsuit for 25,000 users that accuses the social media giant of violating their privacy. The first day of hearings began with a four-hour session in which Facebook’s lawyers tried to convince the judge not to admit the suit brought by law
Apple said it would take orders for the watch exclusively online during the initial launch period. Based on a survey in the United States on consumer interest in buying the Apple Watch, BMO Capital Markets has cut its estimate for sales to 39 million units though September 2016. Apple is among several companies, including Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and Sony Corp , that are jumping into the nascent market for
(Reuters) – Takeover talks between chipmakers Intel Corp and Altera Corp have broken off, CNBC reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources. The development comes about two weeks after the two were reported to have been in discussions for Intel to buy Altera in a deal that could have topped $10 billion. Altera shares dropped around 12 percent on the report and Intel fell about 2 percent.
By Se Young Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd expects record shipments for its new Galaxy S6 smartphones and said it will struggle to meet demand for the curved-edged version due to production constraints, adding to hopes for a turnaround in mobile sales. This week, the company estimated its January-March operating profit to be its highest in three quarters, which analysts said was partly because Samsung put its
By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyoites will get a chance to zip around town on Toyota Motor Corp’s three-wheeled electric car-motorbike from Friday, in a trial aimed at crafting a global business model to reduce gridlock and pollution. The world’s top-selling automaker will partner Japanese car-sharing service operator Park24 Co Ltd for a six-month experiment leasing the i-Road concept vehicle, with a view to setting up a green car-sharing
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The housing industry is slowly seeing the return of buyers like Rick LeBlanc, who lost his Michigan home to foreclosure during the financial crisis but now qualifies for a mortgage again. Mr. LeBlanc, …
James Dimon says the regulatory cloud is lifting above J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. But the CEO still forecasts some squalls ahead. In his annual shareholder letter released late Wednesday, Mr. Dimon blamed legal and regulatory costs for weighing on the firm’s share price but said he expects the firm’s legal costs to “normalize” in 2016. The chief executive said the bank still faces legal uncertainty, highlighting continuing foreign-exchange settlement
