(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
(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
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,
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
Police have arrested 49 suspected members of a cyber crime syndicate in Spain, Poland and Italy who are suspected of stealing million of euros from European bank accounts, Europol said on Wednesday. Police raided 58 locations as part of the investigation into online “phishing” scams used to transfer money from bank accounts across Europe, the Hague-based European police agency said in a statement. Officials in Belgium and the United Kingdom
iPad mini 4: What we want to see We don’t know about you, but personally we like to see more from a new device than the addition of a minor feature and an inflated price tag, but that’s exactly what we got with the iPad mini 3. Given that the iPad mini 2 is still one of the best slates around it was almost forgivable, but it has meant that
Meizu is a company that has found a lot of success in its native China – the previous M1 Note has sold over 500 million units since its launch – and it now has its sights firmly on making it big in the West, and it’s pinning its hopes on the newly launched Meizu M2 note. Hoping to break out of China and gain recognition in the rest of the
EE has been revealing new hardware left, right and center for the last year with in-car Wi-Fi devices, phones and tablets galore – but no-one really saw this coming. The next device from EE is an action camera designed for those who do extreme sports and want to show off their activities to the world through live streaming. It’s called the 4GEE Action Camera – catchy right – and it’s
Age: 45 Known for: Google, Facebook Quote: “I want every little girl who’s told she’s bossy to ben told instead that she has leadership skills” There are few people who can say they’ve achieved as much as Sheryl Sandberg has. Born in Washington DC, Sandberg went on to graduate from Harvard Business School before taking a job at the US Department of the Treasury during the Clinton administration. However, Sandberg
Age: 45 Known for: Google, Facebook Quote: “I want every little girl who’s told she’s bossy to ben told instead that she has leadership skills” There are few people who can say they’ve achieved as much as Sheryl Sandberg has. Born in Washington DC, Sandberg went on to graduate from Harvard Business School before taking a job at the US Department of the Treasury during the Clinton administration. However, Sandberg
