Do your iPhone 6 Plus shots have a habit of coming out all blurred? Apple has acknowledged a problem with the iSight camera in “a small percentage” of handsets sold and says it will replace the component for free. To see if your phone is affected, head to the Apple website and enter your handset’s serial code. You have the option of posting your mobile off for repair or taking
By Reiji Murai TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Sharp Corp is in talks with Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co for a tie-up in its struggling flat-panel display business, according to two sources familiar with the discussion. Under the proposed plan, Sharp would spin of the display business into a separate unit ahead of investment from Hon Hai and possible cash injections from other entities, including the state-directed Innovation Network Corporation
By Nadine Schimroszik BERLIN, August 23 (Reuters) – One of Europe’s biggest start-ups, Germany’s Delivery Hero, the online food takeaway service, has ruled out a stock market listing for this year but could be ready by next year, its chief executive said in an interview.
The Sony Xperia Z4 was a less than overwhelming upgrade for Sony’s flagship line – which might be why it was labelled the Sony Xperia Z3+ everywhere except for Japan – but we’ve got higher hopes for the next handset in the series. We’re expecting the Xperia Z5 to see the light of day at the IFA event in Berlin at the start of September, and several leaks have already
Swatch plans to add to its new smartwatch range, the Swiss watchmaker’s chief executive told a newspaper in an interview published on Saturday. The Biel, Switzerland-based company is competing with Apple and other watchmakers in the budding smartwatch market. “Our product is called Touch Zero One and that gives enough room for Zero Five, Zero Nine,” Nick Hayek was quoted as saying by Switzerland’s Tages-Anzeiger newspaper.
Hackers who stole a trove of sensitive data from AshleyMadison.com said “nobody was watching” as they scoured the infidelity website and vowed to release more emails from its executives, online technology website Motherboard reported on Friday. The tech website said it was given a contact email address for the hackers, who call themselves the Impact Team, by an intermediary. The hackers replied with a message signed with the same signature
Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp has entered negotiations with Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co for a tie-up over Sharp’s struggling display business, the Asahi newspaper reported on Saturday. Investors and analysts have urged Sharp to overhaul its liquid crystal display (LCD) and consumer electronics divisions. Chief Executive Kozo Takahashi initially resisted but last month said he was open to major restructuring, including some kind of strategic deal for its
By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd fell 3 percent on Friday and were perilously close to breaking below the price set in the largest IPO in history as fears of a China-led global slowdown rattled investors. A potential move below $68 would make China’s largest e-commerce firm the second high-profile tech company to fall below its IPO price this week after Twitter Inc
By Paul Lienert and Julia Love DETROIT/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Consumer electronics company Apple Inc has hired a senior engineer from electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc , according to a LinkedIn posting, as part of Apple’s effort to build a team of experts in automated driving. A LinkedIn profile for Jamie Carlson shows that he has left Tesla and moved to Apple. At least six others with experience developing
By Alastair Sharp and Josephine Mason TORONTO (Reuters) – Emails sent by the founder of infidelity website AshleyMadison.com appear to have been exposed in a second, larger release of data stolen from its parent company, cyber security experts confirmed on Thursday. The data dump by hackers who have attacked the site appears to include email messages linked to Noel Biderman, founder and chief executive officer of its Toronto-based parent company
