Several Apple services, including the App Store, Apple Music, the iTunes store and Apple TV are currently down for some users. Apple has confirmed the outage on its service status page. It comes just as Beats1 radio DJs were announcing this year’s nominations for the MTV Video Music Awards – a ceremony Apple has bagged as an exclusive. Did everything buckle under the traffic? We’ll update when we know more.
Introduction, design and fitness metrics Fitbit Surge is the fitness tracker that has so many new features, the start-up company behind it calls it a “superwatch” next to the more normal Fitbit Charge and Fitbit Charge HR. There’s good reason for that label. The final version I tested has built-in GPS, a heart-rate monitor and real-time workout data, all fan-requested capabilities that raise the price. It’s certainly a step up
Best smartwatch introduction With a glut of new next-gen smartwatches landing on the market, we’ve gone back to the drawing board for our best smartwatches top ten. We’ve spent two days in the TechRadar lab putting the latest and greatest through the same intense processes our phones and tablets go through. This has allowed us to weigh up everything from design and features, to interface and price and everything in
(Reuters) – Apple Inc said it is experiencing some issues with its App Store, Apple Music, iTunes Store and some other services. The company did not provide details. “We are investigating and will update the status as more information becomes available,” Apple said on its services support page. (http://apple.co/YIMuUp) (Reporting by Anya George Tharakan in Bengaluru; Editing by Ted Kerr)
“I see this as the most damaging event for our brand in the company’s 140-year history,” Tanaka told a news conference after making a ritual deep bow of contrition to a flurry of camera shutters and flashes. Muromachi is considered a safe pair of hands to lead Toshiba through its current turmoil before handing the reins to a successor. A total of eight officials resigned on Tuesday and Tanaka said
Customer defections, also known as churn in the telecommunications industry, for Verizon’s wireless postpaid business dipped to 0.90 percent versus the 0.99 percent estimated by FactSet. Revenue from Verizon’s FiOS high-speed Internet, TV and phone service rose 10 percent to $3.4 billion, while tablet sign-ups totaled 852,000 in the quarter. Verizon is gearing up to launch its online video service to unlock new revenue streams as competition in the wireless
United Technologies Corp , which agreed on Monday to sell its Sikorsky helicopter business, cut its full-year profit outlook on Tuesday as it warned of pressures in its aerospace systems and Otis elevators businesses. United Tech, whose shares fell 4.1 percent after the company also reported second-quarter results, on Monday said it would sell its Sikorsky helicopter unit to Lockheed Martin Inc for $9 billion, after saying in June it
By Harro Ten Wolde and Ilona Wissenbach FRANKFURT/STUTTGART (Reuters) – SAP’s order pipeline for the second half of the year is “very healthy” and will offset a decline in sales from its packaged software products, which will pose no threat to the company’s full-year operating profit target, its finance chief said. Europe’s largest software company on Tuesday posted worse-than-expected sales of its high-margin packaged software business.
The beginning I’ll let you in to a bit of a secret – I’m actually a pretty big phone geek. I know, shocking, right? But my love of all things mobile is equalled only by my computer game addiction, so when Sony announced that its flagship Xperia Z3 (along with the Xperia Z3+, Xperia Z3 Compact and Xperia Z4 Tablet) could stream games from my trusty PlayStation 4 via a
Scientists are planning a massive venture to search for alien life, with a new project backed by Professor Stephen Hawking. The venture, funded by Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner to the tune of $100 million, will be the biggest search for extraterrestrial life ever conducted. The project will take place over 10 years, and anyone who manages to successfully find alien life will earn themselves a $1 million reward. It will
