Once you’ve got a suite of apps covering email, office apps, maps, an intelligent assistant, photos, notes, calendars, messaging, social networking and just about everything else, there aren’t many new directions to explore. Google still has new ideas for software though – hence its Who’s Down app, which just showed up on the App Store and Google Play. As you could probably guess from the name, it lets you see
By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A driver for Google’s same day delivery service filed a proposed class action lawsuit against the company on Friday, alleging it improperly classified her as an independent contractor and owes expenses. The case, filed in a Massachusetts state court, comes days after Amazon Prime Now drivers filed a similar lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc in California. Like drivers in the Amazon case, Google Express
If you’ve ever thought “man, I wish people would invent unbreakable phones and tractor beams and really big tablets and VR beat-em-ups and mobile Nintendo games and Fallout beer”, you should probably sit down, because this week is going to blow your mind. It’s been a particularly exciting week in tech… Apple: still rich, but iPad sales are slowing Apple has just unveiled its latest financial results. The completely unsurprising
By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON (Reuters) – The hacking scandal at broadband provider TalkTalk has heightened interest in stocks and companies dealing in cyber security, with some fund managers betting on more growth in the sector. British police said on Friday that they had arrested a second teenager in connection with the breach at TalkTalk, which may have led to the theft of personal data from among the company’s more than
British police said on Friday they had arrested a second teenager in connection with a cyber attack on broadband provider TalkTalk. London’s Metropolitan Police said the 16-year old boy had been arrested at an address in west London on Thursday and was later released on bail.
By Se Young Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics and group companies are trying a belated push into the business of supplying technology to car makers, while rivals are already sewing up lucrative deals with an industry that is notoriously difficult to break into. Data compiled by Thomson Reuters IP & Science shows the world’s top smartphone maker and other Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] tech affiliates are ramping up research and
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – Sharp Corp said on Friday it was in talks with several companies about its LCD business, as the embattled Japanese firm comes under pressure from its banks to find a partner for the loss-making division. Despite a $1.7 billion rescue in May, its second major package in three years, persistent losses have meant Sharp is struggling to make the investments it needs to keep
Apple’s loyal army of software developers is joining the tech giant in its bid to conquer the living room with a new version of Apple TV, creating apps for the big screen that they hope will attract users and unlock a rich source of revenue. A long-awaited update to Apple TV, which launched in 2007, will start shipping in 80 countries on Friday. An App Store is the centerpiece of
With demand from action junkies drying up, GoPro Inc has a mountain to climb as it vies with the iPhone and other sharpshooting smartphones to win over thrifty customers in the mainstream market. For a company which quickly became synonymous with its helmet- and body-mounted cameras, recent product launches have failed to click with consumers who rely more on smartphones than traditional cameras to make high-resolution video. GoPro’s shares fell
Chances are, at some point in your life you’ve smashed a smartphone screen, maybe you’re even walking around with a cracked or shattered screen right now. The Moto X Force promises an end to all that. Motorola’s newly announced handset sports Moto ShatterShield, which is billed as the world’s first shatterproof smartphone display. That sounds like a challenge to us, but if it lives up to those claims the Moto
