Wall St boosted by FedEx’s bullish view December 16, 2010 US stocks, bucking a trend of late-day selloffs, ended higher yesterday as economic bellwether FedEx offered a bullish profit outlook that augured well for broad growth. Stocks that performed well in 2010 were among yesterday’s biggest gainers as investors sought to boost returns by the year’s end. Advancing stocks outnumbered decliners by more than two [...]
Carphone in exclusive deal with Google December 6, 2010 CARPHONE Warehouse yesterday confirmed it will exclusively stock the new Google-phone, as revealed in City A.M. in October (see right). Industry sources say Google is experimenting with its distribution model after releasing the previous Nexus model through a deal with carrier Vodafone in the UK. Google’s initial distribution model, which sold the handset exclusively through [...]
Carphone in exclusive deal with Google December 6, 2010 CARPHONE Warehouse yesterday confirmed it will exclusively stock the new Google-phone, as revealed in City A.M. in October (see right). Industry sources say Google is experimenting with its distribution model after releasing the previous Nexus model through a deal with carrier Vodafone in the UK. Google’s initial distribution model, which sold the handset exclusively through [...]
UK superfast broadband take-up lags December 1, 2010 THE UK has the worst take-up of superfast broadband of any major developed nation, new research by the communications watchdog has revealed. Just 0.2 per cent of people in the UK have access to broadband speeds of 30Mbits a second or higher. This compares to 34.4 per cent of people in Japan, 12 per cent [...]
BOOKS NEWS November 3, 2010 bond books go live today Ian Fleming’s estate has announced that the Bond books are going to published digitally in the UK for the first time, but through Ian Fleming Publications – which has owned the rights since the author died in 1964 – rather than through current print publisher Penguin. The 14 007 titles [...]
Microsoft sees 5m sales of new Kinect controller November 3, 2010 MICROSOFT is expecting to sell 5m of its new controller-free Kinect gaming systems this holiday shopping season, potentially adding $750m to the software company’s revenue this quarter. The $150 device, which plugs into Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console and allows users to play games simply by using gestures and voice commands, goes on sale at midnight [...]
Microsoft sees 5m sales of new Kinect controller November 3, 2010 MICROSOFT is expecting to sell 5m of its new controller-free Kinect gaming systems this holiday shopping season, potentially adding $750m to the software company’s revenue this quarter. The $150 device, which plugs into Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console and allows users to play games simply by using gestures and voice commands, goes on sale at midnight [...]
GADGETS | REVIEWS September 15, 2010 AMAZON KINDLE £149 with 3G www.amazon.co.uk ACONFIRMED fan of Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader, I was lucky enough to be given the latest model to play with in advance. If you’ve seen the ads on the Tube and wondered whether to join the e-book revolution, the new Kindle is unlikely to disappoint. This is the second [...]
GADGETS | REVIEWS September 15, 2010 AMAZON KINDLE £149 with 3G www.amazon.co.uk ACONFIRMED fan of Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader, I was lucky enough to be given the latest model to play with in advance. If you’ve seen the ads on the Tube and wondered whether to join the e-book revolution, the new Kindle is unlikely to disappoint. This is the second [...]
Facebook eyes email service as beats eBay November 15, 2010 FACEBOOK is now worth a staggering $41bn (£25.5bn), valuing it ahead of online auction site eBay. The valuation, based on shares traded on SecondMarket, an exchange for privately held companies, makes Facebook the third largest online firm in the US. It still trails in the wake of Google, which is worth $192.9bn, and Amazon, worth [...]