IT&Software
Apple Q2 profit rises 12% on higher sales of iPhones
The company's revenues for the quarter stoof at $45.4bn (£34.3bn), up 7.2 per cent year-on-year, while profits were up up 11.8 per cent to $8.7bn. From the iPhone 8 - reportedly delayed until late 2017 - to the HomePod smart speaker going on sale in December, Apple has some exciting products in the pipeline. [Full Article...]
Plex users can now view live TV on Android and Apple TV
The beta tests included two interesting features awaited for Plex. Streaming media software provider Plex on Wednesday announced that its Plex Live TV and DVR services have exited beta and are now accessible on more devices than ever. [Full Article...]
Mobile wins all awards in latest OpenSignal report on USA networks
What's causing this fall-off in experienced speeds? Cellular networks are shared networks, meaning individual connection speeds are dictated by the total amount of demand for data at a particular cell site. Their speeds have dropped by 1Mbps to just 12.9Mbps. But OpenSignal's findings echo data from Ookla, which T-Mobile cited just two weeks ago when it claimed that the networks of both Verizon... [Full Article...]
Psychic Readers Network sues Rockstar over Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Modders are bringing Rockstar's massively popular Grand Theft Auto series to space in a move that could counter No Man's Sky or Mass Effect: Andromeda's space exploration. It's your mission to take out these alien scum before they reach earth". The team working on the mod said they will release it as soon as they think it is ready, according to Sollaholla. [Full Article...]
Analytical Guide for Expedia, Inc. (EXPE), Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (CY) Stakeholders
Driehaus Capital Management LLC's holdings in Cypress Semiconductor Corporation were worth $771,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. The company is expected to issue its next quarterly earnings results after the market closes on Thursday, July 27th. [Full Article...]
Apple beats Wall Street but questions remain over iPhone 8
The new phone could cost as much as $1,000. Apple sold 41.03 million iPhones, up from 40.4 million the same period past year but down from 50.8 million in the second quarter. Apple CEO Tim Cook: Sure, starting with the US. But Apple CEO Tim Cook has given us the strongest indication yet that the phone will actually hit stores in September. [Full Article...]
Sales Grow as Apple Preps iPhone 8
This means that Apple has an enormous advantage over most of its peers in its efforts to break this new ground. Analysts thought that consumers would wait for the highly anticipated iPhone 8 before they upgraded. Revenues from the country fell from $8.9 billion during Q3 2016 to $8 billion last quarter. But he added: " Apple's Services business continues to be the shining light". [Full Article...]
YouTube gets faster, more accurate in fight against terror videos
Google's YouTube said Tuesday that it's increasing efforts to fight terror-related content on its site. Just over a month ago the platform's parent company announced plans to increase its use of machine learning technology to help it identify extremist and terrorism-related videos on YouTube . [Full Article...]