Sony reports best-ever third quarter profit, forecasts new annual record Japan’s Sony Corp on Friday reported a nearly four-fold jump in third-quarter operating profit on growing demand for its image sensors, and raised its full-year earnings outlook. The electronics firm posted an operating profit of 350.8 billion yen ($3.20 billion) […]
USA Technology news
China’s Xiaomi back to top five vendor as global smartphone market shrinks Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has climbed back into the global top five vendors list as the global market shrunk annually, even if only by a fraction, for the first time in 2017, according to a leading industry tracker. […]
Daimler open to alliances, partial listing of mobility services Car and truck maker Daimler on Friday said it was open to considering a broader alliance and a partial listing of its mobility services operations, which include car sharing. Speaking to analysts, Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche, who is also head of […]
Sprint beats on quarterly revenue, raises outlook; shares jump Sprint Corp reported quarterly revenue on Friday that beat analyst estimates, as the No. 4 U.S. wireless carrier raised its free cash flow outlook for the 2017 fiscal year. Shares rose 3.7 percent to $5.29 in early trading, a day after […]
Instagram Stories Now Lets Businesses, Brands Post Carousel Ads Instagram has announced that it’s bringing Carousel Ads to Instagram Stories. This means that users should starts seeing ads in Instagram Stories that are no longer limited to just one slide of media. “Carousel Ads for Instagram Stories behave the same […]
Intel reportedly considering launching smart glasses this year Intel is reportedly looking to sell a majority stake in an augmented reality spinoff company, with plans to potentially launch consumer smart glasses this year, according to Bloomberg Technology. Bloomberg writes that the company will probably be called Vaunt; the smart glasses […]
Rainbow Six Siege ‘Outbreak’ event will bring alien parasites, three new PvE maps The Rainbow Six Siege: Operation Chimera tease-fest continues today with a new trailer hinting at the outer-space origins of the Outbreak that will signal the start of Year 3, and finally revealing the names of the two […]
YouTube’s live TV service is now available for Apple TV devices YouTube’s streaming live TV service is now available on Apple TV devices, the Google-owned video site revealed in a surprise announcement this afternoon. In a tweet telling Apple TV owners to check the App Store, the official YouTube TV […]
Apple tops worldwide smartphone vendor list in Q4 amid industry contraction, report says According to the research firm, Apple captured 19.3 percent of global smartphone shipments in quarter four, displacing market leader Samsung from its usual perch at the top. The South Korean tech giant managed an 18.6 percent share […]
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Rumored Specs: 4K Foldable Display, 30-Megapixel Camera, Advanced AI New rumors about the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 keep emerging ahead of its expected released later in 2017. The device will is said to have some new cool features designed to lure consumers back to the Note […]