Archive for: January, 2016

Olympus Debuts the Retro styled Pen-F Micro Four Thirds Camera

Olympus has added another entry to its Pen Micro Four Thirds camera range, this time by resurrecting the name of one of its film-based rangefinders. The Olympus Pen-F is a retro-inspired camera that uses the styling of the original version, but combines it with modern components, including the company’s first 20-megapixel Live MOS image sensor without […]

Apple Hits a Record $75.9 Billion of Earnings in Fiscal Q1 – $18.4 Billion Profit

Apple revenues rose by $1.3 billion year-over-year to $75.9 billion in its first 2016 fiscal quarter, which ended in December following the usual holiday rush, the company has announced. Profits were $18.4 billion, while earnings per share was reported as $3.28. The results failed to beat consensus analyst estimates of $77.4 billion in revenue, though […]

Google Improves Inbox Search

Google has updated its Inbox application with new search tools that should make certain types of information easier to find. For example, when searching for a tracking number Inbox will automatically find tracking numbers buried within emails and show the numbers and the corresponding messages at the top of search results. This tool works with […]

Boost Mobile Adjusts Family Plans, Offers Ad Deal

Boost Mobile has unfurled new multi-line plans for families. There are now two basic tiers for families. The first includes unlimited talk/text and 1.5 GB of high-speed data per line, while the second includes unlimited talk/text and improves data to 5 GB per line. The first tier costs $70 per month for two lines, $90 […]

Microsoft News Pro Takes on Apple News with a Focus on Business News

Microsoft has released News Pro for iOS devices, a news- and article-aggrating app that delivers “hyper-relevant” news to users based on their interests. In the same vein as Apple News, Pro News from Microsoft allows users to select from more than one million topics to receive catered results. The app can “find articles and topics […]

Sprint Planning Virgin Mobile Refocus

Sprint says it has a new strategy in mind for its prepaid brand Virgin Mobile. During a call with analysts today, Sprint execs said the company is de-emphasizing Virgin at the moment in favor of Boost Mobile, and has gone so far as to pull Virgin advertising ahead of a the new strategy’s debut. Sprint […]

Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies Continues with Der Eisendrache

Activision and Treyarch have revealed a trailer for the next chapter in their Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies DLC series with a follow-up to the fan-favorite map “Der Riese” in the form of “Der Eisendrache.” The first chapter will take players on an epic journey with the Origin characters Richtofen, Nicolai, Takeo, and Dempsey. Set in […]

Actor Abe Vigoda Dead at 94

People tried making him dead since 1982, but sadly it is now true. Character actor Abe Vigoda, whose leathery, sad-eyed face made him ideal for playing the over-the-hill detective Phil Fish in the 1970s TV series “Barney Miller” and the doomed Mafia soldier in “The Godfather,” died Tuesday at age 94. Vigoda’s daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, […]

Barclays Confirms Apple Pay Support Will Start in March

Barclays, one of the last major banks and financial institutions in the United Kingdom that still does not offer Apple Pay to its customers, now aims to begin supporting the mobile payments service in the next few month. An email sent from an executive at the bank to a customer advises it is still holding […]

GoPro, NHLPA and NHL Renew Partnership

The National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) today announced a renewal of its partnership with GoPro to deliver hockey fans a behind-the-scenes look at the game. The partnership extension will feature NHL After Dark, an 11-part series filmed and produced by GoPro’s media and entertainment team that will give […]

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