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2016 in the rear-view mirror
Life, James Hein, Published on 28/12/2016
» Another year has passed, and it is time to take a look back.
Ashley Madison dating site to pay $1.6 mn over breach
AFP, Published on 15/12/2016
» WASHINGTON - The operators of the Ashley Madison affair-minded dating website agreed Wednesday to pay a $1.6 million penalty over a data breach exposing data from 36 million users, US officials announced.
Finland pining for post-Nokia economic champion
AFP, Published on 16/11/2016
» ÄäNEKOSKI (FINLAND) - Nokia was once the motor of Finland's economy, but since the demise of the company's mobile phone business the Nordic country has struggled to find a new engine for growth.
Nokia reduces losses as merger with rival proceeds
AFP, Published on 27/10/2016
» HELSINKI - Finnish telecom equipment giant Nokia said Thursday it has managed to reduce losses but remained in the red in the third quarter after acquiring its former rival, French-American Alcatel-Lucent.
Samsung's US$16 billion battery hit
Life, James Hein, Published on 21/09/2016
» The news has not been good for Samsung with the Note 7 still causing problems as they recall every unit. This situation is unusual for Samsung as they are normally better at the component supply chain. Apple, of course, is taking advantage after their own antenna gate and I suspect secretly gloating that it has happened to their biggest competitor. As I write this, Samsung has taken a US$16 billion dollar hit at the stock market and has had to drop $25 billion from their market cap value. Samsung has also announced they are selling their printer business to Hewlett Packard.
Facebook, Twitter failing on extremist content: UK MPs
AFP, Published on 25/08/2016
» LONDON - Facebook, Twitter and Google are not doing enough to prevent their social networks from being used by extremists for a recruitment drive, a panel of British MPs said Thursday.
Twitter dives after update disappoints
AFP, Published on 27/07/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter shares took a fresh hit Tuesday after its quarter update showing more losses, and sluggish growth in revenues and the user base of the social media platform.
Mobile news surges, newspapers fall further: US poll
AFP, Published on 07/07/2016
» WASHINGTON - Americans are increasingly turning to their mobile devices for news, with print newspapers losing more ground, a poll showed Thursday.
China's Lenovo posts $128 mn net loss last year
AFP, Published on 26/05/2016
» HONG KONG - Chinese technology giant Lenovo said Thursday it posted a net loss last year, as its smartphones struggle to keep apace with Apple and Android rivals and as the market for personal computers fizzles.
Latest Chinese tablets a viable alternative
Life, James Hein, Published on 25/05/2016
» It has been a week and I really like my inexpensive 12-inch Chinese tablet made by Chuwi. I just added a 64GB MicroSD card that immediately popped up as D: drive when I booted into Windows 10. This will be the first Windows 10 based machine that is all mine and so far I have been impressed. The unit has no problems running a program like Visio and I have already used it for a presentation at a client's site. The screen is excellent and I like the way the unit notes when I have disconnected it from the keyboard and asks if I want to change to tablet mode under Windows. I used the Wi-Fi to connect to my mobile phone acting as a hot spot and there were no issues at all. Battery life has been good but that is one aspect I have not had the chance to really test out and reading some blog entries it takes a few charges to reach the full capacity.