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Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook apologized Friday to customers for the company’s deeply flawed iPhone mapping software and encouraged users to seek out alternatives from rivals such as Microsoft and Google. Cook posted a letterto the company’s website saying he was “extremely sorry for the frustration this has caused our customers.” He said Apple’s Maps […]
Shares of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion were up 11% in early trading Friday after the company late Thursday posted Q2 results that beat Wall Street expectations. For its fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 1, the smartphone maker reported revenue of $2.9 billion, above consensus estimates of $2.5 billion of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. […]
Crown Castle International said Friday it would acquire 7,200 cellphone towers from Deutsche Telekom-owned T-Mobile U.S.A. for $2.4 billion in cash. Shares of Crown Castle edged down a fraction in midday trading Friday but are up 44% in 2012. “CCI paid a very full multiple for the T-Mo assets,” Macquarie Capital analyst Kevin Smithen wrote […]
Google’s newest app will track your mobile phone’s location and tip you off when you’re near a field-trip-worthy landmark, park or restaurant. The Field Trip app released Thursday for Android operating systems is one of a growing number of mobile apps that guess what users might want to eat, look at or do. These apps […]
On Thursday, AMD announced the launch of AppZone, an “online showcase” for applications and games which offers access to over 500,000 Android apps, ready to run on AMD-based Windows PCs. The emulation software enabling this crossover was developed by BlueStacks – the company responsible for technology that “married” Android and Apple’s Mac OS in June. […]
After completion of hearing, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) of Rawalpindi reserved its verdict on the petition for the de-freezing of the accounts of former President General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf. It is vital to mention here that the trial court earlier had frozen of the former ruler’s bank accounts and seized his property, declaring him absconder […]
The JoonAng Korean newspaper released a story about a secret meeting in Hawaii between Nexon and Valve which tried selling the latter for $ 893 million. Chet Faliszek of Valve, has denied that this has taken place. “Same thing happened when Tim Cook (Apple) came to see us.” The manager says that there is no treatment and perspective: “Everyone likes to work here, we […]
Bollywood actress Sridevi has performed in more than 265 films but the reigning queen of the 1980s and 1990s, who has made a comeback after 15 years, says she is yet to deliver her best. Only a few can forget Sridevi’s portrayals in the films such as ‘Sadma’ and ‘Lamhe’. She has won four Filmfare […]
After passage of more than two weeks, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has adopted a resolution condemning the anti-Islam film and also the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) published in a French magazine. According to a statement issued by Foreign Office, the foreign ministers attending the OIC strongly condemned the film ridiculing Islam […]
Directed by Dutch filmmaker Laurens Postma the Indian film ‘Cover Story’ has been in the making for quite some time. The film, which will feature Anjum Nayyar and Jackie Sharoff in the lead roles, was supposed to release last year but it got delayed due to various unknown reasons. However, it is now being released […]
Rejecting the impression that acquittals in terrorism cases are because of weakness of courts, Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has said such acquittals were a direct consequence of faulty investigation and poor prosecution. While addressing a seminar in Karachi, he said that the steps to be taken for combating terrorism are not to be restricted […]
Endorsing the points raised by Baloch leader Sardar Akhtar Mengal, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan blamed a non-representative provincial government for the deteriorating law and order situation in the region. The cricketer-turned-politician issued a statement, saying that the real political stakeholders in the province had boycotted elections and that the incumbent assembly was full of […]
