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- Nvidia could buy MediaTek
- Enterprise market spurs tablet sales
- Movie dares to show Jobs as a narcissistic megalomaniac
- BMW wants to build cars for tech companies.
- Oxford University notes more complaints about Apple Play
- HP on track for split by Christmas
- Intel takes a punt on the internet of things
- Google to infiltrate high streets
- Mobile 0800 calls free from today
- Apple still denies e-book conspiracy
| Posted: 02 Jul 2015 03:39 AM PDT
MediaTek has filed a statement with the Taiwanese bourse which is slightly ambiguous on whether it is in discussions with the graphics giant or not. In a statement it merely said that it wasn't the source of a rumour carried by the Chinese newspaper, Economic Daily News. According to Digitimes, investors believe that it could merge with Nvidia as part of a plan to move into the burgeoning automotive market. The semiconductor industry has seen a rash of mergers and consolidation over the last 18 months as the cost of research and development and the pace of change continues to make it an ultra competitive sector. Nvidia has already forged partnerships with several major car outfits and has publicly said it wants to make waves in the automotive sector. A merger of the two firms would make sense as they both have different, but complementary, skills. |
| Enterprise market spurs tablet sales Posted: 02 Jul 2015 03:32 AM PDT
IDC released a report saying that enterprises in the UK, France and Germany are increasingly deploying tablets for employees to use for business. Marta Fiorenti, a senior research analyst at IDC, said that more and more tablets are being used by employees as their only work tool. Tablets are either replacing traditional devices or used for work not supported by other computing devices, she said. "We can only expect and increase in the share of stand alone tablets, as confirmed by the purchase intentions of the study respondents," she said. The survey showed tablets are the only business device for 40 percent of employees but that percentage is greater if 2-in-1 convertibles are added to the mix. This latter category is displacing portable and desktop PCs, mainly because they support keyboard use. Fiorenti gave some examples of their use in the restaurant sector, to take orders; by doctors and nurses; and by pilots. Their use varies depending on what a person does in her or his job. White collar employees, executives, sales people, engineers and journalists generally use tablets as well as desktops or laptops. |
| Movie dares to show Jobs as a narcissistic megalomaniac Posted: 02 Jul 2015 02:59 AM PDT
The Oscar-nominated Irish actor Michael Fassbender’s portrayal of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs is that of a narcissistic megalomaniac who made everyone miserable. The first trailer for the film is out and if the film follows its main theme then Jobs image of a saint and a genius is well and truly tarnished. For example it has Steve Wozniak telling Jobs: "What do you do? You're not an engineer. You're not a designer. You can't put a hammer to a nail. I built the circuit board. The graphical interface was stolen. So how come, 10 times in a day, I read Steve Jobs is a genius? What do you do?" The Tame Apple Press thought that Woz might have a thing or two to say about that and sure enough he did. "I don't talk that way," Wozniak said in an e-mailed response to questions. "I would never accuse the graphical interface of being stolen. I never made comments to the effect that I had credit (genius) taken from me." But then he added: "The lines I heard spoken were not things I would say but carried the right message, at least partly," he said. "I felt a lot of the real Jobs in the trailer, although a bit exaggerated." This flick was written by The Social Network’s Aaron Sorkin, the film is based on Walter Isaacson’s biography about Jobs and stars Kate Winslet stars opposite Fassbender as co-worker Joanna Hoffman. Seth Rogen plays his business partner Steve Wozniak and Jeff Daniels appears as former Apple president John Scully. Winslet’s character accuses him of “alienating people for no reason” and shows how Jobs refused for many years to acknowledge or offer financial support to his daughter Lisa. Woz told Bloomberg that it was hard for him to be quiet, when Jobs refused to acknowledge his child when the money didn't matter. "I can almost cry remembering it." He said films about Apple rarely depict the real events accurately — even people who were there have different memories — although the overall meaning is often correct. Steve Jobs is due out in UK cinemas in November. Apple fans are furious of course. The film shows them as very stupid people who Jobs played like an accordion. |
| BMW wants to build cars for tech companies. Posted: 02 Jul 2015 02:57 AM PDT
The automaker’s production chief said there are currently no such talks between tech companies and BMW but they have his number if they want to call. Oliver Zipse said in response to a question put to him during a panel discussion about whether BMW could imagine building a car for a software or computer company such as Apple. “We live in a world of partnerships. We hold regular talks with companies from the telecommunications and IT industry, including Apple, about vehicle connectivity topics, BMW Connected Drive,” Zipse added that so far car development and production was not the subject of these talks. The story actually appears to have been manufactured by Reuters acting as Apple’s unpaid press office. Its hacks only asked Zipse about Apple's plans. Jobs' Mob is a long way behind Google when it comes to making self-driving cars, that of course did not stop Reuters talking to BMW as if Apple was the only one who was doing it. |
| Oxford University notes more complaints about Apple Play Posted: 02 Jul 2015 02:56 AM PDT
Oxford University's TheySay sentiment analysis company monitored Twitter to work out the overall feeling towards the new service and discovered that Apple's normally psychopathically enthusiastic fanbase was not impressed. When Jobs' Mob announced Apple Music received an overall 85 percent approval rating from tweeters, but now that it's here, the actual service is proving as popular as the Boston Strangler. Dr Karo Moilanen, Oxford University professor and co-founder of TheySay, observed: "Compared to the sky-high positive sentiment ratings that Apple products and announcements typically reach on Twitter, this time Apple Music invoked a healthy dose of strong negative sentiment (ca. 24 percent) amongst tweeters". According to TheySay, there were 84,845 keyword mentions on Twitter, of which 76 percent were positive, and 24 percent negative. Defining if something was positive appears to be a pit of a problem. Oxford thought the phrase "A curated radio station" was a good thing. A lot of the positive results were connected to the popular beat combo artist Taylor Swift and not to the product. However the negatives were a lot more explicit. They included:
Moilanen says: "The sentiment profiles for Spotify suggest that, contrary to what many tweeters predicted, the providential arrival of Apple Music does not look like it will kill off sSpotify. " The ratio of extremely positive vs. negative sentiment was 9 per cent negative : 29 per cent positive for Apple Music, while Spotify's ratio was 12 per cent negative : 32 per cent positive which does not indicate huge divergence," he said. |
| HP on track for split by Christmas Posted: 02 Jul 2015 02:55 AM PDT
In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, it said it would complete the process by the end of the fiscal year 2015. Under the plan, the company will divide its personal computer and printer businesses from its corporate hardware and services operations. The corporate division will be known as Hewlett Packard Enterprise and provide technology solutions, besides cloud and mobile services. It will comprise the company’s enterprise group, enterprise services, software and financial services businesses. The filing provides detailed information on the business and historical financial results of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, assuming it to be a stand alone company. In fiscal 2014, Hewlett Packard Enterprise would have posted a profit of $1.6bn on revenue of $55.1 billion, down 19 percent and four percent, respectively, on a year-on-year basis. The company’s printing and personal systems businesses will operate separately as HP, which currently holds the number one position in printing and number two position in consumer personal systems segment in terms of shipments. Meg Whitman, chairman, president and CEO of HP said that this separation will create two “compelling” companies well positioned to win in the marketplace and to drive value for our stockholders. |
| Intel takes a punt on the internet of things Posted: 02 Jul 2015 12:19 AM PDT
Dubbed the Intel China-US Innovation Summit, the event will be held at the Sir Francis Drake hotel in Union Square. Intel said the meeting is for execs, product management people, developers, engineers, distributors, channels and OEM manufacturers. The idea is to learn about how Intel China is preparing the ground for new business opportunities. The one day summit includes people from Intel, Hikvision, Dahua Technology, Centerm Information, CVTE and Sangfor. |
| Google to infiltrate high streets Posted: 01 Jul 2015 08:29 AM PDT
Winners will get the services of Google's training taskforce – they'll deliver IT tips to help businesses attract more customers. The Great British High Street Competition 2015 is being sponsored by Boots, the Post Office, Costa and Marks & Spencer. The prize pot is worth £80,000, according to High Streets minister Marcus Jones, who described the competition as "an amazing offer". He said winners can review and improve their digital skills. Google's Digital Garage on Tour is a workshop, said the minister, which helps businesses to find and keep customers online. The competition runs until September 1st and you can find more details here. |
| Mobile 0800 calls free from today Posted: 01 Jul 2015 07:33 AM PDT
Ofcom said that, from today, landline and mobile charges are clearer for calls starting 084, 087, 09 and 118. The telecoms regulator said that people in the UK spend 250 million hours phoning these service numbers and that amounts to £900 million in charges. From today, charges for the service numbers will consist of an access charge for the phone number and a service charge set by the organisation or company being called – the service provider. These service providers will have to tell customers how much the service charge is when it advertises or otherwise mentions the phone number. Ofcom said that because of these new rules many organisations that used 084 and 087 numbers will move to using 03 numbers – these don't cost any more to 01 or 02 numbers. |
| Apple still denies e-book conspiracy Posted: 01 Jul 2015 07:02 AM PDT
Apple had appealed against a decision a district court judge made in 2013, but Apple appealed against that verdict. The appeals court said that the district court judge was well supported and well reasoned and Apple did create a "horizontal conspiracy" to raise the price of e-books. The US Justice Department laid charges against Apple and others of raising e-book prices to outwit Amazon's $9.99 price. The five co-conspirators settled before a trial could start. But Apple held out. And, according to the New York Times, it's still denying it did anything wrong. Tim Cook,Apple's CEO, the newspaper said, described the ruling as bizarre, while an Apple spin claimed his company didn't conspire to fix prices. The spin doctor didn't rule out taking the case further because the matter was about "principles and values". |
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