Technology

  Bloomberg With iPhone sales and profits sliding, Apple on Tuesday sought to highlight its growth in services as it seeks to reduce dependence on its main cash driver. In its quarterly update, Apple said profits slumped 27 percent from a year ago to $7.8 billion on a sharp drop in iPhone sales. Apple sold 40.4 million iPhones in the ...

  Relaxnews Google has announced on its blog an update to Google Maps, making some visual changes to the service on desktop, Android and iOS, as well as introducing a few additions to help make it easier for users to get to where they want to go. For a cleaner, clearer look, Google has removed any information that it believes ...

  Bloomberg A few months ago, senior executives at Vodafone’s Irish division sat down with a 16-year-old boy to ask him about his daily routine and, specifically, how he uses his smartphone. The kid told them that the first thing he does in the morning is check Snapchat. On the way to school, Snapchat. On the way home, Snapchat. Sometimes ...

  Relaxnews Consumers in the US, UK, China and Germany will be actively seeking active safety systems and connected technology when they come to buy their next car. The results of the fourth annual IHS Markit study show that Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) such as autonomous emergency braking, traffic jam assist and blind spot monitoring now top car buyers’ ...

Relaxnews The global smartwatch market took a sharp downward turn in the second quarter on falling sales of the industry-leading Apple Watch, a survey showed. Research firm IDC said global sales of smartwatches tumbled 32 percent from a year ago to 3.5 million units. Apple remained the market leader with an estimated 47 percent market share, but sales fell by ...

  Relaxnews Facebook is working on a means of delivering high-speed internet to remote areas via laser beams. The project has now taken a step forward, after a first test delivered connection speeds over 2Gbps, according to an article penned by four members of the social network’s “Connectivity Lab,” published in the scientific journal Optica. The social network plans to ...

  AFP Yahoo sealed a deal Monday to sell its core business to telecom giant Verizon for $4.8 billion, ending a two-decade run as an independent company for the internet pioneer. The agreement announced by the two companies after months of negotiations comes following a years-long decline for the iconic firm that introduced many people around the world to the ...

  Relaxnews After its first presentation in May 2016 at the Google I/0 conference, summer brings more news on the latest version of Android — version 7.0, also known as Nougat — ahead of its official launch this fall. VIRUS DETECTION BLOCKS SYSTEM BOOTING Android is the world’s most popular mobile operating system (84.1% market share for Q1 2016, according ...

  Relaxnews The first ever genuine Star Wars drones are official and despite not going on sale until the fall and currently not being available to US fans even to reserve, the buzz they’re creating can be heard in a galaxy far, far away. Built by Propel and called ‘Battle Quads’ rather than drones, the range will launch with a ...

  Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co.’s revenue growth accelerated in the first half as upgraded smartphones and network gear helped China’s largest vendor of telecommunications equipment counter deteriorating demand. The world’s third-largest smartphone brand grew revenue 40 percent to 245.5 billion yuan ($37 billion) in the first six months, the Shenzhen-based company said in a statement. That’s up from the 30 ...