This year, Apple is supporting the annual Hour of Code program by using all of its 468 stores all over the world as temporary classrooms teaching coding. Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, hopes to create a spark from this project among millions of children.
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Microsoft Lumia 1050 a DSLR- smartphone hybrid; Launching in Jan. 2016 [Reports]
Microsoft Lumia 1050, the new camera-smartphone is set for release. The handset is rumored to hit the shelves early in 2016 despite the recent release of the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL this year. Its camera features and specs include 50MP sensor for the rear camera along with a variable aperture and zoom lens. It is also rumored to house optical image stabilization and autofocus features in it. While it is expected to be released with a better and intricate rear camera, its downside could be its lack of a front-facing camera which almost all smartphones have nowadays. Its features also include a direct access to the cloud app.
New Girl Season 5 Airs Premiere Episode with Zooey Deschanel on Jan. 5; Megan Fox to Become a Series Regular?
New Girl Season 5 welcomes new cast Megan Fox who will replace Deschanel after the third episode of the season while Coach played by Wayans Jr. leaves the show for another one.
US consumer credit growth below forecast in October
Americans turned cautious in spending before the beginning of holiday season. The latest consumer spending data for October 2015 shows the slowdown in consumer credit growth. The consumer credit growth was less than forecast for the month.
Takata downplayed air bag crisis and lost major investor because of it
How Takata Corp. handled their air bag crisis is the very reason why they lost one of their biggest investors, Sawakami Asset Management. In a statement published from Bloomberg News, Sawakami's fund manager, Takahiro Kusakari, said they could not help but feel Takata's management is not trustworthy.
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Bethesda's Fallout 4 claimed as 2015's most popular video game receives its first update for PC and on PS4, Xbox One shortly after that.
A Philippine judge clarified Saturday that the ruling of his court doesn't stop operations of ride-sharing companies, but only suspend the application of permits by prospective drivers.
General Electric Co. terminated the agreed $3.3 billion acquisition of Sweden's Electrolux AB on its appliance business. According to The Wall Street Journal, GE was under pressure by the U.S. Justice Department, which was blocking the sale due to antitrust issues.
Hong Kong's international financial hub is reeling under pressure as the world's largest and second largest economies are impacting it more in a negative way.
A Madrid base service and infrastructure company, Ferrovial SA offered a total of A$715 million in cash to acquire more than half of stakes in Broadspectrum Ltd. The new offer makes by the company comes after the Australian company rejected its previous offer a year ago that value the company at A$1 billion.
The character list of the coming fighting game Pokken Tournament is growing as game developer introduced new sets of playable heroes.
Although Ragnar Lothbrok, the main man of the series, will say goodbye anytime soon, the story for the fourth installment gets more exciting as the plot thickens on Ragnar facing a tough decision for his friend Floki. Meanwhile, History Channel’s general manager Dick Hoogstra is optimistic on the show’s ratings for next season.
Following the release of Star Wars Battlefront on November this year, many gamers observe that the first person shooter is lacking in depth. Game developer also hinted that the next Star Wars might include single player mode.
After several months for gaming fans of waiting in vain, game developer From Software has officially announced that Dark Souls 3 will be launched on April 12 next year in US on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Japanese gamers, however, will be first to get their hands on the full game on March 24.
