This is not a good week to be an Internet company. Several companies in the industry have reported lackluster quarterly earnings, but even though LinkedIn has an excellent quarter, its projections for future earnings and revenue are disappointing. This prompted the company’s stock to fall by more than a quarter in after hours trading, which pretty much… Continue reading LinkedIn’s stock fell by 25% following disappointing projections
Month: April 2015
Leak: Ubisoft appears to be working on a Watch Dogs sequel
If you made a list of recent games that promised more than they delivered, Watch Dogs would be somewhere at the top. Even the creative director of the developers that made the game admitted that it wasn’t perfect in any way, however, the sequel is going to be better. While we were already pretty sure… Continue reading Leak: Ubisoft appears to be working on a Watch Dogs sequel
The desktop and mobile Windows 10 will be released separately
Despite how Microsoft is pushing Windows 10 as a single operating system that works across platforms, there is still a big difference between the desktop and mobile versions of the operating system. The differences are apparently large enough that the company will be releasing the desktop version of Windows 10 this summer, as expected, but will be… Continue reading The desktop and mobile Windows 10 will be released separately
I hope you’re ready for a few more Jump Street movies
Few people expected 21 Jump Street to be good, and even fewer expected its sequel to be good, but both of them turned out to be excellent films. Now it looks like Sony is going to continue the series, but not in a way that you’d expect. Rather than going the route of The Hangover,… Continue reading I hope you’re ready for a few more Jump Street movies
China has become a gold-mine for Apple
With more than a billion people and the fastest growing smartphone market in the world, it’s no surprise that China is quickly become Apple’s most important market. For the first time ever, China has surpassed the United States in terms of iPhone sales and has surpassed Europe to become Apple’s biggest market outside of the… Continue reading China has become a gold-mine for Apple
Nokia’s mapping business helped boost its lackluster earnings
Nokia’s networking division, which is the Finnish company’s bread and butter, reported some disappointing results last quarter, which caused Nokia’s shares to fall by more than 12% earlier today. The company’s mapping division, on the other hand, which has boosted profits by around 20%. Not to mention the rumors that Nokia is exploring a multi-billion… Continue reading Nokia’s mapping business helped boost its lackluster earnings
E3 is finally getting an event dedicated solely to PC gaming
Considering how E3 is the biggest gaming expo in North America and the PC is the biggest gaming platform in the world, you’d think that E3 would have an event dedicated to the PC, but it never has. E3 has always been a console show with a bit of PC mixed in here and there, but… Continue reading E3 is finally getting an event dedicated solely to PC gaming
HTC’s new update makes the One M9’s camera suck a little less
As promised, HTC has finally added support for RAW images to the HTC One M9. Considering how the M9’s camera isn’t the best around, at least as far as flagship smartphones go, the addition of RAW image support should help it hold its own against the competition. For those of you who aren’t familiar, RAW images are images that… Continue reading HTC’s new update makes the One M9’s camera suck a little less
Microsoft can guess your age with its facial-recognition technology
Guessing someone’s age can be tough at times, but Microsoft is certain it can guess yours, and not by using the personal information that you’ve put on the Internet over the years. Instead, the company is demonstrating some new new facial-recognition technology that it claims can guess your age by simply analyzing a photo of you. While it’s… Continue reading Microsoft can guess your age with its facial-recognition technology
Ellen DeGeneres is bringing Green Eggs and Ham to Netflix
We’re all familiar with the Dr. Seuss classic “Green Eggs and Ham,” but we’ve never had a real film adaption aside from cartoon shorts. Well it looks like Ellen DeGeneres and Netflix will be remedying this, and even better than a film, we’ll be getting a complete 13-episode animated series based on the 50-year-old novel. If you like… Continue reading Ellen DeGeneres is bringing Green Eggs and Ham to Netflix