Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:40:07 +0100 (AP) - Matilda Raffa Cuomo, center, is joined by Meredith Vieira, left, and Robin Roberts, who both contributed to Mrs. Cuomo's new book The Person Who Changed My Life, at the book's launch party, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 in New York. (Jason DeCrow/AP Images for Help USA)
Apple iPhone now more popular than all Android smartphones in US combined: report
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:09 +0100 In the US, Apple’s iPhone has surpassed the smartphone market share of all Android devices combined, according to new numbers out from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, as reported by Reuters. But the difference is almost invisible: Apple now owns 44.9 percent of the market; handsets running Google’s Android operating system now own just 44.8 percent. (Source: Digital Trends)
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:30:10 +0100 HELSINKI (Reuters) - Australian regulators fined Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, for spamming customers and demanded the Finnish firm change its text message (SMS) marketing. The Australian Communications and Media Authority found that some of the texts Nokia sends to clients as tips to get more out of their phones promote Nokia without offering an "unsubscribe" option as required by local law. The regulator said in a statement Nokia had agreed to train its employees engaged in SMS marketing about legal requirements and to pay a fine of 55,000 Australian dollars ... (Source: Reuters)
A worker moves refined tin before shipment, in a warehouse owned ...
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:50:02 +0100 (Reuters) - A worker moves refined tin before shipment, in a warehouse owned by a private company in Pangkalpinang of Indonesia's Bangka Belitung province January 16, 2012. From 2009 until April last year, benchmark prices for tin, mainly used in soldering for electronics, more than tripled to a record high above $33,000 a tonne, which meant hefty profits for the welter of smelters on the Bangka-Belitung islands, the world's largest tin-producing region. Prices, however, came crashing down by mid-2011, and many other facilities in the archipelago off Sumatra island have closed down. Squabbles have also marred efforts to shore up prices through collective action, tarnishing the future of Indonesia's centuries-old tin industry, and its status as the world's top exporter of the metal. Picture taken January 16, 2012. To match Feature INDONESIA-TIN/INDUSTRY/ REUTERS/Dwi Sadmoko (INDONESIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIAL)
Stacks of refined tin are stored in a warehouse owned by a private ...
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:40:02 +0100 (Reuters) - Stacks of refined tin are stored in a warehouse owned by a private company in Pangkalpinang of Indonesia's Bangka Belitung province January 16, 2012. From 2009 until April last year, benchmark prices for tin, mainly used in soldering for electronics, more than tripled to a record high above $33,000 a tonne, which meant hefty profits for the welter of smelters on the Bangka-Belitung islands, the world's largest tin-producing region. Prices, however, came crashing down by mid-2011, and many other facilities in the archipelago off Sumatra island have closed down. Squabbles have also marred efforts to shore up prices through collective action, tarnishing the future of Indonesia's centuries-old tin industry, and its status as the world's top exporter of the metal. Picture taken January 16, 2012. To match Feature INDONESIA-TIN/INDUSTRY/ REUTERS/Dwi Sadmoko (INDONESIA - Tags: BUSINESS COMMODITIES INDUSTRIAL)
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