NEW YORK - Apple shares shot higher yesterday after reports that the tech giant is has settled on a September date to launch a new version of its hot-selling iPhone - possibly along with a new "iPad Mini" tablet. The shares traded up almost US$10, or 1.7 per cent, to close at US$595.03.
Optus has launched a "My Optus" app on the iTunes store and Android marketplace for iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S and S II post-paid customers. It will also come preloaded on prepaid handsets including Huawei's X1, and Nokia's E71 and E63.
SYDNEY - Australia on Friday had its first glimpse of the Surface, Microsoft's first mass-market tablet, and the latest incarnation of its Windows operating system.
NEW YORK - Samsung Electronics is making a major push to wrest the mantel from Apple's iPhone followers, as it takes the wraps off its new Galaxy S4 - just a few blocks from Apple's flagship store in New York - and broadcasting the event live in Times Square.
TOKYO - Canon is struggling to sell cameras in a market which sees smartphones now leading 13-to-1 in shipments. Worldwide shipments of cameras have fallen to a 10-year low as consumers increasingly take pictures with phones from Apple and Samsung.
Global smartphone shipments grew just 15 percent annually to reach 340 million units in the second quarter of 2015 - the slowest growth rate for six years, researcher Strategy Analytics has found.
The hacker behind the massive Ashley Madison hack - which has revealed the details of millions of married men seeking illicit sex outside marriage - may be an Australian, according to a US report.
SYDNEY - Telstra has announced the rollout of voice over LTE (VoLTE) for its mobile postpaid customers, stating it will be progressively enabling the new 4G system.
DALLAS - A special board committee of Dell has rejected a request from CEO and founder Michael Dell to change the voting rules on his buyout offer, which comes up for a vote today.