Nissan developed a breakthrough in battery technology

Nissan has developed a “breakthrough” in battery technology for an  affordable electric car that can travel up to 400 miles using a single charge. The Japanese company is  pioneering  a range of 100 percent cars and vans that offer top class performance and cutting edge technology.   Nissan’s current electric leaf car can only travel a limited…

Tim Cook to visit India

Apple CEO Tim Cook will be visiting India later this week to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following his trip to China, to revive sluggish iPhone sales, as he is searching for new growth markets after posting its first ever decline in iPhone sales. India has denied it permission to sell refurbished phones, vital move…

Warren Buffett buys $1bn of Apple stake

The billionaire investor Warren Buffet has bought a £700m ($1bn) stake in Apple, a holding of 9.81million shares, according to Berkshire Hathaway. As a result, shares rose on Monday and closed trading session 3.7 percent higher at $93.88. In the past, Apple shares have fallen 30 percent over the past year. Last week Apple temporarily…

Is Apple taking on Uber with the help of Orange?

Apple announced that it will invest $1bn in Didi Chuxing, a Chinese ride-hailing platform, a fast growing business. Tim Cook told Xinhua News Agency “We decided to make the investment for a number of strategic reasons, including the chance to learn more about certain segments of the Chinese market. We see lots of opportunities for…

Amazon launches new Video Direct

Amazon is  launching Amazon Video Direct by expanding its streaming services to allow users to upload and distribute their own videos, giving aspiring film makers and companies that produce video an opportunity to generate new revenue stream for their content, either by making it available to rent or buy or to watch for free supported…

Mercury’s rare transit of the Sun

Mercury, the Solar system’s innermost and smallest planet, will make a rare transit of the Sun on Monday 9thMay 2016, an event which occurs 13 times in a century. It will resemble a black round dot as it passes in front of the star. The last this event happened was in 2006 when Mercury crossed…

272 million email accounts hacked

272.3 million Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft, Mail.ru email accounts have been hacked and data up for sale according to Alex Holden founder and chief information security officer of Hold Security. Hundreds of millions of hacked usernames and password for email accounts and other websites are being traded in Russia’s criminal underworld, in one of the biggest…

IBM allows access to the world its quantum computer

IBM opened doors to its 5-qubit quantum processors for anyone to use by connecting it to the cloud. IBM’s dream to build a universal quantum computer more powerful than any supercomputer in the world, is sharing its latest progress with smaller quantum processors on the cloud for the world to join in. TJ Watson Research…

Apple loses Trademark case over iPhone name in China.

Apple lost a trademark case in China, against Xintong Tiandi , which means  the Chinese firm which sells handbags and other leather good can continue to use the name “iPhone” legally. The Beijing Municipal High People;s Court ruled in favour of Xintong Tiandi Technology according to official Legal Daily newspaper. Xintong Tiandi trademarked “IPHONE” for…

Google acquires Synergyse

Synergyse, a Toronto-based company that puts a virtual guide to Google Apps, training you to be productive at the cutting edge of technology and stay up to date with changes founded by Varun Malhotra , former google employees in 2013, has been acquired by Google. Synergyse service built on top of Google’s Cloud platform, which…