Tech

Xbox reveal not just a game console?

7 hours 28 sec ago

According to hints from Xbox spokesman Major Nelson, the world can expect a new entertainment hub that lets you play games, watch TV and listen to music

Yahoo’s Asian rise offsets Tumblr risk

9 hours 2 min ago

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer’s hefty US$1.1 billion (S$1.4 billion) acquisition of blogging service Tumblr will be a test of her ability to revive the...

Gadgets

Former Nokia software team unveils its first smartphone

16 hours 36 min ago

HELSINKI - A group of ex-Nokia software developers unveiled its first smartphone yesterday (May 20), aiming to prove their former employer wrong by making a success of a...

Yahoo hacked, 22 million Japanese users under threat

17 hours 14 min ago

TOKYO - One in ten of Yahoo Japan’s 220 million users is thought to have been affected by a new hack.

Apple avoided billions in taxes on foreign income, US Senate says

18 hours 18 min ago

WASHINGTON - Using an unusual global tax structure, Apple has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government, a United...

Sony teases PlayStation 4 ahead of Xbox launch

19 hours 25 min ago

TOKYO - Sony has promised that it is going to give PlayStation fans a full picture of its upcoming next-generation gaming console, the PlayStation 4, at the company’s E3 press...

Yahoo announces S$1.4b purchase of Tumblr

20 May

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for US$1.1 billion (S$1.4 billion) as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind...

Microsoft’s Xbox update faces new gaming challenges

20 May

NEW YORK — Microsoft is revamping the Xbox to fend off a breed of competitors ranging from Apple to Facebook. Those companies were nowhere in gaming when the software maker...

Yahoo to buy Tumblr for S$1.36b

20 May

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo’s board has approved a deal to buy blogging and social networking site Tumblr for US$1.1 billion (S$1.36 billion) in cash, the Wall Street Journal cited...