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Read More »Argos looks to a digital future
Home Retail Group has reported a year of flat sales and reduced profits, but owned multi-channel retailer Argos has had a better year. The company also announced a ‘transformation plan’ to reinvent Argos as a digital retail leader and reposition it from a catalogue-led to a digitally-led business. The firm’s …
Read More »Sony execs give up their bonuses following electronics losses
A second straight year of unprofitability at its electronics unit has led a number of high-level Sony execs to forfeit their bonuses. That’s despite Sony returning to overall profitability for the first time in five years last week. Bloomberg reports that the proposed forfeiture was suggested by chief executive Kaz …
Read More »Iwata refutes "misconception" that Wii U lacks graphical oomph
The Wii U is not underpowered, the president of Nintendo has argued. That’s despite the fact that it about matches current gen machines Xbox 360 and PS3 but will trail far behind PS4 (and Xbox 720) upon their release later this year. "It is a fact that some software development …
Read More »Blackberry boss says tablet computers will be dead in five years
The tablet computer industry – and in turn the iPad – will be dead within five years, the boss of Blackberry has claimed. In five years I don’t think there’ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore,” chief executive Thorsten Heins said, as reported by The Telegraph. Maybe a …
Read More »Ive’s iOS7 redesign could delay planned summer rollout
A complete overhaul of Apple’s iOS operating system could delay its rollout until later in the year. Bloomberg reports that the decision to instigate such a radical redesign – the first in the history of iOS – comes from Apple’s former hardware design chief and current software guru Jonathan Ive. …
Read More »First Develop Conference speakers confirmed
Boss Alien, Thechineseroom, Kinesthetic Games and Simteractive all set to take to the stage
Read More »Molyneux on New Xbox: "I don’t want another way of looking at Facebook"
The always outspoken Peter Molyneux has admitted that he hopes Microsoft doesn’t forget to focus on the gaming credentials of the new Xbox. Although details remain highly secretive, rumours abound that the machine will be positioned as much as a living room entertainment hub as it will a games machine …
Read More »EA touts "strong partnership with Nintendo" despite string of Wii U no-shows
Madden NFL 25 has become the latest EA game to skip a release on Wii U. Last year’s release was made available on both Wii and Wii U, although the last Madden to be released on a Nintendo handheld was in 2011 when Madden formed one of the 3DS’ launch …
Read More »Testronic Labs secures HTC Test Centre deal
QA and localisation firm named HTC Connect authorised testing facility
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