en-na-hotdailynews: 2015-01-27 Namibia Technology

Microsoft profit falls on sluggish Windows, currency pressure
Livemint
Microsoft's flagship Windows business has been under pressure for three years as PC sales have declined, although the market appears to be stabilizing in recent months. Seattle: Microsoft Corp. on Monday reported a fall in its quarterly profit that was in line ...

Microsoft's core goes soft with focus on cloud transition   Moneycontrol.com
Sluggish Windows sales still hurting Microsoft profit   The Age
Why Microsoft Is Making Less Money From Windows   TIME
The Seattle Times (blog)
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Facebook's Oculus announces Story Studio, an in-house virtual-reality film studio
Firstpost
Facebook's Oculus VR is getting into movies with an in-house studio dedicated to making virtual-reality films and premiered its first short piece at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday. Tapping talent from both Pixar, the animation studio behind computer ...

I just saw the first movie from Oculus, and it is the future   The Verge
Oculus Launches Story Studio to Promote Virtual Reality Filmmaking   Variety
Facebook's Oculus forms in-house virtual-reality film studio   Reuters
OCRegister
TechCrunch
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WikiLeaks blasts Google for quietly handing emails to government
Daily News & Analysis
WikiLeaks, founded by Julian Assange, landed in the public spotlight in 2010 when it published a trove of classified government information, including leaked US diplomatic cables. WikiLeaks criticized Google Inc on Monday, alleging that the company waited ...

Wikileaks says Google attacked journalism for handing over staffer mails to US ...   Firstpost
WikiLeaks Assails Google and the US   New York Times
WikiLeaks questions Google over private-staff data   MarketWatch
Irish Examiner
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Fortune

Can wifi replace your cellphone plan?
Fortune
This post is in partnership with Time. The article below was originally published at Time.com. By Victor Luckerson, TIME. The wireless industry has seen its fair share of changes over the last two years, many sparked by T-Mobile's disruptive “uncarrier” policies ...

Cablevision to release Wi-Fi-only cell phone service   FOX CT
Cablevision to offer mobile phone service through WiFi   Android Community
Cablevision announces new Wi-Fi mobile phone service in development   SMN Weekly
InformationWeek
AdAge.com
Philly.com
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China Purchasing More Apple iPhones Than the U.S.
Financial Market News
It is expected that Apple will announce this week that it sold more of its iPhones in China that it did at home in the U.S. in 2014. This highlights the shift in power balance of the smartphone world market. Analysts predict that the tech giant based in the U.S. ...

China Could Overtake U.S. as Top iPhone Market, Analysts Says   Eastern Morning Herald
Apple likely sold more iPhones in China than in the U.S.   GeekWire
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Sells More iPhones In China Than US   Bidness ETC
National Column
Fast Company
Business Insider
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ZDNet

Apple to rely on Samsung chips for iPhone, iPad into 2015
ZDNet
Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus both run chips made by Samsung (Image: CNET). Samsung will continue to be Apple's supplier of processors for its iPhones smartphones and iPad tablets, according to sources within the chip-making industry. A report ...

Samsung Electronics to be main chip supplier for next iPhone   Livemint
Samsung Electronics to be main chip supplier for next iPhone - South Korea paper   Reuters UK

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Facebook Releases Lite Android App For Emerging Markets
Forbes
Facebook is working on an app called Facebook Lite, which is optimized for low-end Android devices in emerging markets. Facebook Lite launched in a limited number of countries across Asia and Africa over the weekend, according to TechCrunch.
Facebook testing a spare 'Lite' service for Android   Computerworld
Facebook unveils 'lite' app for emerging markets   The Straits Times
Facebook quietly rolled out a bare-bones app in emerging markets   Mashable
Pocket-lint.com
AndroidGuys
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Witcher 3: What I learned in the first three hours
San Jose Mercury News (blog)
Do yourself a favor and start playing the Witcher series from the beginning. Begin with the original released in 2007 and move on to the sequel The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings that hit shelves in 2011. You'll see a series that's taken evolutionary leaps with ...

Can The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt match Skyrim's success?   Telegraph.co.uk
Witcher 3: Wild Hunt hands-on: Four hours with the most anticipated RPG of the ...   PCWorld

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