Year: 2015

NEW YORK: Roku launched its updated Roku 3 streaming set-top and mobile apps in the U.S. featuring voice-activated search and ...

Tiny bird makes extraordinary, non-stop migration

HARROW: Scientists have long wondered how the Blackpoll warbler (Setophaga striata), a songbird that weighs a mere 12g – about ...

Diversify hiring practices: Microsoft to hire people with autism

SYDNEY: In a move to further diversify its hiring practices, Microsoft has announced that it will make a concerted effort ...

Tai Harmony bulk carrier to arrive at France’s Rouen port to load 38,000 tonnes of animal-feed wheat

PARIS: A first cargo of French wheat for the Philippines in more than 12 years is due to load in ...

2016 Lexus RX 350, RX 450h will be on sale later this year

NEW YORK: The new, fourth-generation 2016 Lexus RX gets a dramatic styling evolution, adopting the company's most recent design language ...

Freight company CaroTrans Global starts expedited service between Le Havre, France to Port of Charleston

PARIS: CaroTrans Global, a company that handles freight exports for contracting businesses, has started an expedited service between Le Havre, ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook announces 50 % discount on Apple Watch for employees as goodwill gesture

LONDON: Apple CEO Tim Cook has come up with good news for all the employees of the company. Cook has ...

Ireland customs seizes 50m illegal cigarettes in 10 months

DUBLIN: Customs officers have scored a major victory in the battle against smugglers after seizing 50 million cigarettes in 10 ...

Tarantulas become clumsy, uncoordinated in heat, study

EALING: Spiders are interesting creatures. They don’t rely solely on their muscles to move. They rather use a combination of ...

Italy PM Matteo Renzi to keep deficit-to-GDP target at 2.6% for 2015

ROME: Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s government plans to stick to its previous deficit target for this year, said a government ...

Italian business confidence jumps to 103.7 for March from 100.5 in Feb

ROME: A key gauge of business confidence has reached its highest level since March 2008, according to Bloomberg data. The index, ...

Turkish, Kuwait ministers discuss investment opportunities

ANKARA: Chief Executive Officer at Kuwait Finance House KFH , Mazin Saad Al-Nahedh and Turkish Minister of Finance, Mehmet Simsek held ...

Nintendo delays Zelda Wii U game until 2016, Wii U gets Xenoblade Chronicles X, Star Fox, Yoshi’s Woolly World, Mario Maker in 2015

TOKYO: Nintendo have delayed much anticipated Zelda Wii U game until next year. This unfortunate news has come to the ...

Turkey consumer-price index rises to 7.61% in March from 7.55% in February

ANKARA: Turkey’s annual inflation rate rose to a three-month high in March amid soaring food prices and a weakening currency, ...

Google’s new ARC Welder software allows users to run Android mobile apps on Mac or PC

NEW YORK: Google's new ARC Welder software allows users to run Android mobile apps through the Chrome browser on any ...

Upcoming Apple TV to not support 4K video streaming just yet

NEW YORK: The upcoming Apple TV will not support 4K video streaming just yet. Buzzfeed cites people close to the ...

Dutch mobile operators KPN, Vodafone, T-Mobile spend less on marketing to SOHO customers

AMSTERDAM: The Dutch mobile operators KPN, Vodafone and T-Mobile spent less on marketing to SOHO customers in the past year, ...

‘Tax holiday’ scheme ends: Indian revenue authority directs Cadbury to pay $88m tax

MUMBAI: The Indian government has directed the multinational chocolate maker Cadbury to file about 5.5 billion rupees ($88 million) tax. ...

Honda S660 gets upgrades from Japanese tuner, parts manufacturer Mugen