iPhone 6 & 6 Plus beat out the competition in performance benchmarks

With the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus now officially in customers’ hands after a record opening weekend of iPhone sales, today we get a look at various benchmark results for the devices compared to the competition from AnandTech. 

Ahead of the site’s full technical review of the new iPhones, today it posted several benchmark results showing the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus win out by just about every metric...

Alibaba's IPO debut roars, shares soar over 32%

Alibaba, BABA the Chinese e-commerce giant whose magical name and real-world business prospects inspired frenzied interest for months ahead of its record-setting initial public offering, surged more than 32% in its delayed debut Friday on the New York Stock Exchange...

Αυτοί είναι οι τέσσερις μεγάλοι μέτοχοι της Τρ. Κύπρου

Η Τράπεζα Κύπρου ανακοίνωσε την Πέμπτη ότι ολοκληρώθηκε η τοποθέτηση και ανοικτή προσφορά, ενώ παράλληλα γνωστοποιεί και τους τέσσερις μεγάλους μετόχους που κατέχουν πέραν του 5%. 

Μετά την ολοκλήρωση της έκδοσης, το εκδομένο μετοχικό κεφάλαιο της Τράπεζας αποτελείται από...

Επικράτηση του «Όχι» στο δημοψήφισμα της Σκωτίας

Υπέρ της παραμονής στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο ψήφισαν οι Σκωτσέζοι στο κρίσιμο δημοψήφισμα επί της ανεξαρτησίας, όπως προκύπτει από τα αποτελέσματα σε 31 εκ των 32 περιφερειών. 

Το αποτέλεσμα μετά τη μέχρι στιγμής καταμέτρηση των ψηφοδελτίων είναι 55,4% για το «Όχι» και 44,6% για το «Ναι», με τον Άλεξ Σάλμοντ να παραδέχεται την ήττα...

Facebook is building a Facebook inside Facebook: A standalone app to share with just your family & close friends

Facebook has a problem: your friends list has grown so broad that sharing a photo or status with all of them probably doesn't make much sense. People still do it out of habit, and because there aren't many clear-cut ways to share with just your family or just your close friends. But according to a new report, Facebook is building a standalone app to help you do exactly this...

Στα $7,3 τρισ. αυξήθηκε η «περιουσία» των πλουσιότερων ανθρώπων

Εν μέσω κρίσης, οι Ευρωπαίοι δισεκατομμυριούχοι ξεπέρασαν φέτος τους Βορειοαμερικανούς όσον αφορά το σύνολο του πλούτου που διαθέτουν, σύμφωνα με μια έρευνα της εταιρείας Wealth-X της Σιγκαπούρης και της ελβετικής τράπεζας UBS. 

Στην Ευρώπη καταγράφονται 775 δισεκατομμυριούχοι, τα περιουσιακά στοιχεία των οποίων ανέρχονται συγκεντρωτικά, για το 2014, στα 2,375 τρισ. δολάρια. Οι Βορειοαμερικανοί...

Report claims Apple will hold Oct. 21 event for new iPads and Yosemite

According to a report from Micah Singleton at The Daily Dot, Apple is planning to hold its next press event on October 21. The date lines up with our report of a late October release for Yosemite from July and adds that Apple will use the event to unveil two new iPad models:..

SwiftKey's Systemwide Gesture Keyboard Launching Alongside iOS 8 for Free

Earlier this year, popular Android alternative keyboard maker SwiftKey expanded to iOS with a note-taking app integrating the company's gesture keyboard. And with Apple opening up iOS to systemwide third-party keyboard as part of iOS 8, SwiftKey is ready to expand its presence. 


In a blog post and appearance at TechCrunch Disrupt last week, SwiftKey showed off its iOS 8 gesture keyboard and announced that it will launch alongside iOS 8 when the new operating system debuts tomorrow...

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Reviews: 'Thin and Sexy', 'Bigger and Better', Impressive Battery Life Up to 2 Days

At its September 9 iPhone event, Apple provided multiple publications with iPhone 6 and 6 Plus review units. The embargo has now lifted on review posts, so we have gathered some of the relevant excerpts from each site in order to highlight general release reactions to Apple's iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. 

Apple's two new devices are essentially identical in design aside from the difference in screen size and the battery life/optical image stabilization in the iPhone 6 Plus, so we've chosen to combine the device reviews into one post...

The First Advert Has Appeared on Instagram

As promised back in June, Instagram is preparing to show ads for UK users soon. Charlotte Williams spotted a PSA-style sponsored post from Instagram announcing the roll-out:..

Microsoft acquires Minecraft for $2.5 billion

Microsoft has announced that it will acquire the Minecraft franchise, and its Swedish developer Mojang, for $2.5 billion. Microsoft asserts that it “plans” to continue distributing Minecraft across PC, Xbox, PlayStation, iOS, and Android, but obviously the game’s cross-platform future is called into question by this acquisition. Markus “Notch” Persson, and Mojang’s other two founders, will not be...

Χειμερινό ωράριο στις τράπεζες από την 1η Οκτωβρίου

Από την 1η Οκτωβρίου 2014 εφαρμόζεται το χειμερινό ωράριο στις τράπεζες, σύμφωνα με ανακοίνωση του Εργοδοτικού Συνδέσμου Τραπεζών. 

Από την 1η Οκτωβρίου 2014 μέχρι και τις 30 Απριλίου 2015, οι τράπεζες θα λειτουργούν Δευτέρα - Παρασκευή από τις...

Αναβάθμισε την Ελλάδα ο οίκος Standard&Poor's

Σε αναβάθμιση της πιστοληπτικής ικανότητας της Ελλάδας κατά μία βαθμίδα, από B- σε Β, προχώρησε ο οίκος αξιολόγησης Standard&Poor’s.

Η προοπτική του ελληνικού αξιόχρεου χαρακτηρίζεται «σταθερή», γεγονός που σημαίνει πως δεν αναμένονται άλλες αναβαθμίσεις ή υποβαθμίσεις κατά τους επόμενους μήνες.

Όπως σημειώνει ο οίκος, η αναβάθμιση «αντανακλά» την εικόνα της πως «οι κίνδυνοι για τη...

iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Now Available for Pre-Order

Apple has begun accepting online pre-orders for the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus in several different countries around the world, including the United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore, and the UK. 

Several U.S. carriers, including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint are also accepting pre-orders for the devices. Multiple...

Apple Watch Will Use Skin Contact for Apple Pay Security

When Apple announced that the Apple Watch would be able to use Apple Pay, the company's new mobile payment initiative, many wondered how secure the payments would be if the device lacked the security of Touch ID, which is used in the iPhone 6's implementation. Now, several members of the press have confirmed how the system works. 


Both Rene Ritchie of iMore and Cult of Mac report that when a user...

DISAPPEARING STATUS UPDATES MIGHT BE COMING TO FACEBOOK

Facebook wants people to feed its insatiable data machine with likes and updates. But one of the problems the social network is currently wrestling with is that Snapchat-using young people don't like leaving digital trails, and they don't really like Facebook.

So, how do you get people to post more?

One possible answer: You make it easy for Facebook posts to disappear. As first spotted by The Next Web, Facebook changed one of its help pages to note that people in "some areas" are able...

Apple Watch with NFC Apple Pay unveiled (pics & video)

Apple's iWatch may not be the most-hyped gadget of all the time, but it's certainly one of the most-anticipated products of recent years. Now it's here and Apple's simply calling it Apple Watch. It will be available in early 2015 , starting at $349...

Apple reveals iPhone 6 Plus with 5.5-inch screen, Curved edges, A8 processor, Apple Pay with NFC (pics & video)

For Apple, bigger is indeed better. On Tuesday, the company unveiled the iPhone 6 Plus at its media event, delivering a jumbo-sized model with a 5.5-inch screen in addition to the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 model.

The larger iPhone is basically a phablet, or phone-tablet, like other big phones such as...

iPhone 6: Curved edges, 4.7-inch screen, A8 processor, Apple Pay with NFC (pics & video)

After rumors and customer demand, Apple has finally given the people what they want: an iPhone 6 with a larger-than-4.5-inch screen. In fact, customers will have a choice of two phone to consider, the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus...

Apple Announces Mobile Payment Solution Called Apple Pay

Confirming rumors and leaks, Apple announced this morning that the new iPhone 6 devices will support mobile payments. The feature, which also uses Apple’s Touch ID, will take advantage of NFC technology. That means users will be able to pay for goods and others...