Posts Tagged ‘news’
The Integra FX Report – April 28, 2010 (The Integra FX Report: Daily Foreign Exchange Commentary)
Volatility returned to the N.Y. session on Tuesday morning when S&P downgraded both Greece and Portugal. The Euro, already under overnight pressure from a sixth consecutive day of widening CD spreads in Greece, closed the day down 225 pips against the Dollar and over 300 against the Yen. U.S. equity markets took the news pretty harshly as well, closing down nearly 2.5% after making a new 18 month high on Monday. AUD/USD continued to correlate nicely with the stock market, falling 130 points after the announcement Read the rest of this entry »
The Integra FX Report – April 19, 2010 (The Integra FX Report: Daily Foreign Exchange Commentary)
Any chances we had to limp into the weekend after a choppy and frustrating week were completely destroyed when the SEC announced Goldman Sachs is being charged with defrauding investors by misstating and omitting key facts about a financial product tied to subprime mortgages. U.S. equity markets, already primed for a reversal due to overbought conditions and option expiries, took the news quite hard. S&P futures fell 1.5% and closed @ 1190 after spending the previous two days above 1200. Read the rest of this entry »
Rumor Has It: 4th-Gen iPhone to Have 5-Megapixel Camera
Evidence has emerged to back up the theory that Apple’s next iPhone iteration will have a 5-megapixel camera. It comes by way of DigiTimes , which reports that supplier OmniVision has received a sizable order for the parts necessary for the improvement. The current model only sports a 3-megapixel sensor, which is on par with a lot of devices, but many direct iPhone competitors have begun offering better resolution hardware Read the rest of this entry »
Apple iPhone Tops Mobile Phone Industry in the U.S.
If you live in the U.S. and own a mobile phone, it’s most likely an iPhone, according to a new study conducted by Nielsen. From January through October of this year, Apple’s little wonder device was the most popular phone in the country. Read the rest of this entry »
Rumour Has It: Tablet Announcement as Early as January
Source: Piper Jaffray Whaddya mean, you’re skeptical about reports regarding an upcoming Tablet announcement? When did you last hear a major publisher report exciting Tablet news from unnamed sources? Oh, wait Read the rest of this entry »
Apple Media Plan Hits Your Cable Company Where it Hurts
Big change in TV distribution is in the wind, if the Wall Street Journal’s reporting on Apple’s “all you can eat” iTunes television plan is true. Read the rest of this entry »
Firmware Update Could Maybe Resolve One of iMac’s Problems, At Least
If you’re having problems with your new 27-inch iMac, you’ll be interested to know that Apple released a fix via Software Update for the machines that’s said to resolve screen flicker issues. Now your expensive new purchase will only disappoint you in two or three other ways. Many users are also reporting issues with cracked screens and yellow tinting on the displays, with a gradient from cool to warm as you move from top to bottom down the monitor. Read the rest of this entry »
Tap Tap Revenge Developer Makes $1M Per Month
Do you somehow still doubt that the App Store is a huge money-making enterprise, at least for a lucky few? Then consider the news that Tapulous, the development studio behind the wildly popular Tap Tap Revenge rhythm game franchise, rakes in a cool million every month. Read the rest of this entry »
Apple Lockdown: Fact or Fiction?
UPDATED: I apologize for anyone offended by the initial headline. If you’ll read the Gizmodo article referenced in the first paragraph you’ll see where this headline came from Read the rest of this entry »
And the Best of the Decade Award for Pretty Much Everything Goes to…
You know how Michael Jackson won so many awards in his lifetime that they had to start inventing new ones to justify dragging him onstage? Entertainer of the Universe and Best Selling Artist in the New Galactic Empire spring to mind. Read the rest of this entry »