While no mainland China car brand has yet to crack the U.S. market, American automakers sold 2.96 million vehicles in China last year. As far back as a decade ago, having set—and failed to achieve—timetables to begin U.S. sales were Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and BYD, two large Chinese carmakers, and hence it hasn’t been…
Samsung has started sending out invites for the Mobile World Congress 2017. Samsung has just sent out invites for the Mobile World Congress 2017, however before your expectations get the better of you, do note that it is expected to release its next flagship, the Galaxy S8 in March. Nevertheless, let that not pour cold…
General Motor has quietly stopped producing the Spark EV since the summer of 2016. Why would consumers stick to an older model when the upgraded version offers a distinctly superior technology? General Motors has apparently read our thoughts. The auto manufacturer has confirmed to Detroit News that following the arrival of the Chevy Bolt it has…
A debate among policy makers about their long-running stimulus programs has been intensified as Euro-area inflation accelerated more than forecast to effectively reach the European Central Bank’s goal. Beating the 1.5 percent median forecast in a Bloomberg survey, and noting the the fastest since early 2013 was the 1.8 percent annual increase in consumer prices in…
For participating in a scheme that siphoned millions from failing businesses and eventually cost the bank around 250 million pounds ($315 million), two former HBOS Plc bankers were convicted by a London jury. Found guilty of a string of fraud offenses that allowed the men for whom bribes, luxurious foreign travel and high-class escorts became the norm were…
Researchers from University of California, Riverside have developed natural-life algorithms for hybrid cars that have boosted fuel economy by 30%. Hybrid vehicles have got a new shot in the arm: researchers have concluded that plug-in hybrid cars could be made a lot more efficient in their fuel usage. It turns out that while starting in…
The industry for alternative energy sources is only set to grow. In a big step towards green energy, Ireland has decided to slice out coal and oil from its energy footprint. The country’s parliament has passed a bill that stops the country’s investment in fossil fuels. The move has yet to become law since it…
Netflix developers create a mind control interface in the company’s annual Hack Day. In a technological feat that could drive up sales, in Netflix’s annual Hack Day, the company’s developers came up with a slew of neat tricks on how to improve the streaming service. Out of its crop of hacks, the most interesting one…
Its cloud phone Robin will continue to get updates through February 2018. In these last couple of years, Razer has been quite active in the mergers & acquisition scene: the company has acquired THX and Ouya and is now vying to purchase Nextbit. Unfortunately, despite this spate of rampant acquisitions, Razer’s Robin, the “cloud phone”…
The world’s largest advertisers want and demand more control and transparency from their suppliers and hence they are reviewing how they buy digital advertising programmatically. Nearly 90 percent of advertisers it surveyed are “reviewing and resetting contracts and business models,” shows a research by the World Federation of Advertisers. Those ads that make use of…
