Sharp plans to produce OLED displays at Foxcon factory in China

iPhone manufacturer Foxconn appears to be determined to satisfy all of Apple"s production needs for the device. The world"s largest contract electronics manufacturer spent around $3.5 billion in early 2016 to acquire Japanese TV and OLED display maker Sharp, and now their acquisition is go..

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Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce to outline transfer plans to Steve Parish

Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce will outline transfer plans to chairman Steve Parish in the next couple of days and options to strengthen his attack will be high on his wishlist.
Allardyce saw his side draw a blank in the goalless FA Cup third round draw at Bolton as the Eagles made it four matches without a win s..

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Week 1 in review: Galaxy S8 rumors, Nokia and BlackBerry plans for 2017

CES or no CES, the stream of Samsung Galaxy S8 rumors is flowing steady. This week has brought us a release date, a hint at a Continuum-like feature, and a live photo, which may very well be a fake. Or it might be real, given that the phone is supposedly already in testing in China.
In the "tangible" folder we have the announcement of the Asus Zenfone AR this week in Las Vegas. A Google Tango-capable 5.7-incher with 8GB of RAM and a Snapdragon 821 inside, it also supports Google Daydream. You can"t be Tango-Daydreaming, though – only one at a time. Asus also pulled the wraps off an iPhone 7 Plus-like dual-camera Zenfone 3 Zoom – unlike the Zenfone Zoom with its periscope 3x mechanism, the Zenfone 3 Zoom has a 2.3x range, courtesy of two separate cameras.
Also at CES, Xiaomi unveiled an even hotter looking white version of the already scorching Mi Mix bringing the number of borderless flagships available outside of China to zero – the Mi Mix will still be exclusive to i..

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Tory donor threatens to stop funding over Brexit plans

Image copyright PA Image caption Theresa May says she wants firms to have the “maximum freedom to trade with and operate in the single market”. A major Tory donor has warned that he will stop funding the party if Theresa May"s Brexit plans involve the UK coming out of the single market.
Sir Andrew Cook, who has donated more than £1.2m to the party, told The Times the country could “sleepwalk to disaster” if it made such a move.
The engineering firm chairman said at least one of his factories was almost “entirely dependent” on access to it.
Sir Andrew backed the Remain campaign in the EU referendum.
He told the newspaper that the “economic arguments of staying in the single market are overwhelming” and it would be a “catastrophe” if the country left.
“It is very difficult to make a political donation to a party when, although I support it ideologically, I do not believe that my interests and my ideology are ad idem with the principal Brexiteers,” he said.
Theresa May has insisted ..

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Wenger provides bleak update on Arsenal"s transfer plans

The Gunners boss denies reports that he is making a move for Ricardo Pereira and insists that there have been no bids for right-backs Mathieu Debuchy and Carl Jenkinson
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has suggested that the Gunners will not be making any further additions to their squad in January.
Wen..

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Private university expansion plans a "risk too far"

Image copyright Science Photo Library Image caption The regulation of the university sector is facing a major overhaul The government"s plans to expand private providers in the UK"s university sector are a “risk too far”, a report from the Higher Education Policy Institute has warned.
The cost of student finance for these “alternative providers” quadrupled in four years to £382m, says the study.
The report warns against a “high-speed” process of allowing new providers to award their own degrees.
The Department for Education says the plans will give students “more choice”.
But the report co-author Robin Middlehurst said the experience of the United States showed “overly generous rules for alternative providers are a magnet for questionable business practices”.
“Better protection of the public purse is overdue, especially given the growth in the number of for-profit providers,” said Prof Middlehurst.
"Bed of nails"The Higher Education and Research Bill, currently bef..

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The Lion King: Peugeot CEO talks future plans and new 3008

facebook twitter google+ email Peugeot’s boss Jean-Philippe Imparato reveals future plans why the 3008 will take the brand to the next level Jean-Philippe Imparato is a man who knows Peugeot inside out. He joined the PSA Group in 1989, and held area manager and regional director roles before working..

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HTC has no plans to unveil a Vive 2 at CES starting next week

According to a report published today, HTC has no plans to unveil a new version of its popular Vive VR headset at CES next month. At last year"s CES show, HTC showed off the Vive Pre developer kits and allowed members of the media to have a hands on experience with the headset. HTC"s VR bu..

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Samsung now plans to remotely kill remaining Note7 units in Korea

Last week, Samsung decided to give more time to Galaxy Note7 in South Korea and elected not to entirely kill the remaining 140,000 units in the wild. In a new development today, however, the tech giant seems to have changed its mind and will allegedly be killing said units after all. To quote the official spokesperson:
Samsung is considering to push the software update to the Note 7 in Korea that can limit the battery charge of the device as the exchange rate has exceeded 90 percent here Now, the statement does mention “limit”, however, since Korean units did already receive the initial preemptive update, capping the charge to 60%, the most likely escalation would naturally be killing the devices – a process already underway in many other markets.
The OTA will likely hit SK Telecom units first, with other carrier, like KT and LG Uplus expected to follow soon. To accommodate the new measures to some extent, Samsung has also extended its exchange or return program until the end of Janu..

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India plans to build world"s tallest statue

Image Caption: The statue will be built off the coast of Mumbai. Pic: @CMOMaharashtra India is to build the world"s tallest statue – twice the size of the Statue of Liberty.
The proposed 630ft (192 metre) statue of Shivaji, a 16th century ruler from western India, will be built off the coast of Mumbai.
The construction – on land reclaimed from the Ara..

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Puel plans to hang on to reported reported Manchester City target Van Dijk

Claude Puel insists Southampton can resist whatever cash is waved in front of them for Virgil van Dijk next month.
Manchester City are reportedly weighing up an eye-watering £50million bid for the Dutch defender when the transfer window opens.
That would represent a huge profit on the £13m Saints paid Celtic for Van ..

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Toyota and Daihatsu reveal plans for new budget models

New internal company will focus on developing cars for emerging markets, but no new sub-brand will be created Toyota and Daihatsu have announced plans to create a fleet of new budget cars for emerging markets, with the inception of a new internal company that will be operational from the start of ne..

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Microsoft plans to open Cortana to third-party developers to compete with Amazon Echo and Google Home

In line with recent rumors that Microsoft is going to harness the ubiquity of Windows and the smarts of Cortana to compete with Google and Amazon in the smart home niche, the tech giant has now opened its AI assistant to third-party developers and device makers. This way Cortana can be integrated in..

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Gylfi Sigurdsson a key part of Bob Bradley"s plans as transfer window looms

Swansea manager Bob Bradley has described star midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson as “a vital part” of the Welsh club"s set-up as the January transfer window looms.
The Iceland playmaker is in his second spell with the Swans, and such is the 27-year-old"s imperious form, that Bradley accepts other clubs will be look..

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ZUK announces Android 7.0 Nougat update plans for the Z2 Pro and Z1

Last month ZUK CEO Chang Chen revealed the fact that the Z2 would receive an update to Android 7.0 Nougat soon, and today the Lenovo-owned brand has confirmed that the tasty treat is headed to a couple of other devices too.
The Z2 Pro will receive the new software on January 28, 2017. The Android 7.0 release will come with ZUK"s own ZUI 2.5 on top. Surprisingly, the Z1 will get a beta Nougat build at some point in January. The Z1 has the Snapdragon 801 chipset, and so far no device sporting that SoC has officially received a final, stable Nougat build. So it"s unlikely that this will ever exit the beta stage, but it"s nice to see Lenovo at least offer this to owners of its first ZUK-branded smartphone.
Oddly, today"s announcement made absolutely no mention of the Z2 and its Nougat update. But we already know that it"s in development for that model too, so hopefully it will launch in the near future. That said, it may just be that the Z2 will have to wait unti..

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Huawei announces Nougat update plans

Huawei has announced Nougat update plans for its smartphones. The Android 7 update for Huawei devices will arrive in the form of version 5.0 of the Chinese company"s EMUI skin. The roll-out will begin sometime in Q1, 2017, with the Huawei Mate 8 and P9 getting the update first, followed by the P9 Plus, P9 lite, nova, and nova Plus.
The new EMUI 5.0, Huawei claims, is more efficient, secure, and user friendly. It “significantly cuts down on the number of steps needed to achieve the desired function,” the company says in a press release, adding that “furthermore, the user can reach 90% of the core functions in just two to three clicks.”
The new UI also lets users choose between the standard layout and an app drawer. “Additionally, users can jump between their professional and personal lives effortlessly with profiles now being able to run in parallel – no switching of phones necessary.”
Coming back to the update, those rocking a Huawei P9, P9 Plus, P9 Lite or Mate 8 will be able ..

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Huawei announces Nougat update plans

Huawei has announced Nougat update plans for its smartphones. The Android 7 update for Huawei devices will arrive in the form of version 5.0 of the Chinese company"s EMUI skin. The roll-out will begin sometime in Q1, 2017, with the Huawei Mate 8 and P9 getting the update first, followed by the P9 Plus, P9 lite, nova, and nova Plus.
The new EMUI 5.0, Huawei claims, is more efficient, secure, and user friendly. It “significantly cuts down on the number of steps needed to achieve the desired function,” the company says in a press release, adding that “furthermore, the user can reach 90% of the core functions in just two to three clicks.”
The new UI also lets users choose between the standard layout and an app drawer. “Additionally, users can jump between their professional and personal lives effortlessly with profiles now being able to run in parallel – no switching of phones necessary.”
Coming back to the update, those rocking a Huawei P9, P9 Plus, P9 Lite or Mate 8 will be able ..

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Will NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans work?

Will the NHS"s savings plan work? Mark Lobel reports.

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Hodges road-tests Labour and Tory plans

Dan Hodges turns on the car puns as he looks back to the Autumn Statement.

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Swappa begins offering protection plans for phones sold on its site

After a recent price hike in Swappa’s monetary share of its sales, the company that arose and grew from the ashes of XDA’s Marketplace forums has teamed up with WarrantyLife to provide protection for the devices you buy on Swappa’s website.
Protection up to $300 for $50 Protection up to $500 for $60 Protection up to $1,000 for $70 “Statistics say” 30% of all Swappa users will break their device at some point.” The protection plan covers repairs, including parts and labors, accident protection for drops and spills, covers screens, water damage, and power surges, and your device will be protected for the full value you paid. There’s a $50 deductible.
Samsung Galaxy S6 The plans cover up to one year from the date of purchase, are renewable every year, offer a $50 deductible, and you have 30 days to change your mind for a full refund. Keep in mind that the plan won’t cover loss or theft, software issues like bricking, cosmetic damage, and battery failure.
This is great news for those wh..

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