GoPro shares jump with hire of Apple designer
San Francisco (AFP) April 14, 2016 -
Shares of GoPro jumped on Wednesday on word that the troubled maker of mini-cameras popular for capturing first-person action had hired away a longtime Apple designer.
GoPro shares were up slightly more than 19 percent to $13.90 at the close of trading on the Nasdaq exchange.
The California-based company announced that Daniel Coster would become the company's vice president of design at ...
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GoPro teams with developers to spur camera sales
San Francisco (AFP) April 14, 2016 -
GoPro on Thursday announced it is teaming up with outside developers to make it easy to use the company's mini cameras with apps or synch them with other devices.
The effort to make GoPro products more versatile and, ideally, more tempting to buyers was revealed a day after the California-based company announced that it hired away an Apple veteran to become vice president of the GoPro design ...
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NY Times adds $50 million for global digital expansion
New York (AFP) April 14, 2016 -
The New York Times announced plans Thursday to invest $50 million into efforts to boost digital readership and revenue outside the United States.
The prestigious US daily said it was creating a new "international digital growth team" to help promote the Times to global audiences.
The paper has one of the world's largest newsroom operations but has been making a slow transition to the dig ...
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Biggest sovereign fund excludes 52 coal-related groups
Oslo (AFP) April 14, 2016 -
Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, has excluded 52 coal-related companies in line with new ethical guidelines barring it from investing in such groups, Norway's central bank said Thursday.
The move was seen as a sign of the growing influence investors wield in the fight against climate change.
In June 2015, the Scandinavian country's parliament agreed to pull the fund o ...
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Life left for oil and gas in Norway, regulator says
Oslo, Norway (UPI) Apr 14, 2016 -
The Norwegian government said it was placing an emphasis on the long view for the potential for offshore oil and gas production during the market downturn.
"The oil and gas industry is currently experiencing a period characterized by low oil prices and considerable challenges," the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said in a statement. "This means it is important to have a long-term persp ...
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Brittle is better for making cement
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 14, 2016 -
Because concrete, the world's most-used construction material, is such a major contributor to climate change, it's worth knowing every detail about how it's manufactured, according to Rice University scientists.
The Rice lab of theoretical physicist Rouzbeh Shahsavari is looking into those details down to the atomic level. The lab has published the results of computer modeling studies that ...
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University of Sussex research brings 'smart hands' closer to reality
Sussex UK (SPX) Apr 15, 2016 -
Using your skin as a touchscreen has been brought a step closer after UK scientists successfully created tactile sensations on the palm using ultrasound sent through the hand. The University of Sussex-led study - funded by the Nokia Research Centre and the European Research Council - is the first to find a way for users to feel what they are doing when interacting with displays projected on thei ...
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