Nike Sees a Clearer Path Towards Higher Profits
Investors have been waiting for over a year to see signs that a turnaround was building at Nike (NYSE: NKE). And last week they got their strongest indication yet that this much hoped-for change was imminent. The sports apparel titan revealed a surprisingly strong profit performance in the fiscal third quarter while forecasting an end […]
Is This Key Catalyst for Apple Just Getting Started?
Accounting for 62% of trailing-12-month revenue, Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone business ranks No. 1 when it comes to its importance to the tech giant’s top- and bottom-line results. Meanwhile, Apple’s fast-growing services business comes in at a formidable second place, representing 13% of total revenue. But it’s Apple’s smallest segment — other products — that […]
IBM’s New Computer Is How Small?
IBM (NYSE: IBM) sits at a crossroads in its current turnaround, with the company recently returning to year-over-year revenue growth for the first time in 22 quarters, and with top executives outlining the company’s longer-term strategy at a recent investor presentation. Part of what will power IBM’s growth is good old-fashioned innovation, with the company […]
Apple, Inc. Will Likely Announce a Dividend Increase Next Month
Once a year, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) revisits its capital return program and announces a dividend increase. That time of the year is almost here. Though Apple updated its capital return program on May 2 last year, the tech giant usually announces changes to the program toward the end of April, alongside its second-quarter results. Apple […]
Astro litter-picker launches to help clean up 7,600 tonnes of space junk
The world’s most advanced litter-picker will be launched into space next week to clean up floating debris which is threatening satellites and the International Space Station (ISS). Surrey University has designed a spacecraft which can grab space junk then pull it into Earth’s atmosphere where it is burned up. The little craft, named RemoveDebris, is […]
Mosquito early warning app detects the insects from their buzz
Artificial intelligence researchers have developed a mosquito early warning system that raises the alarm when the insects are near by detecting the whine of their wingbeats. The system uses an app that can run on a £20 mobile phone to analyse sounds in the environment and issue a warning if it hears the telltale buzz […]
Behold the majesty of our world with the best drone photos around
Drones, once the domain of mainly professionals and well-to-do hobbyists, have slowly become more accessible to even the biggest penny-pinchers. Costs have dropped substantially over the past few years, and during this span, we have seen the technology advance exponentially. While early designs were more of a backyard novelty (and often a nuisance) than anything […]
7 hidden Snapchat features for chatting with friends
Chat is built right into the Snapchat name, but the social app’s gesture controls often mean some of those features go unnoticed. For newbies and seasoned Snapchatters alike, this can be a little confusing. Fortunately, Snapchat recently shared some of the app’s hidden chat features — and how to find them. Here are seven hidden […]
‘Extremely rare’ inshore sperm whale sighting caught on camera off Nanaimo
Acoustic recordings of a sperm whale were previously captured in 1984 A rare sperm whale sighting in inshore waters was captured on camera off of Nanaimo, B.C., on Wednesday around noon. Jessica Torode with the B.C. Cetacean Sightings Network said the sperm whale, nicknamed “Yukusam,” was spotted and photographed by three researchers with the Pacific […]
P.E.I. minimum wage will increase April 1
Minimum will increase by 30 cents to $11.55 per hour The province is reminding Islanders the minimum wage will increase April 1 to $11.55 per hour. Prince Edward Island will have the highest minimum wage in Atlantic Canada with the increase. Islanders found out about the raise in November 2017. The Employment Standards Board recommended […]