Facebook’s Actual Customers Aren’t Going Anywhere
Social networking juggernaut Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) may be neck-deep in a massive privacy scandal at the moment, which is forcing the company and its users to confront some very difficult questions, but there are signs that the company’s long-term fundamentals may remain intact. There have been at least two surveys conducted by Street analysts (one […]
Spotify Scoops Up Loudr to Strengthen Royalty Payments
Freshly public Spotify (NYSE: SPOT) doesn’t have the greatest track record of accurately paying royalties to music artists. The company has been hit with numerous lawsuits over the years over its payouts, most recently by Wixen Music Publishing in January. Wixen’s suit is seeking $1.6 billion in damages after alleging that Spotify failed to properly […]
Walmart Looks Set to Spoil Amazon’s India Strategy
India will soon be the world’s most populous country, and economists at PriceWaterhouse Coopers predict it will become the world’s second-biggest economy by 2050, behind only China. Given that expected growth, it’s no surprise that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has already allocated $5 billion to the Indian market, with more investment dollars likely to come. Amazon […]
Delta Air Lines, Inc. Earnings: Revenue Growth Accelerates in Q1
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) achieved its best unit revenue growth in years during the fourth quarter of 2017, as revenue per available seat mile (RASM) rose 4.4%. On Thursday, the carrier confirmed that its unit revenue growth accelerated in the first few months of 2018 — and is on track to stay strong in […]
Google AI can pick out voices in a crowd
Humans are usually good at isolating a single voice in a crowd, but computers? Not so much — just ask anyone trying to talk to a smart speaker at a house party. Google may have a surprisingly straightforward solution, however. Its researchers have developed a deep learning system that can pick out specific voices by […]
Google could soon let you sync smartphones for music playback
Smart speakers are all the rage these days. Companies like Sonos, Google, JBL, and more, are all working on ways to connect multiple speakers together for a house-wide audio experience. But all of these solutions involve having to buy new speakers. What if you could achieve a similar result with speakers that you already have […]
RAW photo editor Luminar is now up to 12 times faster with Jupiter upgrade
Photo editing platform Luminar just got faster. On Thursday, April 12, Skylum launched Luminar 2018 Jupiter, a speed-focused upgrade for the company’s photo editor and RAW processor. The company boasts speed improvements of up to five times on Windows and up to 12 times on Mac and claims improved RAW conversion with the update as […]
NASA Tess spacecraft to prowl for planets as galactic scout
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Look up at the sky tonight. Every star you see — plus hundreds of thousands, even millions more — will come under the intense stare of NASA’s newest planet hunter. Set to lift off early next week, the Tess spacecraft will prowl for planets around the closest, brightest stars. These newfound […]
Coles Island’s 2 aging bridges to be replaced starting next year
Provincial and federal governments to spend about $45M replacing bridges on Route 10 The provincial and federal governments will spend more than $22 million each to replace the Coles Island bridges that carry Route 10 traffic across the Canaan River. Premier Brian Gallant said in the announcement Wednesday that forestry companies need the two new […]
‘It feels great’: Creator of Winnipeg Jets’ whiteout awed by tradition’s endurance
Whiteout first appeared April 16, 1987, as the Jets’ counter to Calgary’s ‘C of red’ As retailers struggle to keep up with demand for Jets whiteout gear, there’s one Winnipegger who can’t help beaming. Rod Palson is the advertising brain behind the playoff tradition that began in the city 31 years ago and has become […]