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Edrington Buys out Webb's Interest in Americas Travel Retail JV

Jun 6, 2017

Scottish spirits company Edrington has taken full ownership of its Americas Travel Retail operations after agreeing to buy out its joint venture (JV) partner for an undisclosed amount. The former JV, Edrington Webb Travel Retail Americas ...

Tags: whisky

Apple WatchOS 4 Revealed: So What's New?

Jun 6, 2017

Apple has announced a brand new operating system for the Apple Watch called watchOS 4. It is available in developer preview from today and will be coming to all users this autumn. Here are the most important new features. Siri Watch face ...

Tags: Apple, watchOS, Watch

Toshiba Has Crashed The OLED TV Party with The 65-Inch X97

Jun 5, 2017

Everyone's launching an OLED telly in 2017, it seems. Toshiba is the latest in on the act, but there's more to its new TV range than just its 65-inch flagship. Toshiba's been a little quiet in the TV game over the past few years, but the ...

Tags: Toshiba, OLED TV

Manz Receives Initial €64.3m Downpayment as Part of €263m CIGS PV Order From Chinese Partners

Jun 5, 2017

Equipment maker Manz AG of Reutlingen, Germany (which has three Solar, Electronics and Energy Storage strategic business units, and supplies integrated production lines for solar cells and modules) has received the first downpayment of ...

Tags: CIGS PV, PV

Skype Takes Cues From Snapchat and Imessage for New Update

Jun 5, 2017

Skype is getting a new update that makes the app more of a social network than a video calling service. Detailed in a post on the Skype Blog, the new update is designed to encourage users to use Skype with the same frequency they use ...

Tags: Skype, Snapchat

Kite Packaging to Expand Headquarters in Coventry, UK

Jun 5, 2017

UK-based Kite Packaging is expanding its headquarters in Coventry, West Midlands with an investment of about £1.5m. The investment will see the company upgrade its warehouse facilities servicing Midlands and online customers. It ...

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Cargill Acquires Colombian Meat Processor Pollos El Bucanero

Jun 5, 2017

Cargill has acquired Pollos El Bucanero (Bucanero Chicken), a Colombian producer of chicken and processed meats products. The acquisition marks Cargill's first introduction of its global protein business into Colombia. Pollos El Bucanero ...

Tags: Cargill, Bucanero Chicken

Google Confirms Native Ad-Blocker for Chrome Will Arrive Next Year

Jun 5, 2017

Earlier this year a Wall Street Journal report contained claims from anonymous sources that Google was working on a native ad-blocker for its Chrome web browser. And now, the company has confirmed the news, announcing that a built-in ...

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LG Pay Goes Live, But You Probably Won't Be Able to Use It

Jun 5, 2017

LG has finally launched its Android Pay rival after months of speculation, but the rollout is, shall we say, somewhat limited. Earlier this year Reuters reported the South Korean firm was gearing up to launch its LG Pay service in June. ...

Tags: LG Pay, Android Pay

Purported iPhone 8 Shots Emerge as Claimed Foxconn Worker Reveals Apple Secrets

Jun 5, 2017

There's been a lot of speculation doing the rounds in regards to Apple's next iPhone, and while rumours such as a full-face screen and the removal home button seem almost certain to be accurate at this point, there is still some confusion ...

Tags: iPhone 8, Apple

Report – Apple to Make Siri Play Nice with More Apps

Jun 5, 2017

After announcing last year that Siri was to be made compatible with third-party apps, Apple is reportedly set to expand that compatibility at WWDC 2017 next week. As Reuters reports, Apple will announce plans to make Siri work with a ...

Tags: Apple, Apps

Apple Is Reportedly Paying The Public to Help Improve Apple Maps

Jun 5, 2017

Apple is reportedly paying freelancers to help improve its homegrown Maps app. According to French blog iGeneration (via 9to5Mac), Apple is paying people 54 (about 40p) every time they accurately confirm or correct a place location within ...

Tags: Apple, Apple Maps

Japanese Chewing Gum Brand Uses HP Indigo Technology to Market Two Million Packs

Jun 5, 2017

Japanese conglomerate Lotte is using HP Indigo printing technology to market more than 2 million of its Xylitol chewing gum brand in unique packages. Xylitol, commemorating its 20th anniversary has released has started a campaign to ...

Tags: HP Indigo printing, packages

What Is Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+? Best Features Explained

Jun 2, 2017

Qualcomm has announced its latest charging standard - QuickCharge 4+. The successor to Quick Charge 4 brings a number of discernible benefits to future handsets running the firm’s Snapdragon 835 chipsets. When the firm announced ...

Tags: Qualcomm, Quick Charge 4

Seaboard Folding Acquires Imperial Packaging

Jun 2, 2017

Seaboard Folding Box, a portfolio company of private equity firm Charter Oak Equity, has acquired paperboard specialist Imperial Packaging for an undisclosed price. Based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Imperial Packaging manufactures folding ...

Tags: Imperial Packaging, Seaboard

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