Huawei is teasing a new smartwatch under the Honor brand dubbed the Honor S1. It will be unveiled at an event on October 18. But wait, you say, Huawei said no new Android Wear devices will come out this year. So, is this a Tizen watch? First teaser image for the Honor S1 smartwatch Could be, could be. The teaser image shows droplets of water, suggesting that the Honor S1 will be waterproof. No surprise here, the Huawei Watch is too and the Honor brand typically parallels the feature of the mothership Huawei brand, but at lower cost. Then there’s…
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Camping World opens for trading Friday, 7 Oct 2016 | 10:26 AM ET | 05:38 Shares of Camping World Holdings rose more than 3 percent Friday, their first day of trading. The recreational vehicle dealership’s stock traded at around $23 Friday on the New York Stock Exchange, opening at $23.75 after pricing at $22 a share, the middle of the expected range of $21 to $23. With 11.4 million shares, the initial public offering raised $251 million. Camping World’s chairman and CEO, Marcus Lemonis, told CNBC’s”Squawk on the Street”on Friday that the IPO proceeds will be used to reduce the company’s…
Australia’s big four banks have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons in the past year, for issues ranging from insurance scandals to accusations of interest rate rigging, and this week, they needed to make mea culpas to a Parliamentary inquiry. The customer and bank culture has been at the heart of the questioning by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, with apologies flowing from the chief executives of Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), ANZ and Westpac for overcharging customers and giving bad financial advice. The CEOs said customers have been compensated, and those responsible held…
Check out which companies are making headlines before the bell: Gap — The apparel retailer reported a three percent drop in comparable-store sales for September. That was slightly larger than the 2.9 percent Thomson Reuters consensus estimate. Comparable sales were down 10 percent at the namesake Gap brand and nine percent at Banana Republic, but were higher by four percent at Old Navy. Gap’s sales were negatively impacted by an August fire at its Fishkill, N.Y., distribution center. Camping World — Camping World will debut on the New York Stock Exchange Friday after pricing its initial public offering at $22…
In order to help civil services aspirants in preparation, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Friday has announced to set up a world class centre for imparting civil services coaching in the state. All the candidates from weaker sections in Bathinda, Punjab will get free coaching, he said at the fifth national seminar to commemorate 125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar in Bathinda. More details about the centre: The state government would take care of the whole expenditure of this centre which is proposed to be set up in Maharaja Ranjit Singh State Technical University Further, Parkash Singh Badal expressed…
The High Commission of Canada organised a competition as a part of activities on October 11, so as to mark International Day of the Girl. Several young women from all over India had participated in the same and Medha Mishra, an Engineering student from Jaipur was selected to serve as Canada’s High Commissioner for a day. Target gender equality and girls’ rights: She had participated in a video competition on the theme “Why girls’ rights are important and what can be done to achieve greater gender equality”. She will hold meetings with senior diplomats at the High Commission and participate…
It’s October, so do me a favor: Curl up on a couch this weekend, drink some cider, andwatch a horror movie. You know, something cliché. Or just play Gears of War 4. Whatever. This week, we get our first look at Wasteland 3 and an extended look at Torment: Tides of Numenera, Ubisoft confirms Beyond Good & Evil 2 for like the tenth time, EA gives awayDungeon Keeper, and the Outlast 2 demo rustles some corn on Steam. This is gaming news for October 2 through 6. My dungeon’s keeper Remember when EA released that mobile follow-up to Dungeon Keeper…
While Windows 10 is designed for a range of hardware, more modern, powerful PCs will benefit from reliability improvements in the new Windows 10 Insider build 14942, released Friday. The new Insider build for the Fast ring includes a laundry list of tweaks and new changes, but the most important are some under-the-hood improvements that Microsoft promises will help improve the reliability of PCs with over 3.5GB of memory. Microsoft’s other updates include an extension of the Active Hours period, improving the touchpad, and an update to the Photos app. The only drawback, Microsoft warned, is if you use the new build…
Microsoft has revealed that the HP Elite x3 smartphone will be available for purchase from its brick and mortar stores starting next week – October 10 to be precise. The device has only been available through online channels so far. The revelation was made by Peter Han, VP of OEM Worldwide Marketing at Microsoft. Over 100 physical Microsoft stores will have the Windows 10-powered device in stock next week. This comes shortly after it came to light that third party retailers in the UK have also started selling the phone. source”cnbc”
The Samsung Galaxy C9 has been popping up here and there over the past couple of months, and at this point its release is simply a matter of ‘when’ and not ‘if’. We’ve had a GeekBench and an Antutu listing, plus a Zauba import entry, and those have given us the key specs – 6-inch FullHD display, Snapdragon 652 chipset, 6GB of RAM, and a couple of 16MP cameras. The one thing missing, and it’s a crucial one, was battery capacity. Samsung Galaxy C9 screenshot with FCC e-label and battery capacity (click for full-size image) FCC, being the good sport…