en-sg-hotdailynews: 2015-04-28 Singapore Technology

Apple sells more iPhones in China than US
Malaysiakini (subscription)
Apple Inc reported surging profits yesterday amid booming demand for its latest iPhone models and sales breakthroughs in China. Profits rose 33 percent in the January-March period from the same quarter a year earlier to US$13.6 billion. Revenue was up ...

What Tim Cook did and didn't disclose about the Apple Watch   Quartz
Apple's newest iPhones, strong growth in China fuels quarterly results   The Seattle Times (registration)
Apple finds bigger is better when it comes to the iPhone, but iPad sales hit by ...   The Straits Times
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Seeking Alpha
ABC Online
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NPR (blog)

How Tech Firms Are Helping People In The Nepal Earthquake Zone
NPR (blog)
The feeling that tech giants such as Facebook and Google know exactly where we are and what we're doing can be uncomfortable. Targeted advertisements or suggestions based on our location can feel like an invasion of privacy. But the collection of our ...

Facebook, Google and other tech firms aid in Nepal earthquake relief   San Jose Mercury News
Nepal earthquake: Facebook rolls out donation button   Zee News
Tech giants help track Nepal earthquake survivors   MarketWatch
Huffington Post
Daily Mail
Christian Science Monitor
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Marriott launches Apple Watch app to streamline hotel processes for guests
FierceMobileIT
The key to creating a successful wearable program is presenting sensible use cases for the end user. The clearest way developers have built those use cases is by expanding existing processes and pushing them to a wearable device, which is what Marriott ...

Marriott integrates mobile app with Apple Watch   Financial Express
Singapore Airlines Launches All-New Mobile App   The FINANCIAL
Singapore Airlines launches revamped mobile app   Mumbrella Asia

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AsiaOne

Two men arrested for 'stealing' road in China
AsiaOne
NANTONG, China - A concrete public road in eastern China has lost its entire top layer - not stripped by an approved contractor, but by two men who illegally dug it out and sold the slabs to line their own pockets, the local media reported. "A road in Nantong ...

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Jamaica Observer

Flawed airbags linked to 105 injuries, 6 deaths
Jamaica Observer
WASHINGTON, United States(AFP) – Japan's Takata has expanded the number of alleged incidents related to its defective car airbags to 105 injuries and six deaths, a US lawmaker said Monday. Takata recently provided updated information to the US ...

Feds fix mistakes in air bag recall site   WCYB
Takata Confirms Six Deaths Related to Air Bags, Senator Says   Bloomberg
Senate bill would reward workers for reporting safety concerns to regulators   Automotive News (subscription) (blog)

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MDT Announces High-performance TMR Magnetic Sensors with Ultra-high ...
The Independent Singapore News (blog)
SAN JOSE, Calif. and ZHANGJIAGANG, Jiangsu, China, April 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — MultiDimension Technology Co., Ltd. (MDT) announced the TMR29xx and TMR27xx series, a new lineup of high-performance Tunneling Magnetoresistance (TMR) ...

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Motorists from Klang fuming over RM1,000 fine
The Star Online
MOTORISTS in Klang are seeing red over alleged RM1,000 compound fines issued by the municipal council for illegal parking, Malaysia Nanban reported. Several of them who spoke to the daily said some roads in Klang had become hotspots for towing ...

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Yahoo News UK

What the Heck is wpkg.org, and Why Are We Being Redirected to It?
The Beijinger (blog)
Web users in Beijing and indeed around China are wondering what's up with their browsers, as many of them are complaining that visits to overseas sites are being automatically redirected to a site called wpkg.org (and in some cases ptraveler.com).
Strange malfunctions are happening on China's internet   Business Insider Australia

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