HP explores love at first sight in new short film this Valentine’s Day

This Valentine’s day, HP is gearing up to introduce a special project, History of Memory.  The project explores the evolution of photography to better understand the connection between printed photos and memory. Through films, events, personal stories and social experiments, the value of printed images in our lives, especially in our family histories, is elevated and explained.

We launched the first film in the series, At First Sight, today February 11^th, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The film brings light to the question - can you fall in love for a lifetime after seeing a photograph? See how one couple’s destiny was sealed after a fateful exchange here.

Smart downloads coming to Netflix on IOS

Netflix is launching Smart Downloads for iOS – a seamless way for members to intelligently download titles on their iOS devices. In July 2018, Netflix first launched Smart Downloads for Android users, helping them spend less time managing downloads and more time watching their shows on the go.

How it works: Once you finish watching a downloaded episode, Smart Downloads will download the next available episode and automatically delete one you’ve already watched.

Users do have the option to opt-out of the feature entirely and episodes will only download over Wi-Fi.

Deidre O'Brien to head Apple's Retail and People as SVP, as Angela Ahrendts departs

It is a bit of a bombshell shake-up at Cupertino as Apple announced that Deirdre O’Brien is taking on new responsibilities for Apple’s retail and online stores in an expanded role as senior vice president of Retail + People, reporting to CEO Tim Cook.

O'Brien will take over from Angela Ahrendts, who is leaving the company after five years of leading the company’s retail and online stores, Angela Ahrendts who was CEO of Burberry before joining Apple, was a prime acquisiton and led the company's foray into more fashionable products and retail stores.

Many insiders believed Ahrendt's was being groomed for a bigger role at Apple, possibly even as CEO of the global brand post Tim Cook.  

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Microsoft's Surface revenue surges by 39 per cent in the quarter

Microsoft which recently became the most valuable company reported  $32 billion in revenues and a net income of $8.4 billion for the quarter. While Microsoft's continued success rides on it's extensive cloud services offerings, the company's Surface division is proving to be an impressive earner for the Redmond giant.

Surface revenues grew by 39 per cent in the quarter, proving that Microsoft was right to continue refining and expanding its hardware portfolio. The recent release of the Surface Pro 6 as well as the lower-priced Surface Go, there really is a Surface device for every type of user in both enterprise and consumer markets. There's also indication that Microsoft's Surface team is working on new products, possibly even the long rumoured 'Andromeda' foldable. It will be interesting to see what's next from Microsoft not just in terms of services and productivity but also in terms of hardware.