Technology Report: Sony sells more than 10 million PlayStation 4 consoles

	Click to View in Browser 08/12/2014 Sony sells more than 10 million PlayStation 4 consoles SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Tuesday that sales of its PlayStation 4 video game console, launched in November, has surpassed 10 million units. Need a personal time assistant? Apps aim to improve productivity TORONTO (Reuters) - Too many things to do and not enough time to do them? New apps are designed to act as personal time assistants to get tasks done and improve productivity. Exclusive: Apple prepares Healthkit rollout amid tangled regulatory web SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has been discussing how its "HealthKit" service will work with health providers at Mount Sinai, the Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins as well as with Allscripts, a competitor to electronic health records provider Epic Systems, people familiar with the discussions said. Apple suppliers begin production of new iPad tablets: Bloomberg (Reuters) - Apple Inc's suppliers have begun manufacturing new iPad tablets in an attempt to revive flagging sales of the tablet, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. In tech hiring case, a new player at the table SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - It's not often that a judge decides to blow up a settlement worth hundreds of millions of dollars because it is too low, but San Francisco attorney Daniel Girard convinced one Silicon Valley jurist to do exactly that. Google, Asian telecoms to build $300 million undersea cable to Japan (Reuters) - Search engine Google Inc and five Asian telecom and communications companies have agreed to invest about $300 million to develop and operate a trans-Pacific cable network connecting the United States to Japan. Amazon stops some Disney movie preorders: WSJ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc has halted pre-orders of some Disney movies, the Wall Street Journal reported, in what appears to be another contract dispute after the online retailer began a protracted spat with publisher Hachette Book Group this year. Australia's Telstra buys video platform company Ooyala for $270 million SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's largest telecommunications company Telstra Ltd said on Tuesday it had paid $270 million to buy out Silicon Valley-based video platform company Ooyala as part of a deeper push into digital media. 'Naked PCs' lay bare Microsoft's emerging markets problem (Reuters) - On a trip to Beijing a decade ago, Bill Gates was asked by a senior government official how much money Microsoft Corp made in China. The official asked the interpreter to double check Gates' reply as he couldn't believe the figure was so low. Latin American telecom firm NII Holdings may seek bankruptcy (Reuters) - Mobile service provider NII Holdings Inc, reporting its ninth quarterly loss in a row, said on Monday it may have to file for bankruptcy after struggling to compete in Brazil and Mexico. Related Video Nanotechnology keeps clothes dry and stain free Self-cleaning cashmere saves cash and environment Mediafile A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend