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LG 2016 financial report shows poor performance of mobile division

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LG Electronics announced its fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 financial results today and they look good for all the departments except Mobile Communications. Overall the company reports KRW 14.78 trillion revenue in sales ($12.79 billion) and KRW 1.34 trillion ($1.16 billion) operating profit due to strong performance by home appliances, air solutions and home entertainment. But one product didn’t perform well and it was the flagship smartphone  LG G5 . Source: LG Electronics The Mobile Communications (MC) division announced 15% QoQ growth due to the strong sales of the  LG V20  but it was somewhat expected as that was the holiday quarter. Shipments reached 14.1M units with 4% QoQ growth but 8% decrease on an yearly basis. The operating margin went from -1.7% in 4Q 2015 to -16.1% in 4Q 2016 on KRW 2.9 trillion ($2.51 billion) of revenue. LG's outlook on the Mobile department says that the company is aiming to recover premium position in 2017 by launching suc...
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Night Shift coming to macOS,spotted in latest beta

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Apple's Night Shift Is Finally Coming to macOS Michael Nunez Yesterday 3:53pm Filed to:  APPLE Image: AP Staring at your computer screen in the dead of night can be bad for you, if only because it can also  keep you up later than expected . Now, Apple is finally releasing a feature on macOS that will save your precious pupils from the tyranny of blue light. Apple is releasing its Night Shift feature—currently available on iOS—to laptops and desktops through the newest version of macOS Sierra (10.12.4 beta). For the uninitiated, the Night Shift feature reduces the amount of blue light emitted by your glowing computer screen. It gives the entire screen a yellow hue in the evenings to cause less strain on your eye and to help you sleep easy. For now, the Sierra 10.12.4 beta is only available to developers, but Apple will soon make this (and iOS 10.3 beta) available to the public. Most fans of the type of blue light reduction enabled by Night Shift w...
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