En av Aftonbladets medarbetare anklagas för att ha gjort sig skyldig till våldtäkt och sexuella ofredanden. Under hashtaggen ”MeToo” berättar flera kvinnor öppet om mannens övergrepp. Aftonbladet har inlett en internutredning – och nu tar medarbetaren en timeout tills vidare, skriver tidningens chefredaktör Sofia Olsson Olsén.På tisdagen fick #MeToo ny fart. Hashtaggen gick från att rymma reaktioner på den amerikanska filmproducenten Harvey Weinsteins övergrepp till en diskussion om mäns sexuella trakasserier och kränkningar mot kvinnor.Nu anklagas en Aftonbladetjournalist för sexuella övergrepp.Aftonbladetjournalist pekas utI fyra av varandra oberoende berättelser pekas en och samma man ut. Mannen är journalist och jobbar för tidningen Aftonbladet.

Reuters) – EBay Inc warned Wall Street on Wednesday that profit this quarter could fall below analysts’ estimates as it invests in marketing and a revamped website to attract more shoppers, sending shares down more than 5 percent in after-hours trade.File photo – The eBay app is seen on a mobile phone in this illustration photo October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/IllustrationThe online marketplace is making a big push to catch up to Amazon.com Inc with three-day guaranteed delivery and a more user-friendly website, hoping to distinguish itself as a haven for specialty items rather than commodity products.It said marketing expenses rose by nearly 5 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier, as it got that message across to potential customers.Factoring in the higher costs, eBay forecast fourth-quarter adjusted profit, excluding some costs, of between 57 cents and 59 cents per share. On that basis, analysts on average were expecting a profit of 59 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.

Since its release three years ago, CarPlay has been gradually expanding with more car manufacturers signing on to support the feature every year. Now, a new report from Strategy Analytics offers a bit more information on consumer interest in CarPlay…The survey found that, in the United States, 23 percent of smartphone users view CarPlay as a “must have” for their next car purchase. 56 percent of respondents said that they are “interested” in the technology for their next car, while 21 percent said they aren’t interested.Somewhat surprisingly, interest is a bit tamer in the United States than it is elsewhere around the world. In Europe, 25 percent see CarPlay as a must have, while 36 percent of smartphone users in China say it’s a must have.On a broader scale, “no fewer than 30 percent” of consumers said that they are willing to pay for an in-car smartphone mirroring feature as long as it’s at a reasonable price point.

(Reuters) – Two of the best-known names in the smartphone hardware business are squaring off in court over new technology that allows phones to connect to devices like cameras without wires or metal connectors.Privately owned Keyssa Inc, backed by iPod co-creator Tony Fadell is suing Essential Products Inc, a smartphone startup founded by Andy Rubin, the co-creator of the Android mobile phone operating system, accusing it of theft of trade secrets in a lawsuit filed on Monday in U.S. federal court in San Francisco.Essential said it had not yet been officially served the lawsuit and could not comment.

iPhone X will drive a worldwide spike in smartphone sales | Cult of Mac

The expected success of the iPhone X could help drive worldwide device shipments — comprising smartphones, tablets, and PCs — to their highest level of growth since 2015, a new report claims.Figures released by data analysis firm Gartner suggests that total device shipments are predicted to exceed 2.35 billion units in 2018, an increase of 2 percent from this year. The firm notes that the iPhone X is likely to be a big sales driver in the United States, China and Western Europe, despite its $1,000+ price.In terms of smartphones, Gartner suggests that total sales are likely to be in excess of 1.9 billion units, up 6 percent from 2017. Apple’s production problems with the iPhone X (whoch may now have been resolved) could actually work in its favor since it will shift sales into next year.

Ron Howard has been sharing photos from the Star Wars standalone Han Solo movie ever since he took over the director’s chair in June. But the one tidbit he didn’t share? The film’s title.Until now. On Tuesday, Howard tweeted out a short video revealing the film’s title — with a little help from the furry arms of Han Solo’s co-pilot.Get your red plastic party cups out — the title is the perhaps-obvious ”Solo” (with ”A Star Wars Story” pinned on, just in case you thought it really was about the drinking cups).