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30 January 2016 • 17:25 AMT
Windows Phone sales down by half compared to a year ago

The release of two flagship Lumia 950 handsets appears to have done little to reverse the fortunes of Windows Phone.

30 January 2016 • 13:39 AMT
Ani Amiraghyan advances to final round of Turkey F4 Futures tennis cup

The Armenian sportswoman beat Turkish player Ayla Aksu 6:3, 6:3 to storm into the final round of the cup, set to be held on January 31.

30 January 2016 • 13:14 AMT
Getty Museum acquires Gentileschi’s “Danaë” for $30.5 million

A figurehead of the Italian Baroque period, Orazio Gentileschi began his career in Rome where he worked in close proximity with Roman and visiting artists.

30 January 2016 • 13:08 AMT
Mario Puzo archive featuring “The Godfather Trilogy” set for auction

Included is an original 744-page typed working draft manuscript for The Godfather novel, then titled “Mafia”.

30 January 2016 • 13:02 AMT
Cate Blanchett to make Broadway debut in Chekhov’s “The Present”

The Present is based on the Chekhov play, which was only discovered some 16 years after the Russian writer’s death.

30 January 2016 • 13:01 AMT
Almost 40 Greece-bound migrants drown off Turkey

More than one million refugees and migrants arrived by land and sea in the European Union last year and some 3,600 died or went missing.

30 January 2016 • 12:55 AMT
Grace Gummer joins “Mr. Robot” hit hacker drama series

Gummer will play Dominique “Dom” DiPierro, a young FBI field agent investigating the Evil Corp Hack that occurred in the season one finale.

30 January 2016 • 12:53 AMT
Armenia exports down by 4%, imports drop by 26.5%

Foreign trade turnover amounted to $4 740,8 million in 12 months of 2015, decreasing by 20,6% against the same period in 2014.

30 January 2016 • 12:43 AMT
Russian figure skater of Armenian origin wins European Championship

Anastasiya Galustyan who represented Armenia at the tournament took the 15th place with 143, 05 points.

30 January 2016 • 12:20 AMT
Samsung Galaxy S7, S7 Edge leak in new images, look like S6, S6 Edge

Rumors point to Samsung cramming a lot of features that Android fans have been clamoring for: a microSD card slot, water resistance.

30 January 2016 • 12:14 AMT
“Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You” doc sells to Music Box

It includes interviews with Norman Lear, George Clooney, Bill Moyers, John Amos, Alan Horn, Russell Simmons, Amy Poehler and Jon Stewart.

30 January 2016 • 12:08 AMT
Meg Ryan to helm Delia Ephron’s romantic comedy “The Book”

Ryan made her directorial debut with “Ithaca,” a coming-of-age saga about life on the home front during World War II.

30 January 2016 • 12:01 AMT
“Ted,” “Family Guy” scribes tackle dad comedy for Universal

Wellesley Wild’s pitch centers on a group of overweight dads who get a wakeup call when one of their friends has a heart attack.

30 January 2016 • 11:57 AMT
“Mad Max,” “Carol” win big at Australian Academy’s Int’l Awards

Journalism drama, “Spotlight,” won the best screenplay, following strong competition from “Carol,” “Ex Machina,” “The Martian” and “Steve Jobs.”

30 January 2016 • 11:24 AMT
Google testing solar-powered drones for 5G Internet delivery

The system is being tested with an “optionally piloted” aircraft called Centaur as well as solar-powered drones made by Google Titan.

30 January 2016 • 10:29 AMT
3500 shots registered in Azerbaijani ceasefire violations Jan 24-30

On January 26, special units of the Azeri army initiated a subversive attack in the southern direction of the contact line with Karabakh.

30 January 2016 • 10:18 AMT
Maternal, neonatal mortality rates drop twofold in Armenia

“With 30% of couples suffering from infertility in 2000, the rate has now dropped to 14.6%,” Razmik Abrahamyan said.

30 January 2016 • 10:12 AMT
U.S. expects Canada to outline its role in fighting Islamic State

“I am confident that the prime minister is working on ways to continue their significant contribution to the coalition,” Kerry said.

30 January 2016 • 10:07 AMT
Sony Classics picks up John Krasinski’s drama “The Hollars”

Krasinski plays a struggling New York City artist who is forced to navigate the small middle-American town he left behind.

30 January 2016 • 10:05 AMT
Turkey wants €5 bln to stem flow of refugees to Europe

According to UN, over 2.5 million Syrian refugees are temporarily living in Turkey, many of whom seek to travel further to Europe.

30 January 2016 • 09:43 AMT
Universal acquires Imogen Poots, Michael Shannon’s “Frank And Lola”

The film is the directorial debut of Matthew Ross, a former consultant on “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and managing editor of Filmmaker magazine.

30 January 2016 • 09:18 AMT
Spotify launches audio, video service for Android, iOS

Though the feature wasn’t supposed to make it to iOS devices until sometime next week, there is a way for users to access it right now.

30 January 2016 • 09:09 AMT
Jeff Bezos vows Washington Post rebirth as media, tech company

Bezos has hired dozens of journalists to bring the newsroom staff up to 700, second only to the New York Times, with more than 1,200.

30 January 2016 • 08:55 AMT
Anna Melikyan’s “About Love” nabs top honors at Russia’s Golden Eagles

Director Nikita Mikhalkov, who won an Oscar in the best foreign language film category in 1995, received a lifetime achievement award.

30 January 2016 • 08:53 AMT
Netherlands to join U.S.-led anti-IS air strikes in Syria

The Dutch have for months been carrying out airstrikes in neighboring Iraq using four F-16 jets, but have balked at extending the mission to Syria.

30 January 2016 • 08:52 AMT
Oscar-nommed Lee Daniels to helm “The Apollo Theater Film Project” doc

The film will tell the story of one of the most famous theaters in the world and a driving force in shaping America’s music and cultural landscape.

30 January 2016 • 08:42 AMT
“Starry Eyes” filmmakers to rewrite, direct “Mama 2” horror

Andres Muschetti directed the original horror movie, which grossed $71 mln at the domestic box office on a reported production budget of just $15 mln.

30 January 2016 • 08:21 AMT
“Deadpool” new clip features Negasonic Teenage Warhead

“Deadpool” focuses on the titular hero who is armed with his new abilities he gets after undergoing a rogue experiment.

30 January 2016 • 08:20 AMT
LG Electronics “reveals own mobile payment card”

According to IT, finance, and distribution industries, LG had recently pre-ordered about 50,000 White Cards for White Card’s release.

30 January 2016 • 08:07 AMT
Apple secretly prototyping VR headset to rival HoloLens: report

Apple’s latest acquisition in the area is Flyby Media, an augmented reality start-up that lets mobile devices “see” the world around them.