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Sony sells its whole 5% stake in Olympus back to Olympus

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It’s hardly a secret that Olympus was struggling a few years ago. After former Olympus president Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, along with several others were arrested as part of a major scandal, they needed some substantial help to get back on their feet. Part of that came in the form Sony buying an 11.5% stake in Olympus for 50 billion yen ($47m at today’s rate) in 2012-13.

Sony previously sold off some of those shares, bringing back almost all of their initial investment while still allowing them to keep 5% of Olympus. Now, Sony is selling its remaining stake in Olympus, back to Olympus.

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You might soon be able to reshare other people’s Instagram photos to your feed

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It’s been a while since Instagram started allowing its users to share other people’s posts in their stories. If you thought it was only a matter of time when you’d be able to share stuff to your feed – it seems that this time might come soon. Instagram is currently testing the feature that will allow users to natively share other users’ posts to their feed, not just to Stories.

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GoPro shares jump as company hires former Apple designer Daniel Coster

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Having become an early hit with extreme sports participants when they first launched, GoPro decided to go public in 2014 with shares initially priced at $24.  In the subsequence months, that value soared, more than tripling in value at one point, peaking at $86.

After and seeing a massive drop in sales during the final quarter of 2015 compared to the previous year, GoPro’s stock responded by plumetting below a mere $12 a share, forcing it to cut 7% of its workforce.  Now, GoPro are doing something about that by bringing on former core member of Apple’s industrial design team of over 20 years, Daniel Coster.

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