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Bill Gates says U.S. needs limits on covert email searches
Bill Gates said on Monday that no one was an “absolutist” on either side of the digital privacy debate, but the co-founder of Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said he supports his company’s lawsuit against the U.S. government seeking the freedom to tell customers when federal agencies have ...
Blackberry CEO says tech firms should comply with lawful access requests
Blackberry CEO John Chen speaks to reporters following their annual general meeting for shareholders in Waterloo, June 23, 2015. Reuters/Mark Blinch Tech companies should comply with lawful requests to access protected data, BlackBerry Chief Executive John Chen said on Monday, in thinly veiled criti...
Netflix shares plunge as subscriber forecasts miss estimates
The Netflix logo is shown in this illustration photograph in Encinitas, California October 14, 2014. Reuters/Mike Blake Streaming video service Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) forecast its number of U.S. and international subscribers would grow at a slower pace than Wall Street expected this quarter, sending i...
IBM's quarterly revenue falls 4.6 percent
People walk past an IBM logo during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain February 25, 2016. Reuters/Albert Gea International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) reported a 4.6 percent fall in quarterly revenue, hurt by a strong dollar and muted IT spending amid global economic uncertainty. Reven...
YP Holdings plans first-round bid to merge with Yahoo: Bloomberg
A man walks past a Yahoo logo during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain in this February 24, 2016 file photo. Reuters/Albert Gea/Files YP Holdings LLC, the digital advertising business of what was formerly called Yellowpages.com, is planning to submit a first-round bid on Monday to merge ...
Silicon Valley veteran Bill Campbell has died: Re/code
Bill Campbell, chairman of the board and former chief executive of Intuit Inc., smiles as he moderates a fireside chat with Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 event at the San Francisco Design Center Concourse in San Francisco,... Reuters/Stephen Lam Sil...
Amazon offers video streaming service as monthly subscription
An Amazon logo is seen on a worker's jacket at an Amazon Fulfilment Center in Wroclaw, Poland, in this file photograph dated December 3, 2015. Reuters/Kacper Pempel/files Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said it would offer its video streaming service as a monthly subscription as it looks to drive membership...
Uber, Ola temporarily suspend surge pricing in New Delhi
An employee works inside the office of U.S. online cab-hailing company Uber, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, April 24, 2015. Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee Global ride-hailing company, Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], has temporarily suspended 'surge pricing' in the Indian capital after the state ...
Fiat Chrysler rolls out Jeep Renegade SUV in China
People line up to ride various Jeep vehicles on an off road course at the Washington Auto Show in Washington January 29, 2016. The 2016 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk is at top. Reuters/Gary Cameron Italian carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV said on Monday it rolled out its first locally produced Jeep R...
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Google book-scanning project
The neon Google sign in the foyer of Google's new Canadian engineering headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario January 14, 2016. Reuters/Peter Power The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by a group of authors who contend that Google's massive effort to scan millions of bo...
US-CERT to Windows Users: Dump Apple Quicktime
Microsoft Windows users who still have Apple Quicktime installed should ditch the program now that Apple has stopped shipping security updates for it, warns the Department of Homeland Security‘s U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). The advice came just as resea...
US-CERT to Windows Users: Dump Apple Quicktime
Microsoft Windows users who still have Apple Quicktime installed should ditch the program now that Apple has stopped shipping security updates for it, warns the Department of Homeland Security‘s U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). The advice came just as resea...
Sony says Kumamoto plant not main site for smartphone components
The company logo of Sony Corporation is seen at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, March 3, 2016. Reuters/Thomas Peter/Files Sony Corp (6758.T) said on Monday that its image sensor plant in Kumamoto, which has been shut since earthquakes hit southern Japan last week, makes components mainly for digit...
EU's Vestager says looking closely at Google's Android
The neon Google sign in the foyer of Google's new Canadian engineering headquarters in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario January 14, 2016. Reuters/Peter Power Europe's antitrust chief said on Monday that she was looking closely at Google's (GOOGL.O) deals with phone makers and operators, concerned that co...
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Exclusive: Florida wins contest for OneWeb satellite manufacturing facility - sources
OneWeb Ltd, a privately owned startup bankrolled by Richard Branson's Virgin Group and other well-known firms, will build a factory to mass produce small satellites near NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, two sources involved in the project told Reuters. OneWeb plans an initial production run o...
Intel shares could rise 25 percent in next year: Barron's
A worker arranges an Intel logo at the CeBIT trade fair, the world's biggest computer and software fair, in Hannover March 13, 2016. Reuters/Nigel Treblin Intel Corp's shift to higher-growth businesses such as server chips and embedded chips for cars could drive a 25 increase in its shares in a year...
Sony extending closure of image sensor plant in quake-hit southern Japan
The company logo of Sony Corporation is seen at its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, March 3, 2016. Reuters/Thomas Peter/Files Electronics giant Sony Corp on Sunday said production at its image sensor plant in Kumamoto, southern Japan, remained suspended as it assessed damage from a powerful earthquake...
Australia Post looks to drones as letter volumes fall
Australia Post has successfully field-trialled the use of drones to deliver small packages, clearing the way for test deliveries to customer homes later this year. The state-owned corporation said the drones will be used for the delivery of online shopping parcels and time-sensitive items such as me...
Japan quakes disrupt Sony image sensor production used in Apple iPhones
A logo of Sony Corp is seen outside its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, January 27, 2016. Reuters/Yuya Shino Electronics giant Sony Corp said a factory producing image sensors for Apple Inc and other smartphone makers will remain closed while it assesses the damage from two deadly earthquakes which hi...
Oracle, Google fail to settle Android lawsuit before retrial
A 3D printed Android logo is seen in front of a displayed cyber code in this illustration taken March 22, 2016. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Oracle Corp and Alphabet's Google unit failed to settle a long running copyright lawsuit over the Android operating system ahead of a retrial scheduled for ...
Apple opposes U.S. appeal over iPhone in New York drug case
A worker checks an iPhone in a repair store in New York, February 17, 2016. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz Apple Inc argued on Friday that the U.S. Justice Department had failed to substantiate that it needed the company's help to access a locked iPhone in a New York drug case. Apple's brief, filed in federa...
Apple extends iPhone production cut for another quarter: Nikkei
Details are pictured on the backside of an Apple Iphone 6 on a table in a restaurant in Hanau, Germany, April 10, 2016. Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will continue its reduced production of iPhones in the quarter ending June in light of sluggish sales, the Nikkei business daily reported...
EU wants more transparency in web search results
A computer user poses in front of a Google search page in this photo illustration taken in Brussels May 30, 2014. Reuters/Francois Lenoir The European Union's digital chief wants search engines such as Alphabet Inc's Google and Microsoft's Bing to be more transparent about advertising in web search ...
Daimler says German labor rules may push new tech jobs abroad
A woman uses virtual reality goggles while sitting in a 'smart fortwo cabrio' car prior to the Daimler annual shareholder meeting in Berlin, Germany, April 6, 2016. Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke German labor rules may force Daimler, the 130-year-old inventor of the motor car, to create more software and...
Browser startup Vivaldi says needs 5 million users to turn profit
Internet browser Vivaldi, which launched last week, must attract five million monthly users to become profitable, its founder and chief executive said in a Reuters interview. The introduction of Vivaldi version 1.0 follows a 15-month development that cost veteran software maker Jon von Tetzchner aro...
Komodo commerce: e-tailers battle in Southeast Asia
With its $1 billion buy of online retailer Lazada, Alibaba (BABA.N) has signaled Southeast Asia as a regional e-commerce battleground - with 600 million people, and no shortage of logistical headaches. The region has the potential to help global retailers offset slowing growth momentum in their core...
Canada's Mitel to buy Polycom for about $1.96 billion
Canadian telecom services provider Mitel Networks Corp (MNW.TO) said it will buy U.S. peer Polycom Inc (PLCM.O) for about $1.96 billion in cash and stock. Under the terms of the deal, Polycom stockholders will get $3.12 in cash and 1.31 Mitel shares for each share of Polycom common stock, or $13.68 ...
China's Tencent seeks additional loan worth $2 billion: sources
China's Tencent Holdings Ltd is seeking a loan of up to $2 billion, part of a flurry of fund-raising by the country's Internet giants, two people involved in the financing told Thomson Reuters LPC, a loan-focused news service. The plan adds to a $2.45 billion loan that Tencent, best known for its We...
