Technology: Yahoo looking to buy YouTube content provider for $250 million: Sky News
(Reuters) – Internet giant Yahoo has put in a bid of around $250 million to buy Fullscreen, a company which creates content for YouTube channels,...
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Technology: Google removes first search results after EU ruling
(Reuters) – Google has begun removing some search results to comply with a European Union ruling upholding citizens’ right to have objectionable personal information about...
Technology: Independent music labels want EU to intervene in YouTube row
(Reuters) – Music trade association Impala has asked European Union antitrust regulators to intervene in a row with Google Inc’s YouTube over its paid streaming...
Technology: German government cancels Verizon contract in wake of U.S. spying row
(Reuters) – The German government has cancelled a contract with U.S. telecoms firm Verizon Communications Inc VZ.N as part of an overhaul of its internal...
Opinion: Hollywood’s hopes in China rest on Youku
By Rob Cox The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own. Look around the subway in Beijing or Shanghai and...
Technology: Google sets sights beyond smartphones at annual developer conference
(Reuters) – Google Inc (GOOGL.O) (GOOG.O), whose Android software reigns as the world’s dominant smartphone operating system, will step up efforts to make inroads into...
Technology: Google to unveil new television set-top box on Wednesday: WSJ
(Reuters) – Google Inc is expected to unveil at least one small set-top box that resembles products like the Roku, Amazon’s Fire TV, and Apple...
Technology: Billionaire JD.com founder lines up next challenge: beating Alibaba
(Reuters) – With an iron grip, JD.com Inc founder Richard Liu has dragged China’s number two online retailer from a Beijing backwater to a rich...
Technology: Facebook website returns to service after crash
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc.’s FB.O website crashed briefly on Thursday, temporarily preventing computer and mobile phone users from reaching the site around the globe. During...
Technology: Bezos: Fire phone offers something different
SEATTLE (AP) — There are two ways to view the smartphone Amazon introduced to the world on Wednesday: It’s either the latest in a long...