Major tech companies push for limits on government surveillance
(Reuters) – Eight U.S. web giants have joined hands to start a public campaign for new limits on how governments collect user information amid concerns...
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Alibaba invests $361 million in appliance maker’s ‘big goods’ logistics
(Reuters) – Alibaba Group will invest HK$2.82 billion ($361 million) in appliance maker Haier Electronics Group Ltd in a deal aimed at expanding the Chinese...
Microsoft leads disruption of largest infected global PC network
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it had disrupted the largest network of compromised personal computers, involving some 2 million machines around the world, since it stepped...
UK tech entrepreneur Lynch backs augmented reality start-up
(Reuters) – Mike Lynch, who sold software firm Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion, is backing a start-up focused on augmented reality – the ability...
Microsoft assures international business customers on spying
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp pledged late Wednesday to fight in court any attempt by U.S. intelligence agencies to seize its foreign business customers’ data under American surveillance laws, one...
Twitter to be available on mobile phones without Internet
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc is tying up with a Singapore-based startup to make its 140-character messaging service available to users in emerging markets who have...
USB Type-C cable plugs to be reversible
USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version of the connector’s plug is to be reversible. It means users of the Universal Serial Bus...
Phone with e-ink second screen launched
A smartphone with two screens – one of which uses e-ink technology and is always on – has been launched. The Russian company Yota said...
Netflix meets with officials on French launch
(Reuters) – Online video company Netflix met with the French president’s staff on Tuesday to discuss a possible launch of its streaming service in Europe’s...
Russian double-sided smartphone has global ambitions
(Reuters) – Russian modem developer Yota Devices has launched its first smartphone, hoping its novel double-sided screen will allow it to break into foreign markets...