Vietnam restricted access to Facebook during Obama visit: activists
By Yasmeen AbutalebSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Vietnamese government restricted access to Facebook Inc inside Vietnam for several days this week as part of a broader crackdown on human rights and...
View ArticleSamsung Elec to launch Samsung Pay web payments app: Electronic Times
SEOUL (Reuters) - Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will launch a smartphone app in South Korea that would allow for easier use of its mobile payments service for online transactions, the...
View ArticleExclusive: Verizon turns to former Yahoo bankers for bid - sources
By Greg Roumeliotis and Liana B. BakerNEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc is working on its bid for Yahoo Inc's core assets with an investment bank which was, as recently as...
View ArticleChinese users criticize Microsoft's push for Windows 10 upgrade: Xinhua
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese users of Microsoft products are criticizing the software company's push to get them to mandatorily upgrade their Windows operating systems, the official Xinhua news agency...
View ArticlePush for encryption law falters despite Apple case spotlight
By Dustin Volz, Mark Hosenball and Joseph MennWASHINGTON/ SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After a rampage that left 14 people dead in San Bernardino, key U.S. lawmakers pledged to seek a law requiring...
View ArticleDaimler invests 3 billion euro in clean diesel technology
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daimler said it will spend 3 billion euros ($3.35 billion) to curtail diesel exhaust pollution levels by modifying its engines and exhaust treatment systems including through a...
View ArticleKuka's CEO says Chinese bidder could be a growth driver
By Jens HackAUGSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - The chief executive of German industrial robot maker Kuka said on Friday he welcomed an impending 4.5 billion- euro ($5 bln) takeover bid from Chinese home...
View ArticleIndia's Tata Group enters ecommerce market with apparel and electronics website
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's biggest conglomerate Tata Group launched an ecommerce venture on Friday, as it seeks to cash in on rising purchasing power in a market dominated by deep-pocketed...
View ArticleFacebook expands ads on third-party apps, websites to beyond users
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said its customers' ads would now be visible on third-party apps and websites to everyone who has ever visited its website, and not just to users logged into its social...
View ArticleGermany monitoring Chinese takeovers to ensure no loss of technology: source
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is closely monitoring Chinese investment in the country and will consider each takeover on a case-by-case basis to ensure it does not lose key technology, a government source...
View Article'Replica' bottle from 'flipping' video fetches over $15,000 on eBay
By Amy Tennery(Reuters) - A plastic water bottle touted as a replica of the one in a "bottle-flipping" video that went viral has fetched a closing bid of more than $15,000 on internet auction platform...
View ArticleGawker privacy lawsuit evolves into battle of tech billionaires
By Sarah McBrideSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Billionaire media owner Pierre Omidyar is backing news and entertainment web site Gawker Media in its lawsuit against wrestler Hulk Hogan, adding a new twist...
View ArticleChina to open e-commerce, other sectors to foreign investment: newspaper
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China will lift restrictions to investments by foreign firms in a range of service industry sectors, including e-commerce, logistics, accounting and auditing, the China Securities...
View ArticleFrench finance minister rules out Google tax deal, more firms could be targeted
By Ingrid MelanderPARIS (Reuters) - France will "go all the way" to ensure that multinationals operating on its soil pay their taxes and more cases could follow after Google and McDonald's were...
View ArticleData analysis from Paris raid on Google will take months, possibly years:...
By Chine LabbéPARIS (Reuters) - Analysis of data seized by investigators in last week's raid of Google's Paris headquarters could possibly take years, French financial prosecutor Eliane Houlette said...
View ArticleIndian minister: discussing Apple's request for FDI rules waiver
By Manoj KumarNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government on Monday said it was discussing Apple Inc's foreign direct investment application that seeks a waiver from a local sourcing rule.Nirmala...
View ArticleBangladesh panel finds possible insider role in central bank cyber theft
DHAKA (Reuters) - Officials of Bangladesh Bank may have been involved in a brazen theft of $81 million from its account with the New York Federal Reserve Bank in February, the head of a...
View ArticleChina's President Xi pledges more support for technology firms
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping has vowed to increase government support for technology companies, state media reported, in an attempt to raise the country's competitiveness that could...
View ArticleMondelez to create more apps, online videos in advertising shift
By Melissa Fares(Reuters) - Oreo cookie maker Mondelez International Inc's "Twist, Lick, Dunk" mobile application has been such a success that the snack company plans to roll out similar games in a...
View ArticlePanasonic says it will stop making TV panels by end-September
TOKYO (Reuters) - Panasonic Corp on Tuesday said it will close its unprofitable television screen manufacturing business, leaving Sharp Corp as Japan's sole TV panel maker.A Panasonic spokeswoman said...
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