Mexico postpones wholesale telecoms network bidding again
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico has postponed the bidding process for a planned wholesale telecommunications network by more than a month, the government said, in the latest upset to the project which...
View ArticleKuwaiti's Zain interested in Egypt 4G license: ministry official
CAIRO (Reuters) - Kuwaiti mobile operator Zain has expressed interest in applying for a fourth-generation license in Egypt, a senior telecommunications ministry official said on Sunday. The sale of 4G...
View ArticleChiller in Manila: Filipinos fume as snail-pace internet leaves business on ice
By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome MoralesMANILA (Reuters) - Patrolling downtown Manila in his new Toyota, Uber driver Daniel Canezal is grumpy. It's not from the heat, grime or traffic of the capital's...
View ArticleSuccess of Pokemon GO adds impetus for change at Nintendo
By Makiko Yamazaki and Jeremy WagstaffTOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The phenomenal success of Pokemon GO and the surge in Nintendo Co's <7974.T> market value by $17 billion in just over a week has...
View ArticleChinese takeover of Norway's Opera fails, alternative proposed
By Stine Jacobsen and Paul CarstenOSLO/BEIJING (Reuters) - A $1.2 billion takeover of Opera Software by a group of Chinese internet firms fell through on Monday after failing to get regulatory approval...
View ArticleFrom favelas to the White House, tiles turn footsteps into electricity
By Lin TaylorLONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It was in Morro da Mineira favela, in Rio de Janeiro, that British engineer Laurence Kemball-Cook first saw how his floor tiles could make a...
View ArticleBrexit spurs London start-ups to investigate Berlin move
By Caroline Copley and Huw JonesBERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - Ten London start-ups have made inquiries about moving to Berlin since Britain voted to leave the European Union, business development group...
View ArticleTaiwan's Merry Electronic and China's Luxshare agree alternative tie-up
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwanese micro-audio specialist Merry Electronics and China's Luxshare Precision Industry Co have agreed a potential 600 million yuan ($90 million) tie-up less than a month after a...
View ArticleGermany to require 'black box' in autonomous cars
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans new legislation to require manufacturers of cars equipped with an autopilot function to install a black box to help determine responsibility in the event of an...
View ArticleSpanish police issue safety tips for Pokemon Go gamers
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police issued guidelines on Monday on how to safely use augmented-reality video games after the release of the application Pokemon Go. The police advice included reminders...
View ArticleUber reaches 2 billion rides six months after hitting its first billion
By Heather SomervilleSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber has completed more than 2 billion trips on its app, the company's chief executive said on Monday, a milestone that arrives just weeks after the ride...
View ArticleVivendi now owns more than 20 percent of Ubisoft voting rights: AMF
PARIS (Reuters) - French market regulator AMF on Monday said French media group Vivendi now owned more than 20 percent of the voting rights of French video game company Ubisoft and 22.63 percent of its...
View ArticleNetflix's subscription forecasts miss expectations
(Reuters) - Video streaming service provider Netflix Inc forecast a slower-than-expected growth in U.S. and international subscriber additions this quarter, sending its shares sliding 16 percent.The...
View ArticleIBM revenue beat estimates as shift to cloud pays off
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp's quarterly revenue beat analysts' expectations as the company's shift to high-growth areas such as cloud-based services begins to yield results.Revenue...
View ArticleBrutality of Turkey's failed coup caught on phones, social media
By Ayla Jean YackleyISTANBUL (Reuters) - A tank rolls through five lanes of deadlocked traffic towards the Bosphorus Bridge, crushing cars. A military helicopter shoots at people dashing across a...
View ArticleYahoo revenue rises 5.2 percent
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc reported a 5.2 percent rise in total quarterly revenue, a sign of strength in its troubled core Internet business it is auctioning off.Yahoo's total revenue rose to $1.31 billion...
View ArticleNewly developed wheel converts any bicycle into an electric vehicle
By Ben Gruber(Reuters) - Right off the bat, Michael Burtov said he and his team at technology startup GeoOrbital did not re-invent the wheel. But, in a sense, they did. After two years and five...
View ArticleDaimler accelerates electric car plans, sees higher R&D spending
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Daimler which owns the Mercedes-Benz luxury brand, has accelerated development of premium electric cars, Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said, adding he saw the vehicle...
View ArticleTexan gets 10 years in U.S. prison for Russian tech export scheme
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - The former owner of a Houston company was sentenced on Thursday to 10 years in prison after admitting that he operated as an unauthorized agent of the Russian...
View ArticleAl Jazeera to launch English language digital streaming service in U.S.
By Jessica Toonkel(Reuters) - Al Jazeera Media Network is preparing to make its English language international news channel video content digitally available to U.S. viewers again, according to a July...
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