By way of Laura Noonan LONDON (Reuters) – The intervening time chief govt just lately appointed to revamp mobile phone maker BlackBerry is in it “for the lengthy haul”, the corporate’s largest shareholder Prem Watsa instructed Reuters. Watsa earlier this yr sought companions in a $four.7 billion bid to take […]
By means of Reiji Murai and Sophie Knight TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp may purchase a Jap manufacturing unit from chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp to lift manufacturing of its imaging sensors as demand rises from smartphone makers, sources advised Reuters on Wednesday. Imaging sensors had been a rare success for […]
LONDON/TAIPEI (Reuters) – HTC Corp will have to stop promoting its One Mini smartphone in Britain from December 6 after a British court dominated the Taiwanese firm had infringed patents owned by Finnish rival Nokia. Justice Richard Arnold of the England and Wales High Courtroom on Tuesday granted Nokia a […]
Deutsche Telekom plans to repackage its web offering relatively than appeal in opposition to an October courtroom ruling that blocked it from capping connection speeds when buyers exceed information limits on flat-charge contracts. After saying its determination to not launch an appeal, the former German monopoly stated on Monday that […]
Via Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In a first on Monday, an online marketplace will enable U.S. homeowners to weigh options for going sunlight as easily as they may be able to examine costs for airline tickets. Geostellar, a startup backed by way of power producer NRG Vitality Inc, […]
(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is testing delivery applications using drones, CEO Jeff Bezos said Sunday on the CBS tv program "60 Minutes." Bezos stated the drones, unmanned automobiles that fly throughout the air, may ship programs that weigh as much as five kilos (2.three kg). That represents roughly 86 % […]
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Competitors Bureau mentioned on Friday it could permit Canadian telecom company Telus Corp to buy all of struggling startup Public Mobile. Trade Minister James Moore had authorized the sale final month, announcing it will not damage consumers. The Conservative executive is raring to boost competition within […]
By way of Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Google's observe of combining personal knowledge from its a variety of on-line services violates Dutch information protection legislation, the u . s . a .'s privateness watchdog said on Thursday after a seven-month investigation. The Dutch Data Protection Authority, or DPA, requested […]
Via Blaise Robinson and Alexandre Boksenbaum-Granier PARIS (Reuters) – Alcatel-Lucent could rejoin France's blue-chip CAC forty index subsequent month as the telecom tools maker's turnaround positive aspects traction and its inventory hits two-12 months highs, analysts and fund managers said. If restored to the CAC forty, Alcatel would profit from […]
Google’s observe of mixing non-public information from its numerous online services and products violates Dutch data protection regulation, the united states of america’s privacy watchdog said on Thursday following a seven-month investigation. The Dutch Information Safety Authority asked Google to attend a meeting to talk about its considerations, after which […]
By way of Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s state-run Ethio Telecom said on Thursday it had picked Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the sector’s 2nd largest telecom gear maker, to roll out a high-pace 4G network throughout the capital Addis Ababa. The introduction of the carrier is a component […]
India's Competitors Fee (CCI) is to investigate Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson in regard to a dispute over fees levied on Indian group Micromax for the use of Ericsson's patents. Ericsson had sued Micromax in March 2013 for patent infringement and the Indian company spoke back by using submitting a […]
Germany's biggest tech firm, SAP, has rejected calls by way of home politicians for European IT corporations to band collectively to better compete towards U.S. tech groups within the wake of spying allegations. Some German politicians have prompt an IT industry an identical to European jetmaker Airbus following allegations about […]
Vietnam will hand out fines of one hundred million dong ($four,740) to anyone criticizing the government on social media, below a new law announced this week, the most recent measure in a widening crackdown on dissent by using the us of a's communist rulers. Vietnam has many times drawn hearth […]
In Britain, the us of a where e-commerce is most popular, about thirteen percent of individuals do all or most of their grocery procuring on-line. Nearly all sales are from outlets, although on-line made up zero.9 p.c this year, up from zero.6 % in 2008.