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Sharp ends talks with Samsung over copier JV: Kyodo

Sharp ends talks with Samsung over copier JV: Kyodo

(Reuters) – Sharp Corp, Japan's greatest show maker, has referred to as off talks with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to collectively arrange a copier sales firm, the Kyodo said. Sharp's resolution got here after different Japanese firms corresponding to Canon Inc hostile the notion expressing concern that key technology would […]

 
 

Panasonic to stop selling consumer smartphones in Japan: Nikkei

Panasonic to stop selling consumer smartphones in Japan: Nikkei

(Reuters) – Panasonic Corp is finalizing plans to tug out of the patron smartphone trade in Japan and has approached doable consumers for its cellular base station industry, the Nikkei said. It will finish manufacturing at its handiest smartphone factory by March 2014, the day-to-day said. The corporate advised NTT […]

 
 

In Facebook’s first pay vote, tough love from an old friend

In Facebook’s first pay vote, tough love from an old friend

Via Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Some of Mark Zuckerberg's mutual fund backers delivered a troublesome message on compensation for the leaders of Fb Inc. Constancy Investments, led by using its $ninety eight billion Contrafund, was among those balloting against the pay of the social media company's prime leaders in a […]

 
 

South Korea says concerned about U.S. decision on some Apple models

South Korea says concerned about U.S. decision on some Apple models

SEOUL (Reuters) – The South Korean govt on Monday expressed considerations about the determination through the US to overrule a sales ban of some Apple Inc fashions. The Obama administration vetoed a U.S. alternate panel's ban on the import and sale of some older iPhones and iPads, reversing a ruling […]

 
 

Analysis: T.J. Maxx, others look past chaos to e-commerce bonanza

Analysis: T.J. Maxx, others look past chaos to e-commerce bonanza

By means of Phil Wahba NEW YORK (Reuters) – Low-worth retailer T.J. Maxx plans to open an internet store this 12 months, as does rival Saks Inc's Off Fifth outlets, making 2013 the yr know-how may have caught up with the rate of fashion. For such chains, which characteristic clearance […]

 
 

Obama administration overturns ban on some iPad, iPhones

Obama administration overturns ban on some iPad, iPhones

By means of Diane Bartz and Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration has overturned a U.S. alternate panel's ban on the sale of some older iPhones and iPads, reversing a ruling that had appreciated Samsung Electronics Co Ltd over Apple Inc of their long-working patent battles. The U.S. […]

 
 

Chipmaker Nvidia’s quarterly results beat expectations

By means of Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Nvidia posted first-quarter salary and earnings above expectations however its income outlook for the present quarter fell short of Side road estimates. The Santa Clara, California, chipmaker reported first-quarter revenue rose to $954.7 million on Thursday, from $924.9 million in the […]

 
 

YouTube starts paid subscription service

YouTube starts paid subscription service

By Ronald Grover (Reuters) – Google's YouTube video provider is dipping its toe into pay tv by means of beginning on Thursday a subscription provider with 30 content material creators, including youngsters's programmers Sesame Street and Muppet creator The Jim Henson Co, and the Final Fighting Championship. YouTube, the arena's […]

 
 

U.S. charges eight in $45 million cyber crime scheme

U.S. charges eight in $45 million cyber crime scheme

By means of Jessica Dye and Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – Individuals employed around the world by means of a sophisticated cyber crime ring stole $forty five million from thousands of financial institution automated teller machines inside a matter of hours, the usage of hacked debit-card data, U.S. prosecutors […]

 
 

Speed traders eyed after Twitter hack attack: regulator

Speed traders eyed after Twitter hack attack: regulator

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The phony tweet from the Associated Press’ hacked Twitter account, which sparked a brief-lived panic in the inventory market every week ago by using pronouncing that President Barack Obama used to be injured in two explosions at the White Home, underscored the need to look at regulating […]

 
 

Apple wows market with record $17 billion bond deal

Apple wows market with record $17 billion bond deal

By means of John Balassi and Josie Cox NEW YORK/LONDON, April 30 (IFR) – Apple Inc wowed the debt markets on Tuesday with the biggest non-financial institution bond deal in historical past, pricing a whopping $17 billion as the U.S. laptop large switches way to placate stressed shareholders. Just a […]

 
 

Qualcomm steps up chip branding campaign, plans TV ad

Qualcomm steps up chip branding campaign, plans TV ad

By way of Noel Randewich SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc is stepping up its Snapdragon chip branding marketing campaign, including a commercial for film theaters and television, in a bid to build customer loyalty in an more and more competitive smartphone business. Chief Advertising Officer Anand Chandrasekher showed […]

 
 

Twitter sharpens ad targeting by sifting through tweets

Twitter sharpens ad targeting by sifting through tweets

By way of Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Twitter Inc on Wednesday unveiled a brand new device that allows marketers to disseminate centered messages in accordance with the content material of users' tweets, a technology that would assist raise Twitter's effectiveness as an advertiser to a rarefied stage proven […]

 
 

Some Google services hit by partial outage

Some Google services hit by partial outage

(Reuters) – Google Inc is experiencing a small outage of a few of its widespread purposes such as Gmail and Google Power, the hunt engine said on Wednesday. The company disclosed on its website online that six of its 13 applications were having partial standing disruptions. The issue with Gmail, […]

 
 

Microsoft, Hon Hai sign patent deal for Android, Chrome devices

Microsoft, Hon Hai sign patent deal for Android, Chrome devices

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd signed a world patent licensing settlement on Wednesday designed to protect Hon Hai clients from patent claims bobbing up from their use of Google Inc's Android and Chrome running methods. Google and Microsoft have been locked in patent […]