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EU orders Google to seek user permission before profiling them
The Hamburg Data Protection Authority in Germany has warned Google to curb its profiling activities in the country or risk facing fines or other measures. In a statement yesterday, the...
Samsung has embraced Microsoft Word
Microsoft makes a very popular productivity suite known as Office, Word is an integral part of the suite as its the word processor. The Office suite and its various applications...
Telstra is testing out free Wi-Fi in Australia
Telstra’s planned Wi-Fi network is one step closer to fruition with the 1000 hotspots set to go live before Christmas. Consumers are set to get their first taste of the...
Google Capital makes its first investment in China
Google Capital and Lightspeed China Partners have led the charge to invest in Cloud computing optical transceiver company InnoLight. The company has just closed a series C investment of $38...
Contrary to rumors, Nokia’s HERE will still power Windows Phones
Ah, there is nothing quite like an official statement made or issued to debunk whatever rumors that are floating out there, no matter how plausible they might sound in the...
Amazon Web Services is getting a massive reboot
Amazon Web Services will be updating a substantial number of its cloud servers, and has asked customers to re-launch their instances in the coming days, according to AWS consultants. Amazon...
Toshiba is planning to invest $1 billion in Southeast Asia
Mr. Hisao Tanaka, the President and CEO of Japan’s Toshiba Corporation, today announced Toshiba’s comprehensive strategy for expanding its business in Southeast Asia, including investing $1 billion dollars in the...
Telefónica strengthens its presence in Brazil with the acquisition of GVT
Telefónica sealed its deal to buy Vivendi's Brazilian unit GVT for about €7.24 billion ($9.3 billion), cementing the Spanish telecommunications giant's position in Latin America's largest market. GVT's sale comes...
Microsoft is closing down its research lab in Silicon Valley
Microsoft Research will close its Silicon Valley lab as part its latest round of job cuts, the company just confirmed. About 50 Microsoft Research positions will be cut in Silicon...
Microsoft has let go of another 2,100 employees worldwide
The new, Nadella-controlled Microsoft is already around 13,000 employees lighter than it used to be, and that number is only getting bigger. To wit: The company just confirmed to ZDNet...
Cisco is acquiring private cloud player Metacloud
Cisco announced this morning it intends to buy Metacloud, a startup with OpenStack chops. This news comes hot on the heels of HP buying Eucalyptus last week and Rackspace announcing...
Huawei has given up on Windows Phone for the time being
Microsoft is pushing very hard to make Windows Phone the third most widely used mobile platform behind Android and iOS. In some markets it has already been able to overtake...
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