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Big week for Big Tech as quarterly earnings loom
Jan 27, 2019 (AFP)
Apple reports its latest quarterly earnings on Tuesday, with Facebook and Microsoft on deck a day later, followed by Amazon on Thursday. Google parent Alphabet ...
Facebook getting its messaging apps to be friends
Jan 25, 2019 (AFP)
The leading social network is behind free, stand-alone smartphone apps Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp. Each service is popular, but users have to be in the s...
YouTube demotes flat-earthers, conspiracy theorists
Jan 25, 2019 (AFP)
The global video streaming service planned to modify its viewing recommendation system gradually, starting in the United States and later expanding to other cou...
Flood of complaints to EU countries since data law adopted
Jan 25, 2019 (AFP)
The complaints have already triggered three financial penalties, including France's record 50 million euros fine Monday on US giant Google for not doing enough ...
Huawei executive shakes off campaign to 'harm' company
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
The world's second-largest smartphone maker and biggest producer of telecommunications gear has been under fire in recent months with the arrests of a top execu...
OECD hopes for global digital tax by 2020
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
The possibility of an international deal to tax US tech giants such as Amazon, Google and Facebook is sensitive, as countries threaten to go it alone and Europe...
Is the world ready for the 'digital transformation'?
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
Whether through robots, automation or artificial intelligence, the impact of the transformation is heaping pressure on governments, with employees worried about...
AR will improve community access for remote northern communities in Canada
Jan 24, 2019 (SPX)
The solution will be demonstrated in the field through a partnership between LOOKNorth and Igutchaq UAV, a professional UAV and GIS services company based in In...
Verizon cuts jobs at media unit that includes Yahoo, AOL
Jan 23, 2019 (AFP)
The source said the cuts amounting to seven percent of the workforce are being made "to focus the business and realign teams" at the Verizon Media unit, which a...
Multi-hop communication: Frog choruses inspire wireless sensor networks
Jan 23, 2019 (SPX)
The team looked at the calling patterns of male Japanese tree frogs over different time intervals. To do so, they placed three frogs in individual inside cages ...
Facebook to expand Ireland operations with 1,000 staff
Jan 21, 2019 (AFP)
Facebook currently employs 4,000 across the Republic and the capital Dublin where the company has established its international base. "We're going to be hiring ...
France nears implementation of digital tax
Jan 20, 2019 (AFP)
The move comes as the European Union tries to finalise an EU-wide levy. "We are working on a tax that would affect internet service companies with global sales ...
Chips are down for online gamblers as US moves toward new ban
Jan 20, 2019 (AFP)
The Justice Department earlier this month released a legal opinion stating that any form of online betting, not just sports betting, would be a violation of the...
Astranis and Pacific Dataport sign exclusive agreement to bridge Alaska's digital divide
Jan 18, 2019 (SPX)
The satellite will launch in 2020 and provide 7.5 Gbps of capacity to roughly triple the currently available satellite capacity in in Alaska while also bringing...
Chinese elderly jump on live streaming bandwagon
Jan 18, 2019 (AFP)
Wang Jinxiang is no different -- except she live streams her performances to an audience of thousands online. The 62-year-old is among a legion of senior citize...
Netflix shares slip as spending weighs on profits
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
Netflix shares sank two percent to $345.84 in after-market trades that followed release of earnings figures that showed the Silicon Valley company logged profit...
Apple's Tim Cook calls for privacy bill with right to delete data
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
Cook, writing in Time magazine, offered his view as the US Congress was set to consider tougher enforcement of privacy and data protection for online platforms....
Google acquires Fossil smartwatch tech for $40 mn
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
As part of the deal, Texas-based Fossil Group's research and development team working on the smartwatch will join Google, which will acquire the intellectual pr...
Mobile app spend soars with China a top market: report
Jan 16, 2019 (AFP)
Mobile research firm App Annie forecast that the amount of money spent on apps for smartphones or tablet computers this year will grow five times as fast as the...
Facebook follows Google with funds to support journalism
Jan 15, 2019 (AFP)
The move, on the heels of a similar initiative by Google last year, comes with online platforms dominating the internet advertising ecosystem, making it harder ...
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