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(Reuters) – An Oracle attorney cited emails between top executives at Google as prime evidence that Google took its intellectual property to gain an edge in the lucrative smartphone market, at the start of a high stakes trial between the two tech giants. Opening statements between Oracle Corp and Google Inc began on Monday […]
(Reuters) – The principles of openness and universal access that underpinned the Internet’s creation are facing their greatest-ever threat, the co-founder of Google Sergey Brin said in an interview published by Britain’s Guardian newspaper on Monday. Brin said the threat to freedom of the Internet came from a combination of factors, including increasing efforts by […]
(Reuters) – Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Saturday it has fixed a software bug in its Lumia 900 smartphones which went on sale a week ago in the United States, its answer to Apple’s (AAPL.O) iPhone. Earlier this week Nokia said its first 4G phone, which it markets with the strapline "an amazingly fast way to […]
(Reuters) – Apple has rejected the U.S. Justice Department’s allegations that it colluded with publishers over electronic book pricing, calling the charges "simply not true", the Wall Street Journal reported. "The launch of the iBookstore in 2010 fostered innovation and competition, breaking Amazon’s monopolistic grip on the publishing industry," Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris told the […]
(Reuters) – The Justice Department could sue Apple Inc as early as Wednesday over alleged electronic book price-fixing, while settling with several publishers as early as this week, two people familiar with the matter said. The Justice Department is investigating alleged price-fixing by Apple and five major publishers: CBS Corp’s Simon & Schuster Inc; […]
(Reuters) – Facebook will pay $1 billion in cash and stock for Instagram, a 2-year-old photo-sharing application developer, in its largest-ever acquisition just months before the No. 1 social media website is expected to go public. The price was stunning for an apps-maker without any significant revenue, even when measured by the lofty standards of […]
(Reuters) – A Marine who posted on Facebook that he would not follow orders from President Barack Obama should be dismissed from the military with a less-than-honorable discharge, a Marine Corps review board ruled. Gary Stein, 26, did not comment on the ruling issued late Thursday, one day after his lawyers unsuccessfully sought to […]
(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc will begin layoffs of thousands of employees next week and will announce a plan to restructure the company the week after that, according to a media report. Yahoo declined to comment. The layoffs, which will not take place all at once, will mostly affect Yahoo’s product, research and marketing groups, according […]
(Reuters) – Apple Inc and its main contract manufacturing Foxconn agreed to tackle violations of conditions among the 1.2 million workers assembling iPhones and iPads in a landmark decision that could change the way Western companies do business inChina. Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group, whose subsidiary Hon Hai Precision Industry assembles Apple devices in factories […]
(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s Tim Cook, on his first trip toChina as the chief executive officer, has visited an iPhone production plant run by the Foxconn Technology Group, which is being accused of improper labor practices. China is the world’s largest mobile market and already Apple’s second-biggest market overall, but its growth there is clouded by […]
(Reuters) – Mark Zuckerberg wants at least $5 billion from Wall Street investors, but those investors will not be getting much face time in return. The Facebook co-founder and CEO made that clear when he skipped the social networking company’s first major briefing for analysts and bankers last week. The meeting was the first of […]
(Reuters) – Apple’s hot-selling new iPad hit a hurdle inAustralia on Tuesday as the country’s consumer affairs regulator accused the company of misleading promotions. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said it would ask a federal court on Wednesday to order Apple to ensure consumers were made aware of the real technical capabilities of the device, […]
