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  • TomTom Says Google Deal With Carmakers Could Hit Its Orders
    TomTom Says Google Deal With Carmakers Could Hit Its Orders
    September 19, 2018 | By Reuters
    Digital mapping company TomTom will probably lose some business in future as a result of Google’s deal with carmakers Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi, TomTom’s finance chief said on Sept. 19. Carmakers opting for Google Maps would have an impact on TomTom’s order flow, CFO Taco Titulaer told Dutch news agency ANP, although that would not […]
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  • Amazon’s Use of Merchant Data Under Eu Microscope
    Amazon’s Use of Merchant Data Under Eu Microscope
    September 19, 2018 | By Reuters
    European Union regulators are checking whether U.S. online retailer Amazon is using merchants’ data in a way that stifles competition, Europe’s antitrust chief said on Sept. 19. The comments by European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager come as the world’s largest online retailer faces calls for more regulatory intervention and even its potential break-up because of […]
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  • Legal Tech Starting to Disrupt Stubborn Industry in Canada
    Legal Tech Starting to Disrupt Stubborn Industry in Canada
    September 19, 2018 | By Rahul Vaidyanath
    Legal services may be one of the last industries to be disrupted by technology, but the momentum is picking up.
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  • Renault-Nissan Adopts Android in Coup for Google
    Renault-Nissan Adopts Android in Coup for Google
    September 18, 2018 | By Reuters
    The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi carmaking alliance said on Sept. 18, it will adopt Alphabet’s Google Android operating system, handing a victory to the U.S. tech giant as it pushes for a bigger share of the infotainment market. Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi, with combined sales of 10.6 million vehicles last year, said future models will “integrate Google applications […]
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  • Apple’s New IPhones a Slight Notch Above the X: Reviewers
    Apple’s New IPhones a Slight Notch Above the X: Reviewers
    September 18, 2018 | By Reuters
    The absence of a striking new feature left major tech blogs and newspapers lukewarm on the new XS range of Apple Inc’s iPhones in the first batch of reviews on Sept. 18, although most praised the improvements to a wide range of standard features. The new iPhones have subtle additions to last year’s reimagined iPhone […]
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  • Exclusive: Qualcomm Prepares to Add New Board Directors
    Exclusive: Qualcomm Prepares to Add New Board Directors
    September 18, 2018 | By Reuters
    Qualcomm Inc is preparing to add at least two new directors to its board, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the U.S. smartphone chip maker looks to appease shareholders who withheld voting support for its board last March. Qualcomm has been forced to defend its track record this year after upsetting some investors […]
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  • Taiwan Science and Technology Department Holds Conference on Expansion
    Taiwan Science and Technology Department Holds Conference on Expansion
    September 17, 2018 | By Epoch Times Staff
    Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology group held an extended investment promotion and marketing conference for its three major science parks: Hsinchu, Central, and Southern science parks at the Hyatt Regency in Boston on Sept. 13. Yu-Chin Hsu, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, shared experiences with over a hundred guests attending the event. Hsu voiced the […]
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  • Senior Google Scientist Quits Over Plans for Censored China Web Search
    Senior Google Scientist Quits Over Plans for Censored China Web Search
    September 16, 2018 | By Petr Svab
    A senior researcher has quit his job at Google in protest over the company’s leaked plans to create a censored web search app for China, codenamed “Dragonfly.” Jack Poulson, 32, who worked for the research and machine-intelligence department, left Google on Aug. 31 after discussing his concerns with his bosses for several weeks. He felt […]
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  • Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology Holds Expansion Conference in Boston
    Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology Holds Expansion Conference in Boston
    September 14, 2018 | By Epoch Times Staff
    Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology group held an extended investment promotion and marketing conference for its three major science parks: Hsinchu, Central, and Southern science parks at the Hyatt Regency in Boston on Sept. 13. Yu-Chin Hsu, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, shared experiences with over a hundred guests attending the event. Hsu voiced the […]
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  • New Apple Watch Could Take Bite out of Swiss Market
    New Apple Watch Could Take Bite out of Swiss Market
    September 13, 2018 | By Reuters
    The Swiss watch industry faces an increased threat from a new Apple Watch, which is able to detect heart problems and is likely to appeal to older shoppers, industry experts said on Sept. 13. Apple Inc presented the new Apple Watch Series 4, able to take an electrocardiogram to detect an irregular heartbeat and start an […]
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  • Spotify Attracts Eyes as Well as Ears With Video Ads
    Spotify Attracts Eyes as Well as Ears With Video Ads
    September 13, 2018 | By Bay City News
    Spotify is increasingly attracting viewers as well as listeners to its free music streaming service and is finding new ways to target adverts and podcasts at customers, its head of global advertising sales told Reuters. The Swedish company, which has risen 39 percent in value since it floated in New York in April, is seeing […]
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  • Uber the Latest Tech Giant Expanding in Toronto
    Uber the Latest Tech Giant Expanding in Toronto
    September 13, 2018 | By Rahul Vaidyanath
    Toronto as a tech hub keeps getting bigger. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi announced the ride-sharing company would be investing over $200 million in the next five years as it opens a new engineering office in 2019. Microsoft and Intel also unveiled plans to expand in Toronto this week. Canada’s largest city has a growing reputation […]
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  • Online Firms to Risk EU Fine If Extremist Posts Linger
    Online Firms to Risk EU Fine If Extremist Posts Linger
    September 12, 2018 | By Reuters
    The European Union’s chief executive on Sept. 12, proposed hefty fines on Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other online platforms if they fail to remove extremist content within one hour. Brussels gave internet firms three months in March to show they were acting faster to take down radical posts. Industry lobby groups said they have made […]
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  • Amazon, Apple, Others to Testify Before US Senate on Data Privacy
    Amazon, Apple, Others to Testify Before US Senate on Data Privacy
    September 12, 2018 | By Reuters
    Six major Web companies and internet-service providers, including AT&T Inc, Twitter Inc, and Alphabet Inc’s Google, will detail their consumer data privacy practices to a U.S. Senate panel on Sept. 26, according to a congressional statement on Sept. 12. The Senate hearing will give the six technology-related companies, which also include Amazon.com Inc, Apple Inc, […]
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  • Google Buys Into New Finnish Wind Energy in Renewables Search
    Google Buys Into New Finnish Wind Energy in Renewables Search
    September 11, 2018 | By Bay City News
    Google said it has signed a 10-year deal to buy renewable energy from three new wind farms that are being built in Finland and which will power one of its data centers. Big companies have rushed to secure cheap renewable energy to manage costs and reduce their carbon footprint through so-called corporate power purchase agreements […]
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  • Ericsson Inks $3.5 Billion 5G Deal With T-Mobile US
    Ericsson Inks $3.5 Billion 5G Deal With T-Mobile US
    September 11, 2018 | By Reuters
    Mobile telecom gear maker Ericsson said on Sep. 11, it had signed a $3.5 billion multi-year deal to support T-Mobile’s United States 5G network deployment, the biggest 5G order that Ericsson has announced. T-Mobile, the third-biggest U.S. mobile carrier, said in February 2018 it was working with Ericsson and rival network vendor Nokia of Finland […]
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  • Tesla to Drop Some Color Options for Cars to Simplify Production
    Tesla to Drop Some Color Options for Cars to Simplify Production
    September 11, 2018 | By Reuters
    Tesla Inc will eliminate some color options for its electric cars to streamline production, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Sep. 11, as the company intensifies its efforts to ramp up production. Tesla currently offers seven colors for its vehicles that include top variant Model S, mid-level Model X and its most affordable sedan […]
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  • Texting Surpasses In-Person Communication as Favorite Among Teenagers
    Texting Surpasses In-Person Communication as Favorite Among Teenagers
    September 10, 2018 | By Ivan Pentchoukov
    Text messaging is now the most popular form of communication among teenagers, according to a survey conducted by Common Sense. Teenagers overwhelmingly preferred in-person communication six years ago, with almost 1 in 2 saying it was their favorite way of communicating in 2012. But face-to-face conversations have given way to text messages as teens’ preferred […]
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  • Three Taiwan Science Parks Joint Overseas Invest-in-Taiwan Conference
    Three Taiwan Science Parks Joint Overseas Invest-in-Taiwan Conference
    September 10, 2018 | By Cynthia Cai
    In order to promote the Taiwan Science Parks and to attract overseas investment, Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology for the first time—jointly with Hsinchu, Central, and South Science Parks of Taiwan—launched a marketing campaign in United States and Japan. On September 7th, the Taiwan’s Science Parks Investment and Marketing Conference was held in Silicon […]
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  • EU Clears Apple’s Purchase of Shazam
    EU Clears Apple’s Purchase of Shazam
    September 6, 2018 | By Reuters
    The European Union approved Apple’s planned acquisition of British music discovery app Shazam on Sept. 6. EU antitrust investigation showed it would not harm competition in the bloc. The deal, announced in December last year, would help the iPhone maker better compete with Spotify, the industry leader in music streaming services. Shazam identifies songs when […]
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  • Uber Launches Taxi-Hailing App in Japan’s Nagoya
    Uber Launches Taxi-Hailing App in Japan’s Nagoya
    September 6, 2018 | By Reuters
    Uber Technologies on Sept. 6, said it would launch a taxi-hailing app for taxis operating in Nagoya, as the U.S. firm tries to expand its foothold in a country where it has been blocked from offering its own ridesharing service. The U.S. firm said it was working with Fuji Taxi Group, which has been operating […]
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  • EU Seeks to Require Internet Firms to Remove Extremist Content
    EU Seeks to Require Internet Firms to Remove Extremist Content
    September 5, 2018 | By Reuters
    The European Commission will propose legislation this month requiring Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other internet companies to remove extremist content and cooperate with law enforcement authorities. The Commission told such companies in March that they had three months to show they were removing extremist content more rapidly or face legislation forcing them to do so. […]
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  • Microsoft Flags Dangers to EU of Plans to Limit Data Use
    Microsoft Flags Dangers to EU of Plans to Limit Data Use
    September 5, 2018 | By Reuters
    Microsoft said on Sept. 5, that EU lawmakers’ copyright reforms limiting the use of potentially valuable data to non-profit bodies could damage the European Union’s digital development. Companies, research bodies, and organizations such as Wikipedia have stepped up their lobbying ahead of a European Parliament vote next week which will determine its position ahead of […]
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  • Google Races to Parry the Rise of Facebook in India
    Google Races to Parry the Rise of Facebook in India
    September 5, 2018 | By Reuters
    Google retains only a slight lead over Facebook in the competition for digital ad dollars in the crucial India market, sources familiar with the figures say, even though the search giant has been in the country far longer and has avoided the controversies that have dogged its rival. Facebook’s success has shaken Alphabet Inc’s Google, […]
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  • Amazon Eyes Chilean Skies as It Seeks to Datamine the Stars
    Amazon Eyes Chilean Skies as It Seeks to Datamine the Stars
    September 5, 2018 | By Reuters
    Amazon.com is in talks with Chile to house and mine massive amounts of data generated by the country’s giant telescopes, which could prove fertile ground for the company to develop new artificial intelligence tools. The talks, which have been little reported on so far and which were described to Reuters by Chilean officials and an astronomer, […]
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  • Lyft in Talks to Hire Advisor for 2019 IPO
    Lyft in Talks to Hire Advisor for 2019 IPO
    August 31, 2018 | By Reuters
    The U.S. ride services firm Lyft Inc is in talks with an advisor for a targeted March or April 2019 initial public offering, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. In September last year, Reuters reported that the second biggest U.S. ride service company was close to hiring an IPO advisory firm in its […]
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  • Germany, Seeking Independence From U.S., Pushes Cyber Security Research
    Germany, Seeking Independence From U.S., Pushes Cyber Security Research
    August 31, 2018 | By Reuters
    Germany announced a new agency on August 29 to fund research on cybersecurity and to end its reliance on digital technologies from the United States, China, and other countries. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told reporters that Germany needed new tools to become a top player in cybersecurity and shore up European security and independence. “It […]
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