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Analysis: Samsung’s big idea? Upsetting the Apple cart (Reuters)
Oct 20th
SEOUL/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Just a few doors down from the Apple store in Sydney, where a long line of fans eagerly awaited the sale of the new iPhone 4S, another throng was gathering at a Samsung store.
Samsung was ambushing Apple at a temporary “pop up” store offering its new Samsung More >
From a single hashtag, a protest circled the world (Reuters)
Oct 20th
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It all started innocuously enough with a July 13 blog post urging people to #OccupyWallStreet, as though such a thing (Twitter hashtag and all) were possible.
It turns out, with enough momentum and a keen sense of how to use social media, it actually is.
The Occupy movement, More >
EBay CEO lifts PayPal mobile payment forecast (Reuters)
Oct 20th
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – eBay Inc Chief Executive John Donahoe increased a key forecast for the company’s PayPal payments business during an Internet industry conference on Monday.
Donahoe said total payment volume, or TPV, transmitted by mobile devices through PayPal’s system will be more than $3.5 billion in 2011, during a More >
Yahoo “cross talk” ban jolts bidders (Reuters)
Oct 20th
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some potential buyers of Yahoo Inc are balking at the Internet company’s demands for confidentiality that would prevent them from discussing joint bids, according to several people close to the situation.
Yahoo advisers Goldman Sachs and Allen & Co informed interested parties this week of a “no More >
Nokia smartphone recovery in focus after weak Q3 (Reuters)
Oct 20th
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent – Wed Oct 19, 7:07 pm ET HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia is expected to report a rare loss for the third quarter as the struggling Finnish cellphone giant prepares to launch its first Windows phones next week. Investors will focus on whether Nokia can take More >
C Spire to become fourth U.S. Apple iPhone operator (Reuters)
Oct 20th
(Reuters) – C Spire Wireless, a privately held regional U.S. mobile phone network operator, will become the fourth U.S. operator to sell the Apple Inc (AAPL.O) iPhone in “coming weeks” beating much bigger rival T-Mobile USA to a Apple deal.
C Spire, which recently changed its name from Cellular South, has More >
EBay profit meets Street; shares dip on cautious view (Reuters)
Oct 20th
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – EBay Inc reported profit that matched Wall Street estimates and gave a restrained outlook for the rest of the year because of economic uncertainty, sending its shares lower.
“Not a spectacular quarter,” said R J Hottovy, an equity analyst at Morningstar. “It was essentially in line, which More >
Apple’s iPhone 4S breaks early order record (Reuters)
Oct 18th
(Reuters) – People who want the new $200 Apple iPhone 4S may have to get in line on Friday because U.S. wireless phone carriers appear to have sold out.
Sprint Nextel, which is selling the iPhone for the first time, said it sold all of its $200 iPhone 4S and is More >
Egypt’s Mobinil says customer boycott subsides (Reuters)
Oct 18th
CAIRO (Reuters) – The number of subscribers cancelling their Mobinil subscriptions has tumbled from a peak earlier this year when some customers took offence at a cartoon posted online by the company’s founder, its chairman said on Sunday.
The Egyptian mobile company suffered a boycott after Christian business tycoon and politician More >
IBM’s Q3 heightens caution, spurs sell-off (Reuters)
Oct 18th
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – IBM’s quarterly revenue and services signings barely met Wall Street forecasts, underscoring investors’ fears about slower information technology spending and depressing its stock more than 3 percent.
IBM, a bellwether for the IT hardware sector with its global span and diverse clientele, needed to beat forecasts significantly More >
Websites leak more info than consumers are aware of (Reuters)
Oct 18th
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Consumers are less anonymous than they think while surfing the Web, according to a study released on Tuesday that triggered new calls for “do not track” rules.
More than half of the 185 high-traffic websites looked at in the study shared a consumer’s username or user ID with More >
China rural migrants young, restless and online: report (Reuters)
Oct 18th
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s young migrant workers believe manufacturers can afford bigger pay rises and they are increasingly willing to strike to win them, according to a report that documents the spread of labor unrest across the country’s export zones.
The Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin, which advocates stronger rights for More >
Farm groups turning to Web to burnish image (Reuters)
Oct 18th
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – October is a busy month for Kansas farmer Darin Grimm. With 2,000 acres of corn and soybeans to harvest, the third-generation family farmer is running a combine nearly dawn to dusk.
But he still makes time to tweet.
Whether it’s touting the benefits of a new fertilizer, More >
Ceglia told lawyer to ignore Facebook court order: filing (Reuters)
Oct 18th
(Reuters) – The New York man claiming half of Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg’s stake in the social networking company told his lawyer not to comply with a court order to turn over email data, a court filing shows.
Facebook asked U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio in Buffalo, New York to More >
SEC asks companies to disclose cyber attacks (Reuters)
Oct 18th
By Jim Finkle and Sarah N. Lynch Jim Finkle And Sarah N. Lynch – Thu Oct 13, 9:13 pm ET BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. securities regulators formally asked public companies for the first time to disclose cyber attacks against them, following a rash of high-profile Internet crimes. The Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidelines on Thursday More >
Hulu sale called off after months of talks (Reuters)
Oct 18th
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An attempted sale of online video website Hulu has fallen through after months of difficult and complex negotiations between owners such as Walt Disney Co and potential buyers.
Hulu’s owners, which also include News Corp, Comcast Corp’s NBC Universal and Providence Equity, said in a statement on More >
Facebook campaign may herald deeper changes in Bhutan (Reuters)
Oct 18th
THIMPHU (Reuters) – For a sign of things to come with isolated Bhutan’s young democracy, look no further than a draconian smoking law, some bar talk, and a Facebook page.
For decades, Bhutan has been the world’s most reclusive kingdom, with conservative villagers living under an absolute monarch. The introduction of More >
Google jumps as investors cheer mobile growth (Reuters)
Oct 18th
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc’s free Android smartphone software, already a big hit with consumers, is starting to win the hearts of investors.
The world’s No. 1 Internet search company offered a peek at its mobile business during quarterly results on Thursday, revealing that the business was generating revenue at More >
From a single hashtag, a protest circled the world (Reuters)
Oct 18th
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It all started innocuously enough with a July 13 blog post urging people to #OccupyWallStreet, as though such a thing (Twitter hashtag and all) were possible.
It turns out, with enough momentum and a keen sense of how to use social media, it actually is.
The Occupy movement, More >
