NEW YORK (Reuters) – The languages and the cultures are different, but the pet peeves of mobile technology users around the globe are the same, with most people annoyed by receiving too much information, according to a poll released on Wednesday. About 60 percent of adults and teenagers in eight countries said too much is [...]
KABUL, Aug 31 (Reuters) – An adolescent boy and a young girl have been beheaded in two separate incidents in Afghanistan, local officials and police said on Friday, in the latest brazen attacks that have raised fresh questions about a splintering Taliban. A 12-year-old boy was kidnapped and killed in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, [...]
JERUSALEM, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Israel is facing growing international pressure not to attack Iran unilaterally, with the United States in particular making clear its firm opposition to any such strike. Recent rhetoric by Israeli leaders that time is running out to halt Iran’s contested nuclear programme has raised concern that military action might be [...]
TOKYO, Aug 31 (Reuters) – A Tokyo court ruled on Friday that Samsung Electronics’ mobile devices did not violate an Apple Inc patent involved in synching mobile devices and computers, awarding the South Korean maker a victory a week after it lost a bruising landmark patent case in the United States. In rejecting Apple’s suit, [...]
Aug 31 (Reuters) – Shares of Facebook Inc fell 4.5 percent to a new low on Friday after brokerages cut their price targets on the company’s shares, saying several lock-up expirations over the next year will weigh on the stock. Early investors got the green light to sell Facebook shares for the first time on [...]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Apple and four major publishers have offered to allow retailers such as Amazon to sell e-books at a discount for two years in a bid to end an EU antitrust investigation and stave off possible fines, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. The EU antitrust watchdog opened an investigation [...]
NEW YORK/SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and Nokia Oyj are loading up for their best — and possibly last — shot at denting a smartphone market dominated by Apple Inc’s iPhone and Google Inc’s Android mobile software. If the new Lumia phones do not appeal to consumers when they are unveiled next Wednesday, it could [...]
(Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc is testing a “Scan & Go” system that would allow shoppers to scan items using their iPhones and then quickly pay at a self-checkout counter. Earlier this week, Walmart invited employees with Apple Inc iPhones to participate in a test at a Walmart supercenter in Rogers, Arkansas, near the company’s [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is weeding out fake “Likes” on its social network that are being caused by spammers, malware and black marketeers as it strives to maintain credibility as an advertising platform. Facebook said the number of Likes, or endorsements by users, on corporate pages is likely to drop by less than [...]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Seeking to capitalize on a major legal victory over its rival Samsung Electronics Ltd, Apple Inc has asked a federal court in a separate case to find that four additional Samsung products, including the Galaxy S III, infringe Apple’s patents. In February, Apple alleged that at least 17 Samsung products infringe [...]
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