Europol reveals arrest of 49 cyber criminals
Dozens of suspected cyber crime offenders were arrested by the Europol police after a series of investigations were conducted by law enforcement officers from UK and Belgium respectively.
Jun 13, 2015 10:31 AM EDT
Line to make best of untapped streaming music market in Japan
Line, a popular messaging app operator, has launched its music streaming service- 'Line Music' in Japan making a headstart in virtually untapped market of mobile music business.
New Xprize contest to give out $7 million for mobile apps promoting adult literacy
The new Xprize challenge will award $7 million for mobile apps developers who can best address adult literacy concerns. The competition is jointly presented by the Barbara Bush Foundation and the Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
India launches “Khoya Paya”, a website for missing children
India decides to fight kidnapping by launching "Khoya Paya" , a "lost and found" website for missing children.
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Orange plans expansion in North Africa while ending ties with Israel to strenghten Middle East relationship
Orange expands to North Africa as a way to enter the Middle East market. The telecomsoperator expresed its desire to end affiliation with Israel's Partner Communications Ltd to give way to Arab pressure.
Jun 07, 2015 6:22 AM EDT
Google shareholders dismiss ISS recommendations to withhold vote as all director-candidates got re-elected
Despite ISS warnings, Google sharehoders reelected all eleven board of directors in its annual stockholders meeting held on 3 June. ISS warned investors against voting for John Doerr, Paul Otellini, and Ram Shriram in connection with executive pay awarded to Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Chief Business Officer Omid Kordestani.
Jun 07, 2015 5:57 AM EDT
Alibaba to invest in China Business Network to expand finance services
Alibaba Group Holding has decided to buy stakes worth more than 1 billion yuan ($161 million) in financial media outlet China Business Network (CBN). CBN is part of Shanghai Media Group (SMG).
Jun 06, 2015 11:33 PM EDT
Paris Climate Summit & UN talks push through in December 2015
Paris Climate Summit will push through as scheduled this year with environmentalist groups hoping that a low-carbon economy program would finally fall into place, as UN talks focus on global warming issues.
Jun 04, 2015 11:19 PM EDT
NASA supersonic saucer on second test stage in prep for human missions to Mars, take off was postponed twice due to Harsh Ocean Conditions
NASA will be testing of their Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) by lifting it 120,000 feet above the ground at Hawaii. The NASA flying saucer-like spacecraft will splash on the waters of the Pacific, which is why the flight was postponed twice die to bad ocean condition. This exercise is done for future human missions to Mars.
Jun 04, 2015 9:29 AM EDT
6.1 billion smartphone users worldwide by 2020: report
In 5 years time, the total number of smartphone users will rise to 6.1 billion. At present there are 2.6 billion smartphone users. And by 2020, total mobile users will touch 9.2 billion.
Jun 04, 2015 9:19 AM EDT
South Korea Counters North Korean Missile Test Last Month With Sanctioned Missile Launched
South Korea succesfully launched their own ballistic missile test last Wednesday as a show of arms to it neighboring bully, North Korea.
Jun 04, 2015 8:16 AM EDT
Samsung, Philips and Panasonic reach $528 million settlement deal for cathode ray tube class action
Electronics manufacturers agreed to settle a CRT class action for a total of $528 million. More companies and several other lawsuits are involved.
Jun 04, 2015 4:34 AM EDT
Americans cannot save Ramadi; US troops hold back to protect civilians
Recently, Isil took over Ramadi, resulting to thousands of innocent civilians being killed while survivors and Iraqi military troops pleaded for U.S. military help.
Jun 04, 2015 4:28 AM EDT
Obama Signs USA Freedom Act, Protecting the Individual American's Privacy, Civil Liberties and National Security
US President Barack Obama signs the USA Freedom Act immediately after the Senate passed the bill. The law transfers the responsibility of collecting and keeping phone call data from the NSA to the phone companies themselves.
Jun 04, 2015 4:11 AM EDT
Uber faces heavy issues: sexual harassment in India and public safety protests in Canada
Uber is facing heavy issues recently receiving complaints from Canadian taxi drivers as well as Indian customers. Non-Uber taxi drivers in Canada see UberX as a threat to public safety, while an Indian female was sexually harassed by an Uber taxi driver.
Jun 03, 2015 9:44 AM EDT
US Stocks rose ahead of big data week with looming interest rate increase deterred by global slow down
Stocks rise have experts speculating that the country may be on its way to recovery and an increased interest rate is on order. The Fed's Brainard is skeptic on the idea.
Jun 03, 2015 9:30 AM EDT
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