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Microsoft missed mobile dominance by 'tiny' margin: Gates
Jun 24, 2019 (AFP)
Gates, speaking at a forum in Washington, said Microsoft would be even more valuable if it had won the battle over operating software for mobile devices against...
Europe wary as Facebook takes up cryptocurrency challenge
Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, whose government initiated a new tax on digital giants like Facebook that has angered the United States, said such digit...
The smartphone: a global product
Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)
The company is not just in the lead in developing equipment for fifth-generation networks, it has also moved into the high-end smartphone segment. But the US cl...
Facebook takes on the world of cryptocurrency with 'Libra' coin
Jun 18, 2019 (AFP)
The Libra coin plan, backed by financial and nonprofit partners, represents an ambitious new initiative for the world's biggest social network with the potentia...
Facebook to unveil new cryptocurrency
Jun 17, 2019 (AFP)
The world's biggest social network is expected to outline details of a virtual currency launching next year that it hopes will avoid the rollercoaster volatilit...
Huawei phone sales plunge, cutbacks planned as US pressure bites
Jun 17, 2019 (AFP)
The announcements by Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei marked the first clear indication from the company of the impact of the US pressure, which is being app...
Radiohead defies hackers, releases trove of stolen music
Jun 11, 2019 (AFP)
The genre-banding English musicians uploaded the 1.8-gigabyte collection of recording session outtakes and rare live performances on their radiohead.bandcamp.co...
Media sector seeks new powers to challenge Big Tech
Jun 11, 2019 (AFP)
The comments came as the House Judiciary Committee opened the first in what is expected to be a series of hearings examining the dominance of Big Tech in severa...
'Hurry up!': G20 urged to speed up digital tax
Jun 08, 2019 (AFP)
The G20 has tasked the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development to fix an international tax system that has seen some internet heavyweights take ad...
Video games battle for the cloud as industry girds for change
Jun 08, 2019 (AFP)
New blockbuster titles will be on center stage as usual at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) opening in Los Angeles on Tuesday, but the big question...
China grants 5G licences for commercial use
Jun 06, 2019 (AFP)
5G is the next-generation cellular network that offers faster data transfer speed and could enhance technologies such as autonomous driving, remote medical diag...
China's Huawei signs deal to develop 5G in Russia
Jun 05, 2019 (AFP)
The agreement was signed on the sidelines of a meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The deal will see "the ...
US antitrust hammer for Big Tech: what happens next?
Jun 04, 2019 (AFP)
Here are three questions and answers on how these actions may play out: - What is the basis for antitrust actions against Big Tech? Each firm has different issu...
Apple iTunes to play last song
Jun 04, 2019 (AFP)
iTunes transformed the way people buy and listen to music after its launch in 2001, but is now being phased out, Apple senior vice president of software enginee...
US gears up for antitrust battles with Big Tech
Jun 03, 2019 (AFP)
The Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission have carved out territory for the investigations to set the stage for reviews of the dominance of the lar...
China's Huawei to sell stake in undersea-cable unit
Jun 03, 2019 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump has attacked Huawei in recent months, urging allies to boycott its products and blacklisting the Chinese firm from buying some US soft...
Huawei a key beneficiary of China subsidies that US wants ended
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
The fairytale-like facilities rest on land that was sold by the local government at cut-rate prices to woo and bolster a strategic, high-tech company like Huawe...
G20 countries eye tax policy for internet giants: Nikkei
May 30, 2019 (AFP)
The basic policy is likely to be signed by finance ministers from the Group of 20 countries when they meet next month in the Japanese city of Fukuoka ahead of t...
Huawei asks US court to throw out federal ban
May 29, 2019 (AFP)
Huawei filed suit against the US bill in March, calling it "unconstitutional" and saying the US Congress had failed to provide evidence to support its restricti...
Facebook use eroding in US as social media under pressure
May 28, 2019 (AFP)
The average amount of time US adults spent at Facebook dropped by three minutes per day last year and will likely decrease by another minute next year, to a tot...
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