GM counting on high-speed Internet services in car to drive profits
Now, as the company prepares to expand the technology to most of its 2016 U.S. models, GM is lifting the curtain on its digital business strategy
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Russia cannot divide Europe over Ukraine, says German minister
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Thursday Russia could not succeed in breaking European Union unity on sanctions over Ukraine by using strategies such as offering to remove trade embargoes against individual EU member states. There were such attempts and they were not successful,” he said in Lithuania, where concern about neighboring Russia’s intervention in Ukraine is especially acute
Read moreMicrosoft and Yahoo amend search deal
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc amended a 2009 search partnership, giving Yahoo more control over how search results are displayed on desktops and mobile devices. The 10-year search partnership, crafted by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz, allowed the companies to amend or terminate it after five years.
Read morePanasonic eyes doubling of airline Wi-Fi installation to meet demand
By Victoria Bryan HAMBURG (Reuters) – Panasonic Avionics says it will need to double the rate at which it installs Wi-Fi systems on aircraft to catch up with skyrocketing demand from airlines to keep passengers connected above the clouds. Airlines are rushing to install Wi-Fi on board, seeing not only an opportunity to meet demands from customers to be always connected, but also to make the most of advertising contracts from companies keen on access to this captive audience. Panasonic Avionics, part of Panasonic Corp, says it has won a 46 percent share of business for Wi-Fi systems since 2009, taking the lead over rivals such as OnAir, Gogo and Global Eagle's Row44
Read moreNet neutrality row grows louder in India, Internet.org hit
A group of India's leading technology and Internet firms has pulled out of Internet.org, Facebook's flagship effort to get billions more online, in a growing debate over free access and internet neutrality in the country. Net neutrality is the concept that all websites on the internet are treated equally. The debate over access and neutrality has grabbed headlines in India this week after leading telecom carrier Bharti Airtel announced a product through which mobile “app” makers pay for data usage to allow customers to use their apps for free
Read moreEU says Google hurt consumers and competitors in Internet search case
The European Union accused Google Inc on Wednesday of cheating consumers and competitors by distorting Web search results to favor its own shopping service, after a five-year investigation that could change the rules for business online. Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Google, which dominates Internet search engine markets worldwide, had been sent a Statement of Objections – effectively a charge sheet – to which it has 10 weeks to respond.
Read moreUnder fire from U.S. group, Alibaba says fighting counterfeit goods
By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said it had a range of measures to fight counterfeits on its websites – remarks that come after a trade group requested U.S. government help in prodding the Chinese e-commerce giant into action against fake goods. In the latest flare up over the issue, the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) said in an April 8 letter to U.S
Read moreU.S. firm CrowdStrike claims success in deterring Chinese hackers
By Andrea Shalal COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – U.S
Read morePGA Tour making digital reach-out to younger audience
By Larry Fine AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Golf fans surfing PGA Tour’s websites and apps can now score rewards points in the golf organization’s efforts to reach younger audiences and fantasy game players, a tour executive said Wednesday. More than one million daily visitors to the tour’s various platforms will be accumulating PGA Tour mPoints in conjunction with SessionM in a loyalty program launched this week. “Every month millions of people come to PGA Tour.com to follow all the tournament stuff,” Scott Gutterman, vice president of digital operations for the PGA Tour, told Reuters under a shady tree at Augusta National.
Read moreIndia’s IT services exporters whipped by currency headwinds
By Patturaja and Murugaboopathy BENGALURU, April 8 (Reuters) – The dollar’s biggest quarterly rise against other major currencies since 2008 has undermined sales of India’s IT services firms in non-U.S. markets, including Europe, in what was already a seasonally slow period.
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