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Google wins dismissal of U.S. lawsuit over Android app limits

February 20, 2015 publisher default, forcing-handset, higher-because, illegally, illegally-drove, make-the-search, microsoft-corp, real-estate, samsung, samsung-galaxy, screen, search, search-engine, such-as-samsung, such-as-youtube

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Google Inc of harming smartphone buyers by forcing handset makers that use its Android operating system to make the search engine company's own applications the default option. Consumers claimed that Google required companies such as Samsung Electronics Co to favor Google apps such as YouTube on Android-powered phones, and restrict rival apps such as Microsoft Corp's Bing. They said this illegally drove smartphone prices higher because rivals could not compete for the “prime screen real estate” that Google's apps enjoyed

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Indian IT firms eye robotics, driverless cars for next round of growth

February 20, 2015 publisher apps, buyout-vehicle, changes-clients, consultancy, dampen-other, general-meeting, low-margin-work, national, new-fundraising, people-familiar, press-service, the-annual, the-dominance, their-devices, venue

By Nivedita Bhattacharjee MUMBAI (Reuters) – After decades of low-margin work like server maintenance, India's information technology services firms are moving upscale in search of lucrative contracts for driverless cars and other advanced projects as online innovation changes clients' needs. Companies from Tata Consultancy Services Ltd to Wipro Ltd are all joining Infosys Ltd in investing in new, high-end technology, industry watchers say. Earlier this week Infosys bought U.S.

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YouTube to release kids app next week

February 20, 2015 publisher apps, consultancy, dampen-other, low-margin-work, mobile-devices, people-familiar, picture, street, the-dominance, their-devices, venue, youtube

(Reuters) – YouTube is releasing a new app for children next week, called YouTube Kids, which will run on smartphones and tablets and focus on kid-appropriate content. The free app from Google Inc's online video service will be available for download from Feb.

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State Dept. has yet to clear its computer network of hackers: WSJ

February 20, 2015 publisher crisis, intruders, intruders-had, investigation, journal, national, people, people-familiar, street, street-journal, systems-offline, the-government, the-intruders, things, ukraine

Three months after the U.S. State Department confirmed hackers breached its unclassified email system, the government has still not been able to evict them from the network, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing three people familiar with the investigation. Government officials, assisted by outside contractors and the National Security Agency, have repeatedly scanned the network and taken some systems offline, the Journal reported.

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NSA, British spies hack Gemalto to tap mobile calls: Intercept

February 19, 2015 publisher 450-wireless, agencies, digital, intercept, islamic-state, microsoft-corp, ministerial, mobile-phones, national

(Reuters) – Digital security company Gemalto NV was hacked by American and British spies to steal encryption keys used to protect the privacy of cellphone communications, news website Intercept reported, citing documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The hack by the National Security Agency (NSA) and UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) allowed the agencies to monitor a large portion of voice and data mobile communications around the world without permission from governments and telecom companies, according to the report. NSA could not be immediately reached for comment.

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Snapchat seeks new funding at up to $19 billion valuation: Bloomberg

February 18, 2015 publisher advanced-talks, angeles, another-round, completed-late, dominance, facebook, gram-transfer, man-walks, mobile, programs-before, raise-as-much, school, send-messages, the-established, venice

(Reuters) – Snapchat is looking to raise as much as $500 million in a new funding round that would value the mobile messaging company at up to $19 billion, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. The latest valuation is a massive increase for the company, which Facebook Inc offered to buy for $3 billion in late 2013.

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U.S. to allow export of smartphones, PCs to Sudan to boost access

February 17, 2015 publisher completed-late, extradition, facebook, greater-access, internet, mobile, some-personal, south-sudan, special-envoy, united-states

The United States on Tuesday eased restrictions on the export of some personal telecommunications devices to Sudan such as smartphones and computers, to help give ordinary Sudanese greater access to social networking and the Internet. The licensing changes announced by the U.S. Treasury will cover personal devices such as computers, mobile phones, radios and digital cameras, and related software and services, U.S.

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Australian documentary unspools race riots dating back to 19th century

February 17, 2015 publisher australia, cronulla, cronulla-beach, documents-nine, film, incident-pitted, north, north-cronulla, pauline-askin, race, racist-flare-up, sally-aitken, since-the-mid, sydney

By Pauline Askin SYDNEY (Reuters) – A racist flare-up in a beachside Sydney suburb hit the global spotlight nine years ago, besmirching Australia's reputation as a sun-drenched oasis wooing migrants from around the world. A TV documentary attempts to show the alcohol-fueled riots of December 2005 were not an aberration and that racial tension in Australia had simmered long before the Cronulla Beach incident pitted white surfers against ethnic Lebanese youths. “The Great Australian Race Riot” documents nine major riots since the mid-19th century, beginning with sectarian violence between Irish Catholics and British Protestants living in Melbourne that led to bloodshed on city streets in 1846.

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Russian researchers expose breakthrough U.S. spying program

February 17, 2015 publisher afghanistan, bluffdale, cronulla, data-gathering, documents-nine, figured-out-how, incident-pitted, pakistan, race, racist-flare-up, sally-aitken, security, sydney, yemen

By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and former operatives.

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Chinese regulator says to target e-commerce pricing behavior

February 13, 2015 publisher alibaba, alibaba-group, computer-code, gestures-during, pricing-tactics, regulator-last, said-on-friday, sent-out-before, sold-on-alibaba, staff-posted, typical-startup, urged-employees, venture-capital

A Chinese antitrust regulator said on Friday pricing tactics in the nation's e-commerce sector will be probed to ensure a “fair” market, likely putting new scrutiny on companies such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and JD.com Inc. The comments come just two weeks after another government regulator, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC), accused Alibaba of failing to clean up what it called illegal business deals on the e-commerce titan's platforms. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said in a statement on its website that it would “organize and develop special inspections into the online retail sector's pricing behavior”