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With funky name but big demand, BlaBlaCar eyes global ride-share push

November 14, 2014 publisher been-at-least, confirmed-its, mosque-before, play-on-how, protective-gear, three-years, trace-at-least, while-showing

By Eric Auchard LONDON (Reuters) – A fast-growing French firm is making a name across Europe for its inter-city ride-sharing service, drawing big funding from venture backers while showing a drive to go global that is all too rare among European start-ups. Called BlaBlaCar, a play on how much chatter drivers and passengers can put up with on long-haul journeys, the service has wooed nearly 12 million members across 13 countries in three years of expansion, or more than 2 million travelers a month. …

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South African, Norwegian e-commerce rivals bury hatchet in Brazil battle

November 14, 2014 publisher brazil, competition, david-dolan, fiercest, norway, recent-years, schibsted, some-emerging, such-as-brazil, the-fiercest, two-companies

By David Dolan and Balazs Koranyi JOHANNESBURG/OSLO (Reuters) – Two of the fiercest rivals in online classifieds, South Africa’s Naspers and Norway’s Schibsted, said they would team up in some emerging markets, including fast-growing Brazil where they have battled each other for years.

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Russia’s Mail.ru buys maps service company to lure mobile users

November 13, 2014 publisher alisher-usmanov, evolution, its-global, maps, richest-man, russia, russian, speaks-during, thursday, usmanov, well-as-chat

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian email-to-online-gaming group Mail.ru said on Thursday it had acquired MAPS.ME, a maps and navigation service for mobile devices, to help expand its global audience. Mail.ru, majority-owned by Russia’s richest man Alisher Usmanov, had announced plans to expand in foreign markets in October 2012 and launched the my.com brand, which now offers an email service for mobile phones, as well as chat and games

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AT&T to pause fiber spending on net neutrality uncertainty

November 13, 2014 publisher are-reflected, commission, companies-more, international, internet, like-public, obama, president, stephenson

By Marina Lopes WASHINGTON (Reuters) – AT&T Inc on Wednesday raised pressure on the U.S. telecommunications regulator's work on new “net neutrality” rules, saying it would stop investing in high-speed Internet connections in 100 cities until the Web rules were settled. The statement from AT&T Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson is the first move by an Internet service provider in response to President Barack Obama's unexpected call on the Federal Communications Commission on Monday to regulate these companies more like public utilities.

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U.S. House subcommittee to hold hearing on net neutrality

November 12, 2014 publisher are-reflected, comcast, commission, diego, internet, like-public, net-neutrality, president-barack, telecom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Communications and Technology subcommittee said on Wednesday it would hold a hearing on the net neutrality issue on Dec. 10.

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Spotify says fights piracy, has paid $2 billion to artists, industry

November 11, 2014 publisher entire-catalog, fights-music, its-business, michael-roddy, model-on-monday, music-streaming, spotify, the-industry

By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) – The music streaming portal Spotify made an impassioned defense of its business model on Monday, saying it fights music piracy and had paid out $2 billion to the industry and artists since its launch in 2008. The statement in a blog post by CEO Daniel Ek came a week after U.S. singer Taylor Swift pulled her entire catalog from the popular streaming site as she released her new album “1989”, which immediately soared to the top of the U.S.

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SurveyMonkey targets professional customers in Britain

November 11, 2014 publisher alibaba-group, bringing-its, britain, entire-catalog, europe-launched, feedback-on-new, hangzhou, model-on-monday, new-products, reported-more, retail, strong-panel, united-states

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) – SurveyMonkey, an internet company that enables people to poll friends, colleagues and customers, is bringing its professional polling service to Britain, marking its first foray for the product in Europe. Launched a couple of years ago in the United States, SurveyMonkey Audience has a 4.5 million strong panel ready to answer questions. It is used by companies to get feedback on new products or on ads

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New apps meet need for more privacy after over-sharing

November 11, 2014 publisher apps-provide, door, fastest, feedback-on-new, francisco-based, increased-200, natasha-baker, public-social, reported-more

By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) – Consumers concerned about over-sharing on public social networks are turning to private messaging apps to share texts, photos and videos with a limited group of people. Downloads of private social messaging apps increased 200 percent in 2013 over 2012, making them the fastest-growing category of apps, according to San Francisco-based mobile analytics firm Flurry. The apps provide more private connections and allow users to express themselves without worrying about how they are perceived by their entire networks.

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China hackers target rights groups, say Canadian researchers

November 11, 2014 publisher alastair, alastair-sharp, apps-provide, chinese, citizen, feedback-on-new, francisco-based, group-said, groups-lack, increased-200, lock-icon, paris, political-power, said-on-tuesday

By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) – Chinese hackers are attacking activists, journalists and human rights groups using many of the same techniques they apply to steal state secrets and spy on corporations, a Canadian technology research group said on Tuesday.

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Traders seek out clues on stocks from Internet employee forums

November 7, 2014 publisher came-the-same, elections, every-little, fund-managers, lead-singer, look-at-their, singer-bono, such-as-tesco, sweep-targeting, while-walking

By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON (Reuters) – When digging for insight on a complex retail story such as Tesco, whose shares are at decade lows after profit warnings and boardroom upheaval, every little helps investors – even comments in employee chatrooms.