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Mobile technology and targeted marketing barge in on holidays

November 2, 2015 publisher 12-5-percent, brussels, decorated-yard, devices, euromonitor, global-online, global-trends, mobile, mobile-travel, sarah-young, shopping-tips, take-break, through-guide, travel, travel-sales

By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – Thumbing through guide books for restaurant and shopping tips while on holiday could soon be a thing of the past, thanks to mobile travel technology that knows where you are and what you like and can ping you personalized recommendations. People are increasingly turning to their mobile phones to book flights, hotels and make other travel-related purchases, with $96 billion, or 12.5 percent of global online travel sales, made via the devices in 2014, according to a report by Euromonitor International. Using data from those purchases, travel providers will soon be pushing personalized options for hotels and restaurants via mobile devices, Euromonitor's WTM Global Trends Report 2015 forecast

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LinkedIn profit beats as recruitment services revenue jumps

October 29, 2015 publisher 502-million, acquisition, angeles, biggest, earned-more, its-takeover, mountain, mountain-view, princess, said-it-now, the-operator, training-video

(Reuters) – LinkedIn Corp reported higher-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit as it earned more from its recruitment services business and benefited from the acquisition of training video company lynda.com. Shares of LinkedIn, the operator of the biggest social networking site for professionals, rose about 10 percent in extended trading on Thursday. Revenue in the company's Talents Solutions business, which connects recruiters with job candidates, rose 46 percent to $502 million in the third quarter.

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Apple asks U.S. Supreme Court to toss e-books antitrust decision

October 29, 2015 publisher 2014-settlement, 502-million, asked-the-high, entrance, increase-e-book, maker-conspired, manhattan, mountain, said-it-now, state-attorneys

Apple Inc has asked the U.S.

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On social media, Cruz steals spotlight, but Trump wins on sentiment

October 29, 2015 publisher asked-the-high, cnbc, distant-third, donald-trump, latest-national, most-attention, mountain, night, said-it-now, social-media, texas, york

By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S.

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Nokia beats estimates and returns cash, Alcatel deal on track

October 29, 2015 publisher also-reported, angela-moon, chinese, halloween, jussi-rosendahl, leila-abboud, margot-robbie, nokia, offset-weaker, said-on-friday, suicide-squad, sweden, vault-the-new

By Jussi Rosendahl and Leila Abboud HELSINKI/PARIS (Reuters) – Finnish network equipment maker Nokia reported stronger-than-expected quarterly profits as growth in China offset weaker demand in other key markets, and said it would return money to shareholders after acquiring Alcatel-Lucent . The tie-up will vault the new company into a stronger position to compete with Sweden's Ericsson and low-cost Chinese player Huawei [HWT.UL], in a market for telecom network gear where little growth and tough competition are pressing down prices

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Optimal Payments says investigating data breach allegations

October 29, 2015 publisher breaches-had, british, brussels, data, global-trends, london, optimal, the-allegations, the-data, the-public, their-responses

(Reuters) – British mobile payments company Optimal Payments Plc said it was investigating allegations that personal data belonging to some of its customers had been compromised and was available in the public domain. The company said the allegations were that the data breaches had occurred at two of its units in 2012 or earlier.

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PayPal’s China, Europe transaction volumes hit by strong dollar

October 28, 2015 publisher below-analysts, china, europe-shares, event-at-terra, francisco, from-markets, nasdaq, nearly-half, revenue-rose, seen-during, strong-dollar, terra-gallery, united

Payment processor PayPal Holdings Inc , spun off from eBay Inc reported quarterly revenue slightly below analysts' expectations as a strong dollar hurt its transaction volumes in China and Europe. Shares of PayPal, which listed for the second time on the Nasdaq in July, fell 5.6 percent in extended trading on Wednesday.

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Soccer-Player receives death threat ahead of Brazilian Cup tie

October 28, 2015 publisher before-helping, china, death-threat, europe-shares, instagram, private-message, revenue-rose, safety, said-the-threat, seen-during, squad, strong-dollar, their-players, their-squad, united

By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Fluminense are “taking all the appropriate precautions” to ensure the safety of their squad after one of their players received a death threat ahead of Wednesday night’s Brazilian Cup tie against Palmeiras. A spokesman for the club said the threat to midfielder Vinicius came via a private message on Instagram that told him to think twice before helping Fluminense defend their 2-1 first-leg lead.

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Yahoo’s NFL debut bodes well for game streaming: media buyers

October 26, 2015 publisher data-released, first-global, game-on-sunday, league, media-buyers, national, nfl, rolle, said-on-monday, striking-future, sunday, the-league, viewers-were, yahoo

The reach of Yahoo Inc's first global live-stream of a National Football League game on Sunday is likely to result in the league striking future deals with online distributors, media buyers said on Monday. An average of 2.36 million viewers were watching at any given time, according to preliminary data released by Yahoo and the NFL.

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Behind Ben Carson’s rebellious public image, a DC insider is hard at work

October 25, 2015 publisher answer, barry-bennett, carson, client, emily-flitter, national, national-press, party, polls, sometimes-less

By Emily Flitter NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. presidential candidate Ben Carson may be the farthest Republican voters can get from the party's establishment: A retired neurosurgeon with a penchant for inflammatory comments who has never held, much less run, for elected office. While many of his rivals are concentrating on hiring staff and renting offices in key states like New Hampshire and Iowa, Carson is pursuing a more unorthodox campaign, sometimes less visible to the naked eye, that has fueled his rise to the top of the polls.