Disney’s ESPN withdraws content from YouTube
(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co's sports network ESPN said it will not make its content available on YouTube, due to the recently announced ad-free subscription-based offering coined YouTube Red.
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Myanmar’s reformist law used to stifle dissent
By Timothy Mclaughlin YANGON (Reuters) – Last week’s arrest of an NGO worker in Myanmar for a Facebook post is raising fears that legislation drawn up as part of the country’s economic and democratic liberalization are being used to stifle dissent in ways reminiscent of laws drafted by the former military junta. Myanmar only began to regain its freedoms of expression from 2011 after 49 years of military rule, and critics fear the arrest of Patrick Kum Jaa Lee for commenting on a picture showing a foot standing on a photo of commander-in-chief Min Aung Hlaing is a worrying backward step.
Read moreCyber security bill advances in Senate
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A long-delayed bill that would make it easier for corporations to share information about cyber attacks with each other or the government without fear of lawsuits advanced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday with support from members of both parties and the White House. Dozens of industry and business groups, including the U.S.
Read moreTalkTalk fears customer data may have been stolen in cyber attack
(Reuters) – British broadband supplier TalkTalk said private customer data, including credit card and bank details, may have been stolen in a “significant and sustained” cyber attack on its website. The company said it was working with cyber crime specialists and the Metropolitan police to establish the extent of information accessed in the breach on Wednesday. …
Read moreNFL keen to see who watches Yahoo game webcast and how
The U.S. National Football League will be closely watching the audience for Yahoo Inc's global webcast of a game on Sunday as it considers whether to do more deals to live stream games, an NFL official told Reuters Thursday.
Read more‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ breaks presale records
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Early ticket sales for December's “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” broke IMAX records with more than $6.5 million for U.S. screenings, the theater chain said on Tuesday, while the trailer delivered a boost for ESPN's Monday Night Football.
Read moreGoogle offering free Apps for Work to some customers
By Deborah Todd SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc announced on Monday that it will offer its Apps for Work suite free to businesses currently locked into agreements with other office software vendors. Normally, businesses pay $5 per user per month for a basic version of Apps for Work or $10 per user per month for one with more advanced features, such as increased storage and an email archive. Google will give businesses access to the suite, which includes Gmail, Calendar, Google Drive, Google Docs and other programs, at no cost through the remainder of their current agreements
Read moreGoogle book-scanning project legal, says U.S. appeals court
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that Google's massive effort to scan millions of books for an online library does not violate copyright law, rejecting claims from a group of authors that the project illegally deprives them of revenue
Read moreKardashians pause social media postings as Odom fights for life
(Reuters) – The Kardashian family on Friday paused social media postings across their commercial sites while ex basketball star Lamar Odom – Khloe Kardashian's estranged husband – fights for his life in a Las Vegas hospital. Khloe, sister Kim and half-sister Kylie Jenner said they had stopped publishing content to their various popular mobile apps and their official websites. “As a family, we've decided to hold off on publishing content across our apps while we continue to support and pray for Lamar,” read a statement on a black background posted on all of their sites
Read moreTwitter to pay Kordestani annual base salary of $50,000
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc said it would pay new Executive Chairman Omid Kordestani an annual base salary of $50,000 and a one-time grant of options to buy 800,000 shares of the microblogging website operator. Kordestani's appointment was a move by Twitter to allay concerns about Dorsey's dual role as head of mobile payments company Square Inc.
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