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China’s JD.com says watchdog accepts request for probe into rival Alibaba’s practices

November 5, 2015 creative alibaba, aptop-computer, britain, capital-markets, commerce, country, cybersecurity, hangzhou, jeremy-darroch, markets-either, online-retailer, pictured-at-its, reuters-early, the-fashion

A Chinese regulator has formally accepted a request by JD.com, the country's second-biggest online retailer, to investigate its rival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd for possible unfair practices during promotions, JD.com's official microblog said on Thursday. Alibaba, China's biggest e-commerce firm, has previously denied accusations outlined in a JD.com letter to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) in the run-up to Nov

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Britons prefer smartphones over laptops to go online – watchdog

August 6, 2015 creative britain, california, her-mobile, london, mobile, people-said, percent-opened, phone-while, rapid-take-up, singapore-based, such-as-search, take-control, tesla, tesla-motors

Smartphones have overtaken laptops as the preferred way for Britons to go online, driven by increased take-up of the devices and a jump in superfast mobile broadband subscriptions, the British telecoms regulator said on Thursday. A third of people said they turned to a smartphone first to browse the Internet, access social media or shop online, while 30 percent opened up a laptop, Ofcom said.

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Apple Pay launches in Britain as hold-out Barclays signs up

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Apple introduced its mobile payments service to Britain on Tuesday as Barclays confirmed its participation in the U.S. tech giant's move to capitalize on the increasing number of consumers who are comfortable making tap-and-go purchases

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BlackBerry introduces security offering for IoT devices

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BlackBerry Ltd said on Tuesday it is launching a new certificate service that will help bring the security level it offers on smartphones to a slew of devices from cars to smart meters. Certicom, a subsidiary of BlackBerry and an industry pioneer in elliptic curve cryptography, announced a new offering that it contends will secure millions of devices, expected to be part of the growing Internet of Things (IoT) sphere. The company said it has already won a contract in Britain to issue certificates for the smart meter initiative there with more than 104 million smart meters and home energy management devices

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U.S. House seen passing cyber threat information bill Wednesday

April 21, 2015 creative britain, committee, government, internet, level-it-offers, make-it-easier, million-smart, photo-during, security-level

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider, and pass, on Wednesday a long-awaited bill that would make it easier for companies to share information about cyber security threats with the government without fear of lawsuits.

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Britain’s Sainsbury’s joins click-and-collect shopping revolution

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Sainsbury’s will offer online shoppers the option of picking up orders in store, years after the service was introduced by rivals Tesco and Asda, upping the stakes in Britain's brutally competitive grocery market.

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UK needs to take urgent action over anti-Semitism, lawmakers say

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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Urgent action is needed to tackle a “disturbing” rise in anti-Semitism in Britain including measures to deal with growing “cyber hate” on social media, a group of senior lawmakers said on Monday. Last week, the body which advises Britain’s estimated 260,000 Jews on security reported that the number of anti-Semitic incidents in Britain had risen to a record level last year

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Beyond the breach: cyberattacks force a defense strategy re-think

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EU starts in-depth inquiry into online music licensing venture

January 14, 2015 admin britain, instagram, mountain, music, online-joint, sets-as-seen, tonsattares, viagem, wednesday

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Wednesday it had opened an in-depth investigation into the planned creation of an online joint venture by three organizations which collect rights for music. The joint venture would be between Britain's PRS for Music Limited (PRSfM), Sweden's Foreningen Svenska Tonsattares Internationella Musikbyra (STIM) and Germany's Gesellschaft für musikalische Auffuehrungs- und mechanische Vervielfaeltigungsrechte (GEMA). ..

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Rocket Internet backs rental start-up looking to replace realtors

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By Eric Auchard LONDON (Reuters) – German ecommerce investor Rocket Internet is backing online apartment rental firm Nestpick as the start-up expands into four European countries, aiming to connect landlords with tenants and put real estate agents out of a job. Nestpick said on Tuesday it was expanding into 14 cities in Britain, France, Italy and Spain, seeking to do for medium-term property rentals what AirBnB has done to transform the market for short-stay rentals for holiday and business travelers

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