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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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Rocket-backed Foodpanda raises $100 million in round led by Goldman

May 1, 2015 admin global-online, group-created, its-position, march-it-had, paula-goldberg, reuters-global, rocket, suddenly-last, tech-investor, two-wonderful

Foodpanda, an online takeaway delivery service backed by tech investor Rocket Internet, said on Friday it had received $100 million in a financing round led by a Goldman Sachs hedge fund. Goldman Sachs Investment Partners will take a seat on Foodpanda’s advisory board. Existing investors including Rocket also took part in the round

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China blames hacking attack for recent Internet problems

May 1, 2015 admin coordination, global-online, group-created, hacking-attack, its-position, march-it-had, network, popular-foreign, reuters-global, said-on-friday, some-servers, suddenly-last, tech-investor, two-wonderful

A hacking attack using malware from overseas servers was to blame for Internet problems in China earlier this week that prevented users accessing a number of popular foreign websites, an official state-run newspaper said on Friday. The English-language China Daily, citing the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team Coordination Centre, an agency that monitors China's Internet safety, said the redirection happened because some servers in China were “contaminated” by malware from overseas servers.

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U.S. firms lead EU lobbying league

April 30, 2015 admin coordination, dutch-shell, european, european-union, exxon-mobil, global-online, including-tech, microsoft, said-on-friday, shared-the-top, some-servers, tech-investor, united, united-states, update-public

By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. companies, including tech rivals Microsoft and Google , were among leading spenders on corporate lobbying in Brussels last year, a Reuters review of new data showed (table below)