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Swiss competition body approves Swisscom online directory merger

March 24, 2015 creative companies, india, internet, internet-users, largest-growth, phone-numbers, purchase, smartphone-user, supreme-court, swiss, telecoms

Switzerland's competition commission WEKO said on Tuesday it had approved the purchase of online directory search.ch by Swisscom, as the telecoms group tries to compete with the likes of Google in digital advertising. In a deal reached last year, Swisscom is to combine directory operator local.ch, which provides information on phone numbers, with Swiss media company Tamedia's search and information service search.ch in a joint subsidiary. Together the local online directories will reach 3.6 million internet users per month in Switzerland, and the merger will be completed by mid-2015, the companies said in a joint statement

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Online video site Vessel bets fans will pay for early access

March 24, 2015 creative chief, chief-executive, free-content, india, internet-users, jason-kilar, largest-growth, officer-richard, see-something, smartphone-user, telecoms, vevo-or-other, video-platform, websites

Online video platform Vessel launched its paid subscription service on Tuesday, offering programming at least three days before other websites in a bid to reshape an industry dominated by free content on Google Inc’s YouTube. Vessel, which costs viewers $3 a month, was founded by former Hulu Chief Executive Jason Kilar and Chief Technology Officer Richard Tom. “There are a lot of consumers who would love to see something early.” More than 130 creators will provide early access to content on Vessel

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Online platform ‘Open Humans’ launches to share DNA, other data

March 24, 2015 creative another-outlet, chief, chief-executive, facebook, george-church, internet-users, jason-kilar, largest-growth, online-platform, said-geneticist, scooped-on-new, sharon-begley, smartphone-user, vevo-or-other, york

By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) – People eager to share personal information beyond what’s on their Facebook profile have another outlet: an online platform launching on Tuesday will let them give scientists information about their genomes, gut bacteria and other biological data. The “Open Humans Network” aims to make more health-related data available for scientists to mine for discoveries and also help volunteers make that data more accessible to more researchers. Open Humans is launching when scientists are increasingly concerned that valuable genetic and other data are being kept under wraps.

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FCC sued by broadband companies over net neutrality rules

March 24, 2015 creative another-outlet, chief, chief-executive, commission, facebook, federal, fifth-circuit, filed-lawsuits, industry-trade, internet, internet-users, largest-growth, seen-before, smartphone-user

By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. broadband providers on Monday filed lawsuits against the Federal Communications Commission's recently approved net neutrality rules, launching what is a expected to be a series of legal challenges. Broadband industry trade group USTelecom filed a lawsuit against the FCC in the U.S.