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Google aims for China launch of Google Play app store next year: sources

November 20, 2015 creative california, china, chinese, country, google-play, market, matter, mountain, people, ruling, smartphone-app, store-the-app

BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Google, part of Alphabet Inc, aims to launch the China version of its Google Play smartphone app store next year, according to people familiar with the matter, its first major foray in the market since ending localized product support in 2010. The Google Play app store would be set up specifically for China, and not connected to overseas versions of Google Play, two of the people said.

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Google in talks to invest in chat company Symphony: source

October 5, 2015 creative citing-people, computer-screen, eutelsat, internet-org, large-parts, matter, one-centralized, person-familiar, said-on-monday, search-page, spell-the-word, street-journal, their-digital, tour-bus, word

(Reuters) – Google, which has now morphed into holding company Alphabet Inc, is in talks with messaging startup Symphony Communication Services LLC for a round of fundraising, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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Teen star of YouTube’s Bratayley family dies at age 13

October 5, 2015 publisher computer-screen, daina-beth, internet-org, matter, person-familiar, police, sydney, their-digital

By Daina Beth Solomon LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Teen YouTube star Caleb Logan LeBlanc, part of the popular “Bratayley” family on YouTube known for posting humorous, wholesome daily videos, has died suddenly at age 13, his family and police said. LeBlanc died on Thursday in Maryland following a “medical emergency,” the Anne Arundel County Police Department said in a statement on Monday. “Responding officers arrived and observed a juvenile male patient suffering from an unknown medical emergency

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U.S. to hold final auction of bitcoins from Silk Road case

October 5, 2015 publisher auction-on-nov, bitcoin, creator, final-auction, government-took, internet-org, matter, sydney, their-digital

The U.S. government on Monday announced that it would hold a final auction of bitcoins seized during the prosecution of the creator of Silk Road, an online black market where illegal drugs and other goods could be purchased with the digital currency. The U.S

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Twitter considers board shakeup, may include exit of Costolo: Bloomberg

August 8, 2015 admin allen, annual, bloomberg, changes-may, chief-executive, citing-people, costolo, exit, former-twitter, matter, twitter, valley

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc's board is weighing a shakeup that could involve the exit of former Chief Executive Dick Costolo, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The changes may be announced when the company names a permanent CEO, Bloomberg said. Twitter declined to comment.

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Online meal firm HelloFresh prepares for listing this year: sources

August 5, 2015 creative alexander, billion-euros, chief-executive, initial-public, internet, matter, online, place-as-early, rocket-internet, sources, stock-market, venture-capital, vice-president

By Arno Schuetze and Alexander Hübner FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Online meal preparation firm HelloFresh is readying a stock market listing this year as it seeks to capitalize on buoyant equities markets and investor appetite for the Internet food market, according to three people familiar with the matter. Majority owner Rocket Internet and co-investors have mandated Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs to organize the listing, the sources said.

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China state fund CIC invests in taxi app Didi Kuaidi: source

August 3, 2015 publisher china, citywide-jobs, matter, media, not-authorized, now-valued, person-said, queens, recent-months, said-on-tuesday, source-did, startup, technologies, the-matter

China's sovereign wealth fund has invested an unspecified amount in Didi Kuaidi, China's dominant ride-hailing app which is competing against U.S. firm Uber Technologies, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. The person said China Investment Corp (CIC) was one of several investors that injected more than $2 billion in recent months into the startup, which is now valued at $15 billion.

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China’s Airbnb-like Tujia raises $300 million to expand overseas

August 3, 2015 publisher 300-million, citywide-jobs, investors, matter, not-authorized, recent-months, said-on-monday, source-did, stake, startup, the-matter, the-stake, tujia, tujia-at-more

(Corrects paragraph 4 to clarify The Ascott is investing $50 mln with other investors) HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tujia, a Chinese vacation rental company similar to home rental firm Airbnb Inc, said on Monday it had raised $300 million from a group of investors to expand its business overseas, increase marketing and offer new products. The deal values Tujia at more than $1 billion, the Chinese company added without disclosing the size of the stake the investors bought. Other investors included existing Tujia shareholders and The Ascott Ltd, a serviced residence business owned by Singapore’s CapitaLand Ltd, that is leading a consortium to invest $50 million in Tujia.

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U.S., European authorities investigate possible new leaker: sources

June 24, 2015 admin agency, european, french, jacques, jacques-chirac, leaker-provided, matter, national, national-security, nicolas, nicolas-sarkozy, purportedly-classified, transparency, tuesday

By Mark Hosenball LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. and European security authorities are investigating whether a previously unknown leaker provided sensitive intelligence documents to WikiLeaks about alleged U.S. spying on French politicians, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Exclusive: Genealogy website Ancestry.com explores sale: sources

May 21, 2015 publisher ancestry, ancestry-com, buyout, family, family-search, helping-users, heritage, history-website, matter, people, people-familiar, people-talk, privately-held, rootstech

Ancestry.com LLC, the world's largest family history website helping users trace their heritage, is exploring a sale that could value it at between $2.5 billion and $3 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. Permira Advisers LLC, the buyout firm that owns most of privately held Ancestry, has hired investment banks to run an auction for the company, the people said this week.

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