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Read moreFans protest end of daily fantasy sports in New York
Fans of daily fantasy sports protested what could be the end of the online games in New York after the state’s attorney general decided earlier this week that they constituted illegal gambling.
Read moreMicrosoft to offer cloud services from Germany
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday it was opening data centers in Germany, partnering with Deutsche Telekom AG, to offer European users cloud data storage.
Read moreFacebook to appeal Belgian ruling ordering it to stop tracking non-users
By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Facebook said on Monday it would appeal a court ruling ordering it to stop tracking the online activities of non-Facebook users in Belgium who visit Facebook pages, or face a 250,000 euro ($269,000) daily fine.
Read moreMarriott, Alitrip tie-up to let Chinese travellers book online
By Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) – U.S.-based hotel chain Marriott International Inc and Alibaba Group’s online travel booking platform announced a tie-up on Monday, joining a flurry of rivals expanding their presence in China to cater to the country’s growing upper-middle class. China’s economy is forecast to slow to roughly 6.5 percent growth in coming years, but companies such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd promise direct access to the country’s middle class and what Marriott Asia Pacific head Craig Smith is calling a “land grab” for Chinese travellers.
Read moreIn big shift, online retailer Jet.com drops membership fee
(Reuters) – Jet.com, the online retailer founded by former Amazon.com executive Marc Lore, said on Wednesday that it dropped its $50 annual membership fee, marking a shift in business strategy for the upstart as it seeks to undercut Amazon and others on price.
Read moreExpedia, Orbitz win U.S. approval to merge
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Online travel company Expedia Inc, the world's largest online travel services company by bookings, has won U.S.
Read moreSocial media gaffes claim another candidate in Canadian election
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) – Social media claimed another victim on Wednesday in Canada’s federal election campaign as the centrist Liberal Party dumped a candidate and denounced online remarks he made that suggested the country’s national police force was the Canadian Gestapo.
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