Topic: internet

Foreign companies in China brace for VPN crackdown

Foreign companies in China brace for VPN crackdown

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 12:20 PM

Chinese people and foreign firms are girding for a weekend deadline that will curb the use of unlicensed software to circumvent internet controls, as the government plugs holes in its "Great Firewall". Read more »

YouTube follows Amazon into movie theaters

YouTube follows Amazon into movie theaters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 22 08:15 AM

YouTube said Wednesday it was making a movie in-house to be released in theaters, in a development being seen as a step towards the model of new-media innovator Amazon. Read more »

As Facebook scandal mushrooms, Zuckerberg vows to 'step up'

As Facebook scandal mushrooms, Zuckerberg vows to 'step up'

Glenn Chapman, Rob Lever and Robin Millard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 22 07:02 AM

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg vowed Wednesday to "step up" to fix problems at the social media giant, as it fights a snowballing scandal over the hijacking of personal data from millions of its users. Read more »

Privacy issues emerge as major business risk for Facebook: Analysis

Privacy issues emerge as major business risk for Facebook: Analysis

Salvador Rodriguez, David Ingram and Douglas Busvine, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 07 10:05 AM

Facebook faces substantial business risks from new European Union privacy rules set to take effect in May, a looming reality that came into stark relief over the weekend with revelations that a controversial political consulting firm had improperly obtained personal data on 50 million Facebook users. Read more »

Uber self-driving car kills pedestrian

Uber self-driving car kills pedestrian

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 20 04:30 AM

Ride-sharing giant Uber said Monday it is suspending its self-driving car program after one of the vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in the US state of Arizona. Read more »

Chikka to stop free text messaging service

Chikka to stop free text messaging service

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 08 09:35 AM

Chikka, the homegrown messaging platform that pre-dated touchscreen phones and the social media boom, said it would stop its free text messaging service at the end of March. Read more »

Signs of the times: Women vis-a-vis men in PH

Signs of the times: Women vis-a-vis men in PH

Research by Edson Guido and infographic by Louie Magano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 17 10:08 PM

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY: They live longer, have higher functional literacy, higher average annual income and savings, and are more wired than men.  Read more »

Huawei's AI-powered smartphone drives a Porsche

Huawei's AI-powered smartphone drives a Porsche

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 13 09:34 PM

China's Huawei used the artificial intelligence capabilities of its flagship Mate 10 Pro phone to drive a sports car as the Mobile World Congress got under way in Barcelona Monday, in what it said was a world first.   Read more »

US tells WTO of concerns over China's new web access rules

US tells WTO of concerns over China's new web access rules

Tom Miles, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 08:31 PM

The United States told the World Trade Organization on Friday that Chinese internet access rules coming into force next month appeared to create significant new restrictions for cross-border service suppliers and should be discussed at the WTO. Read more »

DICT to hold forum on revisions to contract for third telco

DICT to hold forum on revisions to contract for third telco

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 06 04:14 PM

The government will hold another public forum on February 27 to discuss possible revisions to the contract that would determine the selection of the Philippines' third telecommunications firm, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said Friday.  Read more »

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