Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Technology News

  • Finnish start-up shines light in ears, raises 7.4 million euros

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish start-up company Valkee has raised 7.4 million euros ($9.8 million) from a venture capital fund and other investors to help it to boost sales of its light-therapy products...

    June 7, 2013, 7:15 am
  • Wal-Mart has no U.S. grocery delivery expansion plans for now

    By Jessica Wohl ROGERS, Arkansas (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc has no immediate plans to expand its U.S. online grocery delivery beyond a test in California because it is not yet conv...

    June 7, 2013, 5:51 am
  • Apple to begin iPhone trade-ins this month - report

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc will start a program this month to allow users to trade their older iPhones for the newest model, Bloomberg cited people familiar with the plan as saying, a first f...

    June 7, 2013, 4:44 am
  • Congressman seeks to legalize online gambling nationwide

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Republican congressman on Thursday introduced legislation to allow online gambling on a federal level, which he says will give consumers more uniformity than legalizing it on...

    June 7, 2013, 4:40 am
  • US bill would deny visas, freeze assets of hackers

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A group of lawmakers proposed legislation Thursday that would deny US entry and freeze the assets of foreign nationals involved in hacking or cybercrimes targeting the United States.

    June 7, 2013, 4:20 am
  • EU to ease new data rules

    By Claire Davenport BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU justice ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday agreed to dilute proposed rules that would require all data privacy breaches to be report...

    June 7, 2013, 3:30 am
  • Microsoft launches new jobs drive for S.Africa

    JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Microsoft launched Thursday a campaign aimed at helping 3,000 graduates find information technology jobs in South Africa, where one in four workers is officially unemployed.

    June 7, 2013, 3:10 am
  • N. Korea state TV offers live stream on Facebook

    SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea's state broadcaster has begun providing live streams of selected programming, including news bulletins, on its official Facebook page.

    June 7, 2013, 2:07 am
  • Twitter partners with world's largest ad agency

    (Reuters) - Twitter and WPP, the world's largest advertising agency, have combined forces to better focus advertising by using consumer data. The strategic partnership, announced on Thu...

    June 7, 2013, 12:27 am
  • Parliamentarians say Huawei-BT deal exposes flawed security controls

    By Paul Sandle and Brenda Goh LONDON (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd should not have been allowed to become embedded in Britain's critical communications network infrastr...

    June 7, 2013, 12:02 am
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