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Alibaba invests $361 million in appliance maker’s ‘big goods’ logistics

YoopyaDec 9, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Alibaba Group will invest HK$2.82 billion ($361 million) in appliance maker Haier Electronics Group Ltd in a deal aimed at expanding the Chinese

Microsoft leads disruption of largest infected global PC network

YoopyaDec 6, 2013February 2, 20240

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it had disrupted the largest network of compromised personal computers, involving some 2 million machines around the world, since it stepped

UK tech entrepreneur Lynch backs augmented reality start-up

YoopyaDec 6, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Mike Lynch, who sold software firm Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion, is backing a start-up focused on augmented reality – the ability

Microsoft assures international business customers on spying

YoopyaDec 6, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp pledged late Wednesday to fight in court any attempt by U.S. intelligence agencies to seize its foreign business customers’ data under American surveillance laws, one

Twitter to be available on mobile phones without Internet

YoopyaDec 6, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Twitter Inc is tying up with a Singapore-based startup to make its 140-character messaging service available to users in emerging markets who have

USB Type-C cable plugs to be reversible

YoopyaDec 5, 2013January 31, 20240

USB cable developers have announced that a forthcoming version of the connector’s plug is to be reversible. It means users of the Universal Serial Bus

Phone with e-ink second screen launched

YoopyaDec 5, 2013January 31, 20240

A smartphone with two screens – one of which uses e-ink technology and is always on – has been launched. The Russian company Yota said

Netflix meets with officials on French launch

YoopyaDec 5, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Online video company Netflix met with the French president’s staff on Tuesday to discuss a possible launch of its streaming service in Europe’s

Russian double-sided smartphone has global ambitions

YoopyaDec 5, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Russian modem developer Yota Devices has launched its first smartphone, hoping its novel double-sided screen will allow it to break into foreign markets

Facebook phases in ‘Unfollow’ button

YoopyaDec 4, 2013December 31, 20230

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc has replaced its “Hide All” button with the more succinct Unfollow, letting users block all messages and posts from selected friends.