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India spectrum auction heats up as Vodafone India gets $7.2b injection

September 27, 2016 News Centre 0

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Vodafone’s $7.2 billion cash injection into its Indian business has turned up the heat just days ahead of an $84 billion spectrum auction which could decide who wins and loses in one Read more…

Samsung postpones South Korea relaunch of Galaxy Note 7 sales to Oct 1

September 27, 2016 News Centre 0

SEOUL (Reuters) – Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Sunday it was delaying the start of new Galaxy Note 7 smartphone sales in South Korea by three days to October 1, a move Read more…

Google, other tech firms targeted for tax collection reform in Thailand

September 27, 2016 News Centre 0

BANGKOK/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Thailand is studying plans to toughen tax collection rules for internet and technology firms like Alphabet Inc’s Google, the head of the Revenue Department told Reuters, as the tax affairs of these Read more…

Alipay capitalizes on Chinese travel trends with ten overseas airport deals

September 27, 2016 News Centre 0

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Alipay payment platform has inked deals with ten overseas airports as it looks to expand on the back of Chinese consumers’ growing appetite for travel, and has already signed up more than Read more…

Grab launches driverless car booking service in Singapore

September 24, 2016 News Centre 0

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Users of ride-hailing firm Grab will be able to book driverless cars from Friday as it partners with a start-up testing the technology in Singapore, just days after rival Uber debuted its Read more…

Facebook apologizes for accidentally inflating video ad metrics

September 24, 2016 News Centre 0

(Reuters) – Facebook on Friday apologized for an error in the way it measured a key metric of video viewership that significantly amplified users’ viewing times on its platform. The social media giant had said Read more…

UnionPay, IBM wrap up block chain pilot for loyalty point sharing

September 24, 2016 News Centre 0

NEW YORK (Reuters) – IBM said on Friday it completed a pilot project with Chinese credit card company China UnionPay that will facilitate the sharing of loyalty bonus points among banks using block chain technology. Read more…

Apple may be targeted in Japanese mobile antitrust probe

September 24, 2016 News Centre 0

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese regulators are considering taking action against Apple Inc over possible antitrust violations that may have helped it dominate the nation’s smartphone sales, government sources said, a move that could hit the Read more…

Hackers stole data from 500m Yahoo accounts in 2014

September 24, 2016 News Centre 0

(Reuters) – Yahoo Inc said on Thursday that at least 500 million of its accounts were hacked in 2014 by what it believed was a state-sponsored actor, a theft that appeared to be the world’s Read more…

PCCW Media takes OTT Moov service to Vietnam

September 15, 2016 News Centre 0

PCCW Media has launched its “Moov” OTT music platform in Vietnam in a bid to build up its position as a regional OTT content provider – and a viable alternative to content piracy. PCCW Media Read more…