Yahoo has confirmed widespread reports that it will acquire the popular blogging service Tumblr, and also promised not to "screw it up." The deal is worth about US$1.1 billion, nearly all in cash, and is expected to close in the second half ...
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Chinese air conditioner maker Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai (SZSE: 000651) is fueling expansion through attaching more importance to business-use air conditioner products and looking for a diversified operation. It upgraded ...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has resumed accepting bitcoins donations, saying some of the legal ambiguity around the virtual currency has disappeared. The influential digital watchdog stopped accepting bitcoins two years ago citing ...
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Google chairman Eric Schmidt has encouraged the UK government to open up a debate about reforming international tax laws, a week after the firm had been heavily criticised for "doing evil" by the chair of the public accounts committee, ...
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French law is making it illegal for firms to leave their lighting on overnight. Across many areas of the UK, nighttime switch-offs are being rolled out across the country, attracting a mixture of criticism and applause. However, what if you ...
SAP's software is known for its role running many of the world's largest companies, but not necessarily for its user-friendliness. As part of an ongoing effort to change this perception, SAP unveiled Fiori, a set of 25 lightweight ...
Eyeing to revive cotton production in the country, the Government of the western African country of Gambia has injected a sum of D 2.6 million for providing inputs to the farmers for forthcoming season, the Minister of Agriculture, Solomon ...
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Bangladesh has resumed piped natural gas connections to households from Wednesday -- after nearly three years -- amid increasing illegal connections and repeated pleas from affected stakeholders, including the real estate industry, Energy ...
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Signs that a nascent recovery in the housing sector stumbled in March pushed the Australian dollar to its lowest since mid-April. The number of house-building permits fell 5.5 per cent in March, the most since July, curbing optimism that ...
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Taiwan-based technology firms will jointly fight against rising challenges from South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. (SEC). People in the circle disclosed that SEC grew fast in the fields of smartphones, DRAM chips, and ...
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Japanese home appliance retailer Yamada Denki will see a store in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province, formally shut down on June 1. It said in the afternoon on April 22 that the store in Nanjing performed not well due to a supply chain ...
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Scores of IT projects being conducted by North Carolina's government are racking up higher-than-expected costs and going far beyond their planned schedules, a new report by the state's auditor has found. Auditor Beth Wood's office ...
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In a development that could make the advanced form of secure communications known as quantum cryptography more practical, University of Michigan researchers – supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) - have demonstrated a ...
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Oman's first sugar refinery facility at the Port of Sohar is set to be to be operational by early 2015. Port of Sohar executive commercial manager Edwin Lammers said that the facility will be constructed at a waterfront site adjacent to a ...
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Google Glass has been one of the most interesting pieces of technology that we have been able to see this year. It is a unique peace of hardware which is set to start a new market segment of its own. But even before the market segment ...
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