The U.S. Republican Party has approved a policy statement that focuses on removing regulations and protects personal data on the Internet. Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida, approved on Tuesday a platform ...
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German consumer organisations are suing Facebook because the social network keeps sharing personal data with third-party app makers without getting explicit consent from users. Third party apps often want access to a users’ chat as ...
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Global ICT leaders will gather to discuss topics including the ‘radical transformation of the ICT industry’ at this year’s ITU Telecom World 2012, opening in Dubai next month. The event is staged for 14-18 October, and ...
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Cameleon Software (FR0000074247), market leader in product design, sales configuration, and quotes and proposals software, announced that the Combined General Meeting held at its headquarters on Monday August 27, 2012 at 17:30 has adopted ...
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Cameleon Software announced today that the MMA Group, a leader in mutual insurance, chose to deploy its configure, price, quote (CPQ) solution to accompany the overhaul of its information system. With 180 years of expertise, the MMA Group ...
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Crossbeam has been bought by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, opening up the door for the security company to expand its product line both in-house and via acquisitions. Known for its high-end X-Series hardware that supports software of ...
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Apple has become the target of another lawsuit in China, this time because of its Siri technology, with a Shanghai-based company alleging that Apple has infringed on a patent involving its own personal assistant software. The company, ...
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Facebook has taken a stake in a $450 million project to link South Asian countries with an undersea cable, a company spokeswoman said Friday. The project is expected to be ready some time in 2014. "We're making this investment to support ...
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The Democratic Party embraced its version of Internet freedom and called for new cybersecurity legislation in its platform released as the party begins its convention in Charlotte. The Democratic platform, released late Monday, calls for ...
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SCOPE is looking to add new technology capabilities to its systems integration business and expand its distribution line by using GITEX as a platform to meet and sign new partnerships with potential vendors. Through its participation in ...
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Internet freedom could be at stake at a secretive meeting of governments that begun on Monday in Dubai. The United Nations International Telecommunication Union will negotiate new international telecom regulations, including Internet ...
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The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) has developed a standard for handling 2D barcodes that it hopes will direct mobile phone users to websites more easily. By standardizing the specification for encoding, decoding and resolution of 2D barcodes, ...
Nigeria has become the first country in Africa to ban telecom operators from engaging in the type of promotions and lotteries that are being blamed for deterioration in the quality of mobile services. The action by Nigeria, Africa's ...
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After a two-day outage, Internet access in war-torn Syria appears to be for the most part restored on Saturday, according to reports from several sources. “Renesys confirms a largely complete restoration of the Syrian Internet this ...
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The European Commission has announced a new strategy to speed up and increase the use of cloud computing, with the aim of creating 2.5 million new jobs and boosting GDP by €160 billion (£127bn) by 2020. The EC states that ...
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