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RIM headache grows as governments seek BlackBerry access
BEIRUT - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd <RIM.TO> on Thursday faced more demands to open its smartphones to government scrutiny as Lebanon joined India, Saudi Arabia and the UAE in raising concerns over security. RIM's co-CEO Michael Lazaridis in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, accusing the governments of picking on smartphones to score political points.
Facebook and other social media cost UK billions
LONDON - Employees who fritter time away on Facebook, Twitter and other social media Web sites are costing British businesses billions, new research suggests. British employment website MyJobGroup.co.uk said it polled 1,000 British workers and found that nearly six percent, or 2 million, of Britain's 34 million-strong workforce spent over an hour per day on social media while at work, amounting to more than one eighth of their entire working day.
FCC chief says supports open Internet
WASHINGTON - Any industry agreement on the flow of online traffic such as the one struck between Verizon Communications Inc <VZ.N> and Google Inc <GOOG.O> must preserve a free and open Internet, the top U.S. communications regulator said on Thursday. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski, speaking to reporters, declined to comment on the deal between the giant phone and Internet companies over a set of Internet traffic principles, called net neutrality.
Verizon and Google reach Internet traffic deal: sources
WASHINGTON - Verizon Communications Inc <VZ.N> and Google Inc <GOOG.O> agreed to a deal over how Internet traffic will be treated, two people familiar with the agreement said on Wednesday. The deal centers on a set of rules, called net neutrality, that determines how Internet traffic moves over land lines and to wireless devices involving payment by Internet companies seeking a faster traffic.
Google's Android leads U.S. smartphones
SAN FRANCISCO - Smartphones running Google's <GOOG.O> Android software were the top seller among consumers in the United States in the second quarter, industry tracker NPD said on Wednesday. Android accounted for one-third of all smartphones purchased in the April-June period, with Research in Motion's <RIM.TO> BlackBerry sliding to second place for the first time since 2007.
Hollywood glad kids willing to pay for content
LOS ANGELES - These kids are all right. There's a spreading sense of optimism in Hollywood about young consumers' willingness to pay for digital content: Although members of the so-called Napster generation might be lost forever to a collective addiction to pirated free content, their younger siblings offer digital distributors hope of a brighter business future.
Microsoft objects to Google-Yahoo Japan deal: report
- Microsoft Corp <MSFT.O> met Wednesday with Japan's Fair Trade Commission officials to object to the planned tie-up between Yahoo Japan <4689.T> and Google Inc <GOOG.O>, the Nikkei business daily reported. Microsoft expressed concerns about the deal from a competitive standpoint, citing how it will give Google nearly complete control over Japan's search services and related advertising, the paper said.
Google Android gains pace, social Web a focus: CEO
LAKE TAHOE, California - About 200,000 smartphones and other devices based on Google's <GOOG.O> Android operating system are sold every day, CEO Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday, underscoring the strong challenge to rivals like Apple's <AAPL.O> iPhone. The world's No.1 search engine is hunting for new revenue opportunities as growth in its core Internet business slows and as new technologies like smartphones and social networking services transform the way consumers access the Web.
Intel agrees to end chip war with rivals
LOS ANGELES/WASHINGTON - Intel Corp has agreed to stop using threats and unfair discounts to block its rivals, resolving a costly, high-profile legal battle over accusations it illegally smothered competition for over a decade. The world's largest chip maker -- which managed to settle the U.S. Federal Trade Commission complaint without paying a cent -- also pledged to grant rivals access to its leading processor technology for six years.
LinkedIn makes first acquisition
SAN FRANCISCO - LinkedIn is making its first acquisition, a company that sifts through large amounts of data to try to determine relevant information, the business social networking site said on Wednesday, LinkedIn said it will buy Pittsburgh-based mSpoke to help improve its ability to filter messages and news articles that its users share on its network. MSpoke also will improve LinkedIn's recommendation engine, which flags people, jobs and other insights about LinkedIn's members, LinkedIn Chief Executive Jeff Weiner said in an interview.
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