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Two Apple services blocked in China
AFP, Published on 22/04/2016
» BEIJING - Apple confirmed Friday its iTunes Movies and iBooks service have become unavailable in China, after reports authorities ordered them to be taken offline.
Twitter brings new blood to board of directors
AFP, Published on 09/04/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter on Friday added a PepsiCo Inc. executive and a British entrepreneur to its board as chief Jack Dorsey continued an effort to shake-up the stagnating one-to-many messaging service.
Virtual reality girds for test in marketplace
AFP, Published on 17/03/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - A middle-aged white man sees himself as a young black woman being taunted by a racist.
Tech rivals join Apple's legal fight against FBI
AFP, Published on 04/03/2016
» WASHINGTON - A broad array of technology firms joined Apple's legal fight on encryption Thursday, warning of a dangerous precedent if the company is forced to help the government break into a locked iPhone.
German watchdog says Facebook may breach data protection rules
AFP, Published on 02/03/2016
» BERLIN - Facebook may be using its dominant market position to violate data protection rules, Germany's competition watchdog said Wednesday, announcing it had opened a probe into the social network.
Google boss backs Apple in encryption battle with FBI
AFP, Published on 25/02/2016
» PARIS - Google chief Sundar Pichai on Wednesday expressed his support for Apple in its standoff with the FBI over unlocking an iPhone as part of a terror probe, warning that creating so-called "backdoors" into encrypted communications could have "bad consequences".
Facebook rolls out expanded 'reactions'
AFP, Published on 24/02/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Now you can do more than just "like" something on Facebook.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp boasts a billion users
AFP, Published on 02/02/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook-owned smartphone messaging service WhatsApp has hit the billion-user mark, according to the leading social network's chief and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.
Facebook expands live video streaming
AFP, Published on 29/01/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - On the heels of posting stellar quarterly earnings results, Facebook on Thursday expanded its offering for streaming live video at the leading social network.
Facebook Messenger app grows to more than 800 mn users
AFP, Published on 07/01/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook announced Thursday that the number of people using its Messenger application monthly has shot past 800 million, with more features on the way to win even more fans.