Year: 2018

Technology

Europe seeks power to seize overseas data in challenge to tech giants

Reuters News February 26, 2018 0

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is preparing legislation to force companies to turn over customers' personal data when requested even if it is stored on servers outside the bloc, a position that will put Europe at loggerheads with tech giants and privacy campaigners.

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Sony pins hopes on 4K video to revive smartphone sales

Reuters News February 26, 2018 0

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corporation is turning its focus to 4K high-definition video recording in its new Xperia XZ2 smartphone to differentiate itself from rivals that have caught up in camera technology.

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Few phone makers will survive industry’s brutal economics: Huawei

Reuters News February 26, 2018 0

BARCELONA (Reuters) - The smartphone industry is bound to consolidate as the heavy investments required to remain competitive mean that, in the long-run, only a handful of firms can make money, the consumer chief of China's Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] said on Sunday.

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Google raises price of YouTube TV, adds sports, Turner

Reuters News February 23, 2018 0

(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google is raising the price of its YouTube TV online service for new customers as it adds channels from Time Warner Inc's Turner, National Basketball League and Major League Baseball, the company said Wednesday.