2012年2月28日星期二

Technology Report: Facebook offers olive branch to mobile carriers

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02/27/2012
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Facebook offers olive branch to mobile carriers
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Facebook said it could team up with mobile operators on payments, in an offer that would give them back part of the revenue and influence they have lost in recent years to Apple and Google .
Nokia unveils cheaper Windows smartphone
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled a cheaper smartphone using Microsoft's Windows Phone software on Monday, aiming to win back market share by targeting a wider audience.
EBay sees strong mobile commerce volume growth in 2012
(Reuters) - EBay Inc forecast robust growth in its mobile commerce segment as the online commerce and auction site expects more people to shop and pay via smartphones.
Sprint offers $2 billion in notes
(Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp plans to raise $2 billion in debt in a private transaction, the company said on Monday.
On the ropes, Apple's China nemesis still dreams
(Reuters) - Yang Long-san, Apple's nemesis in a battle over the iPad trademark in China, once strutted the expo halls with dreams of market dominance. His company, Proview, may now be in ruins and his most valuable asset a disputed trademark, but those dreams remain intact.
Olympus risks foreign backlash with new board line-up
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp proposed a new board of directors on Monday in an effort to recover from a $1.7 billion accounting fraud, but the line-up could face a hostile reception from foreign investors when it goes to a shareholder vote.
Vodafone offers to co-build European fast networks
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Mobile operator Vodafone has offered to join forces with rival firms to share the 30 billion euro ($40 billion) bill to build out new superfast fiber networks in Europe, in a sign of the increasing demands being placed on operators.
WikiLeaks publishes security think tank emails
LONDON (Reuters) - The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks began publishing on Monday more than five million emails from a U.S.-based global security analysis company that has been likened to a shadow CIA.
Crack in China's firewall turns Obama page into freedom forum
(Reuters) - Chinese Internet users taking advantage of temporary access to Google Inc's social networking site, Google+, have flooded U.S. President Barack Obama's page on the site with calls for greater freedom in the world's most populous country.
HTC bets on cameras, music to recover smartphone mojo
BARCELONA/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC Corp has turned to advanced cameras and music functions for a new range of phones at the centre of its bid to recover from a rapid fall from grace in the tough and fickle smartphone market.
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