Technology Report: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer leaves board

	Click to View in Browser 08/19/2014 Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer leaves board SEATTLE (Reuters) - Former Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer will leave the software company's board with immediate effect, Microsoft said on Tuesday. Google considering YouTube, Gmail accounts for kids: reports (Reuters) - Google Inc is considering allowing online accounts for children under the age of 13 and give their parents control over how the service is used, according to media reports. Venture firm tries telling others how to invest in private companies SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Washington, D.C.-area company that invests in startup companies is moving into a new line of business: advising others on how they too can invest in startups. Child friendly Instagram rival plans aggressive U.S. market push OSLO (Reuters) - Kuddle, a Norwegian picture sharing app designed for children and billing itself as a rival to Instagram could have one million users by the end of the year and plans an aggressive push into the U.S. market, its chief executive said on Tuesday. GameStop CEO undergoes surgery for brain tumor (Reuters) - GameStop Corp, the world's largest retailer of videogame products, said Chief Executive Paul Raines underwent an unexpected surgery last week for a small cancerous brain tumor. Samsung buys U.S. air conditioner firm Quietside in 'smart home' push SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had acquired U.S. air conditioner distributor Quietside LLC as part of its push to strengthen its "smart home" business. Community Health says data stolen in cyber attack from China BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Community Health Systems Inc , one of the biggest U.S. hospital groups, said on Monday it was the victim of a cyber attack from China, resulting in the theft of Social Security numbers and other personal data belonging to 4.5 million patients. Microsoft cloud service Azure restored after partial outage (Reuters) - Microsoft said it resolved an outage on its Azure cloud computing service, which occurred across multiple regions. Sprint cuts rates, CEO says more new plans to come OVERLAND PARK Kan./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sprint Corp on Monday unveiled a new pricing plan that offers customers 20 gigabytes of data and up to 10 lines for $100, doubling its data offerings, the latest in a string of price cuts and promotions sweeping the wireless industry. U.S. to review rates for telecom special access lines WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. telecommunications regulators will review rates at which telecommunications providers sell high-capacity data and voice connections, known as special access lines, to businesses, the Federal Communications Commission said on Monday. Related Video Codecademy CEO Zach Sims on going global Alibaba's entry could rattle U.S. players Mediafile A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend