Reuters Technology Report: May 4, 2015

Click to View in Browser Monday, May 4, 2015 Cisco veteran Robbins to take over as CEO from Chambers (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc Chief Executive John Chambers will step down in July after 20 years at the helm of the network equipment maker, a symbol of the dot.com stock boom 15 years ago now struggling to boost its bottom line in the era of cloud computing. GE ties up with Qualcomm, Apple in new lighting business bet (Reuters) - General Electric Co on Monday announced collaborations with Qualcomm Inc and Apple Inc as it uses digital technology and the growing appetite for data to reinvigorate its 130-year-old lighting business. SurveyMonkey CEO Goldberg died at hotel gym SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - SurveyMonkey Chief Executive Dave Goldberg died while exercising at a hotel gym in Mexico, a person close to the family said Monday. Facebook opens Internet.org to developers amid open web debate in India MUMBAI (Reuters) - Facebook Inc opened up its Internet.org platform to new websites and applications from developers on Monday, a move the social media giant said would boost efforts to get people online in low-income and rural areas in emerging markets. TomTom CEO says its maps destined for use in self-driving cars AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch navigation company TomTom aims to become a main provider of technology for self-driving cars as it charts its way back to success after seven lean years, chief executive Harold Goddijn said. Samsung, Marvel use virtual reality for 'Avenger' movie ads (Reuters) - Samsung and Walt Disney's Marvel introduced a marketing campaign that uses virtual reality to promote "Avengers: Age of Ultron" as more studios look to the new technology to push movies. German prosecutors launch investigation of spying charges BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's top public prosecutor will look into accusations that the country's BND foreign intelligence agency violated laws by helping the United States spy on officials and firms in Europe, including Airbus group, the federal prosecutors office said. LinkedIn follows Twitter, shocks social media investors (Reuters) - Another day, another shock for investors in social media stocks. Bid to end mass collection of phone data advances in Congress WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to end spy agencies' bulk collection of Americans' telephone data advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday, setting up a potential showdown over the program, which expires on June 1. Rocket Internet cuts stakes in lending sites: Spiegel FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Rocket Internet, a tech investor focused on emerging market ventures, has reduced its stakes in two of its Europe-focused financial services start-ups after facing setbacks there, Germany's Spiegel magazine said. Related Video Humanoid robot unveiled at Beijing conference Jeff Bezos' rocket company test-flies suborbital spaceship Mediafile How about Hightail-ing it? On Twitter, dubious health claims from e-cigarette bots A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today A quick-fix on the day's news delivered when you want it. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2015 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook