Reuters Technology Report: September 16, 2015

Click to View in Browser Wednesday, September 16, 2015 Facebook users express concerns over possible 'dislike' button SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook users took to the social media site on Wednesday to react to the company's decision to test what Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg called a "dislike button" - and not everyone liked the idea. Oracle revenue falls on weak packaged software sales, strong dollar (Reuters) - Oracle Corp's sales fell more than expected in the first quarter, hurt by a strong dollar and as the rapid shift by customers to lower-margin cloud-based software failed to make up for waning sales of traditional packaged software. Microsoft discriminated against women in pay, promotions: U.S. lawsuit (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Wednesday was hit with a proposed class action lawsuit in U.S. court claiming its policy of ranking employees to determine pay and promotions led to discrimination against women. Obama warns China on cyber spying ahead of Xi visit WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for an international framework to prevent the Internet from being "weaponized" as a tool of national aggression, while holding out the prospect of a forceful U.S. response to China over hacking attacks. French ride-sharing start-up Blablacar raises $200 million PARIS (Reuters) - French ride-sharing start-up Blablacar has raised $200 million from three venture capital funds as it pursues its expansion in emerging markets. Ride-hailing services Lyft, Didi link apps (Reuters) - U.S.-based ride-hailing company Lyft Inc and Chinese peer Didi Kuaidi Joint Co have linked their apps, allowing users of each app to hail rides from drivers on the other app while they are in the other country. Apple users face issues upgrading to iOS 9: 9to5Mac (Reuters) - Apple Inc customers were facing issues while upgrading to iOS 9, which was released on Wednesday, technology blog 9to5Mac reported. HP shares rise as investors take positive view of cash return plans (Reuters) - Shares of Hewlett-Packard Co rose as much as 5 percent on Wednesday as investors cheered plans for the company's soon-to-be separated but struggling PC and printer business to return more capital to shareholders than many had expected. Worldpay owners to decide on sale process on Friday: sources LONDON (Reuters) - Worldpay's private equity owners, Advent International and Bain Capital, will make up their minds on Friday on whether to sell or list the British payments processing company, in the light of the U.S. Federal Reserve's crucial monetary meeting on Thursday, two sources close to the matter said. Apple says won't release watchOS 2 on Wednesday (Reuters) - Apple Inc said it won't release watchOS 2, an updated operating system for the Apple Watch, on Wednesday as planned after it discovered a bug in development. Related Video Sugar beet waste product could be billion dollar 'wonder material' Beach mat charges phones, keeps drinks cool 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