Reuters Technology Report: September 22, 2015

Click to View in Browser Tuesday, September 22, 2015 China's president arrives in Seattle to meet tech titans SEATTLE (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Seattle on Tuesday to kick off a week-long U.S. visit that will include meetings with U.S. business leaders, a black-tie state dinner at the White House hosted by President Barack Obama and an address at the United Nations. Email provider Mimecast hit in cyber attack that disrupts service BOSTON (Reuters) - Email security provider Mimecast said it was the victim of a cyber attack that prevented some U.S. customers from accessing email on Monday. GoPro shares attract more short sellers on competition fears SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Short sellers have dramatically increased bets against GoPro in September as the wearable videocamera maker's stock fell sharply due to growing concerns about competition. NY regulator issues first license for bitcoin company NEW YORK (Reuters) - Circle Internet Financial, a Boston-based bitcoin startup backed by Goldman Sachs Group Inc, has received New York's first BitLicense, allowing it to offer digital currency services in the state. French court upholds ban on Uber's service using non-professional drivers PARIS (Reuters) - France's Constitutional Court upheld a national law that banned one of Uber Technologies' car services [UBER.UL] that relies on non-professional drivers using their own vehicles, dealing another setback to the company in Europe. Apple plans steps to prevent future App Store attacks BEIJING/BOSTON (Reuters) - A senior Apple Inc executive on Tuesday said the company would make it easier for Chinese app developers to download its tools for building mobile apps in a bid to prevent further attacks on its App Store. China's Xi says government does not hack: WSJ BEIJING (Reuters) - China's government does not engage in the theft of commercial secrets and does not support Chinese companies which do this, President Xi Jinping told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Tuesday. Starbucks expands sales-boosting Mobile Order & Pay across U.S. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp on Tuesday said its sales-boosting Mobile Order & Pay service is now available in all of its nearly 7,500 U.S. company-operated shops, a nationwide roll-out completed about three months ahead of schedule. Groupon to cut 1,100 jobs as it restructures outside N. America (Reuters) - Groupon Inc, the operator of daily deals website groupon.com, said it would cut about 1,100 jobs globally as it restructures outside North America. Microsoft begins worldwide release of Office 2016 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said it began the worldwide roll-out of Office 2016, the latest addition to its cloud-based subscription service Office 365, on Tuesday. Related Video Intelligent car seat detects driver's stress level Honda's part car, part motorcycle fusion debuts in Frankfurt 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