Reuters Technology Report: September 29, 2015

Click to View in Browser Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Google unveils latest Nexus phones, tablet (Reuters) - Google Inc unveiled its new Nexus phones on Tuesday in its latest attempt to take a bite out of Apple's dominant share of the smartphone market. Microsoft turns spotlight on cloud, mobile with new reporting style (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp joined Amazon.com Inc and Intel Corp in tweaking the way it reports results, a move that will help the software giant show off its growing cloud and mobile businesses. Twitter may expand 140-character limit with new product (Reuters) - Twitter is finally waking up to the idea that some things just cannot be summed up in 140 characters. Russian sentenced to four-and-a-half years in U.S. prison for 'Citadel' malware (Reuters) - A Russian national was sentenced on Tuesday to 4-1/2 years in U.S. prison for using sophisticated malware known as "Citadel" to try to steal banking information from thousands of computers, authorities said. General Electric sees digital revenue tripling to $15 billion by 2020 (Reuters) - General Electric Co expects its software revenue to roughly triple to $15 billion by 2020 as it reaps significant gains from its digital operations, the U.S. industrial conglomerate said on Tuesday. Top U.S. spy says skeptical about U.S.-China cyber agreement WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. intelligence official on Tuesday said he was skeptical that a new cyber U.S.-China cyber agreement would slow a growing torrent of cyber attacks on U.S. computer networks, and said his approach will be to "trust but verify." Whistleblower Snowden draws crowd with Twitter debut WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Edward Snowden has come in from the cold - on Twitter. All four French telecoms groups submit applications for mobile auction PARIS (Reuters) - France's telecoms regulator ARCEP said on Tuesday that it has received applications from all four domestic carriers to indicate that they will take part in an upcoming auction of 4G mobile spectrum. Yahoo rises on decision to proceed with Alibaba stake spinoff (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc shares rose as much as 6 percent on Tuesday after the company said it would proceed with the spinoff of its stake in Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd despite the risk that the deal might not be tax-free. China hands Microsoft administrative fine over Xbox venture BEIJING (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and its Chinese partner in an Xbox game console venture have been fined by China's commerce ministry for breaching antitrust rules but escaped serious punishment after it deemed they did not hamper free market competition. Related Video Marine robots unite in hunt for wildlife hotspots Tanzanian scientist invents low-cost water filter 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