Reuters Technology Report: October 7, 2015

Click to View in Browser Wednesday, October 7, 2015 Amazon considering online TV service: Bloomberg (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is considering the creation of a live online TV service and has reached out to networks such as CBS Corp and Comcast's NBCUniversal to express interest in carrying their channels, Bloomberg reported. Sony may consider options for smartphone business if no profit next year TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp's chief executive flagged next year as a make-or-break year for its struggling smartphones, saying it could consider other options for the business if it failed to turn profitable. Amazon rolls out new services for cloud (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's cloud business, Amazon Web Services, launched a service on Wednesday to help companies analyze their data, as well as a suitcase-like product that will let them ship large amounts of data for storage on the cloud. Google tests mobile instant publishing service to rival Facebook, Apple (Reuters) - Google announced on Wednesday it is piloting a program called Accelerated Mobile Pages that allows users to search for news and pull up a host of articles from publishers instantly. Alphabet launches code for fast loading of heavy mobile content (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc, formerly Google Inc, announced a new open source code that allows faster loading of Web pages with heavy content such as video, animation and graphics on smartphones and tablets. In abrupt shift, online retailer Jet.com drops membership fee (Reuters) - Online retailer Jet.com said on Wednesday that it has dropped its $50 annual membership fee due to stronger-than-expected customer orders, marking an abrupt shift in strategy less than three months after the upstart's public launch. Israeli team signs first launch deal in Google moon race JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli team competing in a race to the moon sponsored by Google has signed a with California-based SpaceX for a rocket launch, putting it at the front of the pack and on target for blast-off in late 2017, officials said on Wednesday. GE combines technologies into energy efficiency company (Reuters) - General Electric Co said on Wednesday it had started a company to focus on energy efficiency to help corporate and other customers lower their energy bills and better manage power distribution. Max Schrems: the law student who took on Facebook BRUSSELS/VIENNA (Reuters) - From Vienna cafes to the European Union's highest court, an Austrian law student's two-year battle against Facebook and mass U.S. surveillance culminated in a landmark ruling that has rippled across the business world. Samsung Electronics tips better-than-expected third quarter profit, shares surge SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd forecast a sharp jump in quarterly profit, trumping expectations and sending its shares surging as favorable currency rates and robust component sales appeared have to offset weakness in smartphones. Related Video Brain trauma widespread among high school football players, researchers say Pure Storage President talks about IPO pricing strategy 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