Reuters Technology Report: November 4, 2016

Click to View in Browser Friday, November 4, 2016 Uber to build, succeed on its own as it expands into Southeast Asia TAIPEI (Reuters) - Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] will focus on organic growth as it expands into Southeast Asian markets, a senior vice president told Reuters on Friday. U.S. boosting cyber defenses, but not police presence, for election WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal and state authorities are beefing up cyber defenses against potential electronic attacks on voting systems ahead of U.S. elections on Nov. 8, but taking few new steps to guard against possible civil unrest or violence. China internet authority formalizes regulations for live-streaming industry BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese internet authorities have formalized controversial rules regulating the country's fast-growing live-streaming video industry, in a move that strips out smaller competitors and places hard-line surveillance measures on leading firms. Vodafone sells Dutch fixed-line operations to T-Mobile AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Vodafone's Dutch subsidiary said on Friday it had sold fixed-line operations with around 150,000 customers to Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Mobile Nederland for an undisclosed sum. Turkey blocks access to Twitter, Whatsapp: internet monitoring group ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Access to social media sites Twitter and Whatsapp was blocked in Turkey on Friday, an internet monitoring group said, following the detentions of 11 pro-Kurdish lawmakers in the mainly Kurdish southeast overnight. Exclusive: EarthLink, a 90s Internet star, in talks to merge with Windstream - sources SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Telecommunications firms Windstream Holdings Inc and EarthLink Holdings Corp are in talks to merge in an all-stock deal that would allow them to better compete against rivals, people familiar with the matter said. Google formally rejects EU antitrust charges BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google on Thursday formally rejected European Union antitrust charges of unfairly promoting its shopping service and blocking rivals in online search advertising, paving the way for EU regulators to rule next year on these issues and potentially impose hefty fines. JPMorgan plants digital payment flag at Wal-Mart NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co is putting its "Chase Pay" digital wallet on Wal-Mart's website and in the retailer's Walmart Pay app, hoping to give customers more ways to make purchases without cash, a bank executive said on Thursday. Goldman, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley defeat appeal over Facebook IPO NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc , JPMorgan Chase & Co and Morgan Stanley need not forfeit their estimated $100 million of profit from trading Facebook Inc stock soon after underwriting its May 2012 initial public offering, a federal appeals court said on Thursday. GoPro tumbles as production issues hurt results, forecast (Reuters) - Wearable camera maker GoPro Inc reported a much steeper-than-expected fall in quarterly revenue and its forecast for the key-holiday quarter also missed analysts' estimates, hurt by production issues for its newest products. Related Video Airbag bicycle helmets may be safer than conventional foam versions Stressed out mosquitoes die more easily, researchers find 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 2016 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