By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – JD.com Inc, China’s second-largest e-commerce site by sales, reported a 61 percent year-on-year rise in quarterly revenue, topping expectations, powered by a jump in the number of shoppers and goods bought on its platform. The group’s second-quarter revenue of 45.9 billion yuan ($7.4 billion) exceeded an average estimate of 44.45 billion, according to a Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S poll of 14 analysts. JD.com, a distant
By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Internet firms such as Cisco, Google and Amazon will be subject to a new EU cybersecurity law forcing them to adopt tough security measures and possibly report serious breaches to national authorities, according to a document seen by Reuters. The so-called Network and Information Security Directive has been stuck in talks between member states and EU lawmakers because of disagreements over whether to include
Brace yourself for 15 consecutive months of presidential debates, starting with tonight’s Fox News and Facebook-hosted 2016 Republican Primary Debate. You can catch the back-and-forth between Donald Trump, Jeb Bush and eight other top-tier candidates when this evening’s Presidential Debate begins at 9pm ET (6pm PT, 2am BST). That’s actually not the first presidential debate you can watch online, though. There is also a second-tier debate happening three hours before,
Apple and Google may be rivals, but there’s no denying how useful Google’s apps can be on iPhone and iPad. There’s an iOS app for just about every service that Google offers. Gmail, Google Drive, Chrome, Google Calendar, and, of course, search. There are now 50 and counting, so unless you’ve completely eschewed Google, there’s a good chance you have one or more on your iOS device. By now you
A recent talk at the annual Black Hat Security Conference has revealed that the Android fingerprint framework, which uses our biometrics to unlock our devices, could be susceptible to attacks by hackers. Not only would the security of our devices be compromised, but one of the potential hacks could even bypass fingerprint authentication for payment services such as Android Pay. Perhaps most worrying of all security researchers Tao Wei and
Introduction The Google Nexus 4, the Google Nexus 5, the Motorola Moto G, and the OnePlus One; this 5.5-inch bolt from out of the blue (well, China) joins an exclusive list of smartphones that offer an awful lot of smartphone for not a lot of money. But having used the OnePlus One, I’m wondering whether it needs to be placed in a category all of its own. Here is a
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has just announced it is to start licensing for Ultra HD Blu-ray on August 24. Having the licensing in place for the end of August means that come the Internationale Funkausstellung show (we’re starting to think that’s how we should always refer to IFA) in September, every content and hardware manufacturer is going to be able to have their products officially recognised as Ultra HD
(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s new music streaming service has attracted more than 11 million members during its free trial period, the company said Thursday. Apple Music rolled out a three-month free trial period on June 30. Apple also said its App Store saw the largest-ever number of customers in July, yielding $1.7 billion in transactions.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to reject a T-Mobile US Inc request that more airwaves be set aside for smaller wireless companies like itself to bid on during a government auction next year. T-Mobile’s petition had sought stricter limitations for AT&T Inc’s and Verizon Communications Inc’s participation in the auction of low-frequency airwaves, which are highly prized for their strength and reach. …
By Michael Gold TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp said it would cut jobs and discontinue models as part of its strategy to focus on high-end devices to better compete with the likes of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics. “The cuts will be across the board,” Chief Financial Officer Chialin Chang told reporters after HTC reported a second-quarter loss and forecast another for the third-quarter. A pioneer in
