Cable subscribers flee, but is Internet to blame?
NEW YORK (AP) – TV subscribers are ditching their cable companies at an ever faster rate in the past few months, and many of them aren’t signing up with a satellite or phone competitor instead. Their willingness to simply go without pay television could be a sign that Internet TV services such as Netflix and … Read more
Another Foxconn worker dies at south China plant
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A worker has committed suicide at Foxconn Technology Group’s south China manufacturing complex, the company said on Friday, the latest in a string of young migrant workers who have died at its factories this year. A key manufacturer of iPhones and iPads for Apple and computer gadgets for other global brands … Read more
Google bars data from Facebook as rivalry heats up
By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc will begin blocking Facebook and other Web services from accessing its users’ information, highlighting an intensifying rivalry between the two Internet giants. Google will no longer let other services automatically import its users’ email contact data for their own purposes, unless the information flows both ways. … Read more
Univision set to become top U.S. broadcast network
By Steve McClellan Tue Oct 26, 5:50 am ET NEW YORK (Adweek) – With double-digit ratings growth this season, Spanish-language broadcaster Univision is off to a better start than any of the major English-language networks, and the future is promising as well. The new census is expected to show a nearly 45% increase in the … Read more
AP Investing $30 Million to Deliver HD Content
NEW YORK (AP) – The Associated Press said Thursday that it’s investing $30 million in its video operations so that the news cooperative can deliver its reports in high definition to more than 1,000 broadcasters and websites beginning next year. The digital upgrade represents the AP’s largest investment in its video division since buying one … Read more
Germany’s New eID Card
By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has introduced electronic identity cards that store personal data on microchips, raising fears over data protection in a country especially wary of surveillance due to its Nazi and Stasi past. The so-called eIDs enable owners to identify themselves online and sign documents with an electronic signature, which the … Read more
Dell Will Buy Cloud-computing Company
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Dell Inc will buy U.S. cloud-computing services company Boomi to shore up its ability to provide software over computer networks. The world’s No. 2 PC maker did not disclose terms of the deal for Boomi, which counts Salesforce.com among its clients and helps integrate so-called cloud-based applications and smooth data transfers … Read more
Google Sues U.S. Government
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google is suing the U.S. government for excluding its products from being considered for a five-year contract worth about $59 million to upgrade the Department of the Interior’s email system. In a complaint filed on Friday, Google said the government abused its discretion and acted in a manner that was “arbitrary … Read more
