Tony Romo makes golf his latest challenge Tony Romo is ramping up his work again – with a golf club in his hand, not a football or mic. The former Dallas Cowboys star received terrific reviews in his first season as the lead NFL analyst for CBS Sports but now […]
Facebook launches $10 million community leader awards Facebook (FB.O) launched a community leadership program on Friday that will award $10 million in total to more than 100 people who have successfully built groups on the social network as part of its push to create “meaningful” interactions. The initiative, announced at […]
English Premier League rights bonanza kicks off with focus on Amazon England’s multi-billion pound Premier League rights auction kicked off on Friday with soccer fans waiting to see if a digital giant such as Amazon would enter the fray against pay-TV players Sky and BT. Officials running one of the […]
U.S. transportation agency calls March 1 ‘summit’ on autonomous cars Auto manufacturers, technology companies, road safety advocates and policy makers will attend a March 1 conference over potential government actions that could speed the rollout of autonomous cars, the U.S. Transportation Department said on Friday. Last month, Transportation Secretary Elaine […]
Mobile data plans outnumber residents in developed nations: OECD Mobile broadband subscriptions outnumbered people in developed nations for the first time last year as access costs fell amid increased regulation and competition, an OECD report published on Friday said. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) found there were […]
Facebook runs into lawsuit over Cambodian politics Former Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy has filed a legal case in the United States to get Facebook to release information on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s use of the social media platform, his legal team said. Lawyers for Sam Rainsy, who fled Cambodia […]
Amazon hires NBC executive Salke to run video studio Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Friday said it has hired Jennifer Salke, president of NBC Entertainment, to run its television and movie studio, ending months of limbo as its entertainment division switches from a lineup heavy on art-house fare to broader-appealing hits. […]
Waymo accepts $245 million and Uber’s ‘regret’ to settle self-driving car dispute Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] will pay $245 million worth of its own shares to Alphabet Inc’s Waymo self-driving vehicle unit to settle a legal dispute over trade secrets, allowing Uber’s chief executive to move past one of the […]
Bitcoin may not be worth all the hoopla: N.Y. Fed blog post Bitcoin and other digital currencies have, so far, not been formidable competition for cash, checks or credit cards as a payment method in the United States and other major economies, according to two economists at New York Federal […]
South Korea’s Moon hosts North Korean talks as Pence keeps up pressure South Korean President Moon Jae-in met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister on Saturday, hoping to translate Olympics detente into meaningful progress towards resolving a tense standoff over the North’s nuclear and missile programmes. Moon hosted talks […]
