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 […]
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Facebook Tests ‘Downvote’ Option for Flagging Abusive Comments Facebook is testing a new feature to let you quickly report abusive comments to the company. On Thursday, a mysterious option called “downvote” began to appear over the platform. Only a select number of test users have access to it, but the […]
‘Call of Duty’ drives big holiday quarter for Activision Blizzard Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI.O) beat analysts’ expectations for revenue in the final quarter of 2017, helped by robust Christmas buying of its blockbuster “Call of Duty” videogame and higher digital sales. “Call of Duty: WWII”, which was released in November, […]
France, Germany want progress on taxing tech giants France and Germany intensified calls on Wednesday for U.S. technology giants to pay more tax in the European Union, with Paris saying the new bill could amount to billions of euros. French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he wanted the EU […]
Take-Two raises forecast on boost from ‘NBA 2K18’, ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Take-Two Interactive Software Inc lifted its full-year adjusted revenue forecast on Wednesday, as the videogame maker expects to benefit from the latest version of its popular basketball franchise and its iconic “Grand Theft Auto” series. The company is betting […]
Match Group revenue soars as Tinder attracts more subscribers Match Group Inc (MTCH.O), which owns popular dating app Tinder, on Tuesday reported a 28.5 percent jump in quarterly revenue as more people paid for subscriptions to its apps and websites. Shares of the company rose 5 percent in extended trading. […]
Microsoft is trying to poach Dropbox and Google customers with free OneDrive deal Microsoft is trying to court business customers of competing cloud services by offering its own products for free in a new promotion starting today. The deal, which remains active until June 30th of this year, will let […]
Financial firm websites falter Monday amid Dow’s downturn Several major financial services firms faced technical service glitches on their apps or websites during Monday’s volatile trading session, according to the companies and a monitoring service. Investment firms T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and Vanguard Group apologized to customers for sporadic […]
Galaxy S9 Design Confirmed As Secret Feature Leaks Despite a solid spec bump, an enhanced display and potentially game-changing camera, excitement about the Galaxy S9 has been mixed due to its conservative design and battery stagnation. The good news is new leaks reveal the smartphone does have surprises up its […]
Singtel to spend up to $413 million to nudge up stake in India’s Bharti Telecom Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) said it would spend up to $413 million on shares in India’s Bharti Telecom, lifting its stake slightly in the holding company for Bharti Airtel to just under half. “While there are […]
