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| Google to sell second-gen Nexus 7 tablet from July: sources Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 10:36 PM PDT  By Clare Jim TAIPEI (Reuters) - Google Inc will launch a new version of its Nexus 7 tablet powered by Qualcomm Inc's Snapdragon processor around July, two sources told Reuters, as the software giant pushes deeper into the cut-price mobile hardware market. Google is aiming to ship as many as eight million of the Asustek-made tablets in the second half of the year, throwing down the gauntlet to other low-end tablets such as Amazon.com Inc's Kindle Fire and Apple Inc's iPad mini, the sources with knowledge of the new product said. ... Full Story | Top |
| SEC says companies may announce key data on social media Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 03:36 PM PDT  By Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Regulators said on Tuesday that companies can use Twitter, Facebook and other social media to make key announcements as long as they tell investors which sites they will use, an effort to help companies navigate the new media age. The guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission seeks to clarify disclosure rules after the agency opened an inquiry into a post made last July on the personal Facebook page of Netflix's chief executive, Reed Hastings. ... Full Story | Top |
| Zynga NY studio chief leaves after mobile games disappointment Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 01:53 PM PDT  By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The head of Zynga Inc's New York studio has left the social gaming company a year after its $180 million purchase of his mobile game start-up failed to produce the expected results. Dan Porter, the former chief executive of OMGPOP, will be succeeded by Sean Kelly, an executive formerly in charge of Zynga's smash hit "CityVille," the company said in a statement on Tuesday. Zynga's New York office focuses on developing games for mobile devices, a top priority for the company. ... Full Story | Top |
| HP shares sink after Goldman Sachs downgrade to ''sell'' Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 11:35 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Co shares fell 6 percent on Tuesday after Goldman Sachs downgraded them to "sell," warning that investors may be overestimating the company's chances of a successful turnaround while it grapples with its declining PC and printing business. HP, in the midst of a restructuring that Chief Executive Meg Whitman has said will take years, is also struggling with intense competition in its servers and storage hardware division, the investment bank said in a research note. ... Full Story | Top |
| Six European states take aim at Google privacy policy Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 10:36 AM PDT  By Leila Abboud and Claire Davenport PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European regulators moved a step closer to penalizing Google for the way it handles user data after the search engine refused to change its privacy policy. France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Britain said on Tuesday they began a process to decide if Google's policy introduced in March 2012 broke national laws. Google consolidated 60 privacy policies into one last year and started combining data collected on individual users across its services, such as YouTube, Gmail and social network Google+. ... Full Story | Top |
| Sorry Apple gets respect in China after tabloid trial Tuesday, Apr 02, 2013 02:52 AM PDT  By Melanie Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) - With its rare apology, Apple Inc went from pariah to praiseworthy in the eyes of China's state-controlled media, a lesson for other foreign firms not to underestimate the speed and power of the government press. After coming under near-daily media assault for the past two weeks and facing the threat of penalties from two Chinese government bureaus, Apple apologized to Chinese consumers on Monday for poor communication over its warranty policy and said it will change the terms for some of its iPhones sold in China. ... Full Story | Top |
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