Starboard’s Smith says Yahoo ‘welcoming’ since his arrival
Yahoo Inc’s (YHOO.O) management team and directors have given a warm welcome to Starboard Value LP Chief Executive Jeffrey Smith since he joined the company’s board after a contentious...
Ford invests $182.2 million in software company Pivotal
Ford Motor Co F.N is investing $182.2 million in San Francisco-based Pivotal Software, underscoring the pressure carmakers face to boost their technology platforms given the rise of connected and...
Big data breaches found at major email services
Hundreds of millions of hacked user names and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded in Russia’s criminal underworld, a security expert told Reuters. The discovery of...
U.S. tech firms urge presidential candidates to embrace trade, high-tech visas
Thirteen U.S. industry groups representing technology companies Amazon.com Inc, Uber Technologies Inc, Apple Inc, Facebook Inc and others are pushing for the next U.S. president to support the...
touch brings ‘connected car’ to Lebanon in partnership with Vinli
Inspired by its drive for innovation, touch, the leading mobile telecommunications and data operator in Lebanon, managed by Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle...
Brazil to end WhatsApp shutdown
A Brazilian court agreed to end its blockage of the smartphone messaging service WhatsApp after suspending it for failing to surrender user data, the company said. WhatsApp, owned by Facebook,...
Rich and powerful warn robots are coming for your jobs
Some of the richest, smartest and most powerful humans have an important message for the rest of us as they convened this week to discuss pressing global issues: the robots are coming. At the Milken...
App to identify poorest girls in India can help prevent trafficking
A tablet-based application that helps to identify some of the poorest girls in eastern India has the potential to prevent human trafficking, early marriage and child labor, according to a charity...
