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Whistleblower Snowden draws crowd with Twitter debut

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By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Edward Snowden has come in from the cold – on Twitter.

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Google unveils latest Nexus phones, tablet

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(Reuters) – Google Inc unveiled its new Nexus phones on Tuesday in its latest attempt to take a bite out of Apple's dominant share of the smartphone market. The launch of the phones, the Nexus 6P and the Nexus 5X, comes a day after Apple Inc reported record first-weekend sales of its new iPhones.

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Aldi raises pressure on UK grocers with online foray

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 admin 2014-operating, contained-horse, europe, headache, london, major-grocers, matthew-barnes, most-exciting, prepared-meals, selling-wine, two-frozen

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – The British arm of German discount supermarket Aldi will launch an online operation next year, marking its first foray into e-commerce in Europe and giving the UK's major grocers yet another headache to contend with in a brutally competitive market. Privately owned Aldi [ALDIEI.UL], which posted a 4 percent dip in 2014 operating profit on Monday, showing even discounters can't engage in a price war and emerge unscathed, said it will begin selling wine by the case online in the first quarter of next year.

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Millennials still easily influenced by traditional ads: study

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 admin advertising, contained-horse, entertainment, formats-tracked, highest, london, mobile, rely-on-their, take-action, two-frozen

Millennials may rely on their mobile devices and laptops for the bulk of their entertainment and content, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t easily influenced by advertisements in more traditional formats, according to a new study by Nielsen Holdings.

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Crowd chants ‘Modi, Modi’ as India PM winds up Silicon Valley tour

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 admin contained-horse, formats-tracked, india, mobile, san, silicon, took-the-stage, two-frozen

By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) – Lights flashed and chants of “Modi, Modi” filled the 18,000-seat sports arena in San Jose, California, on Sunday as the Indian premier took the stage for the final event of his Silicon Valley tour, marked by sporadic protests over his human rights record.

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Facebook, eyeing TV dollars, rolls out new ad products

September 28, 2015September 29, 2015 creative better-spent, dollars, india, million-active, new-advertising, san, silicon, spent-on-mobile, sunday, time-on-their, took-the-stage, user-social

By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc introduced a slate of new advertising products on Sunday, most of which are aimed at luring television advertisers onto the 1.5-billion user social network. Facebook is trying to convince advertisers, especially those who use video, that their dollars will be better spent on mobile platforms rather than on TV as users, especially millennials, spend more time on their phones than watching television

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Dutch website says it will trigger referendum on EU-Ukraine ties

September 27, 2015September 29, 2015 publisher dutch, europe, held-during, india, netherlands, time-on-their, user-social, website-said

By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch website said on Sunday it had garnered enough signatures to force the Netherlands to hold a non-binding referendum on the EU’s association agreement with Ukraine, in a move meant to signal popular dissatisfaction with Dutch European policy. “YOU did it, out of love for democracy in the Netherlands and Europe, and to send a signal to The Hague and Brussels,” the website told its readers in a post on Sunday evening. Any referendum is likely to be held during the Dutch presidency of the European Union, which starts in January.

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Florida woman charged with felony for allegedly riding sea turtle

September 26, 2015September 29, 2015 publisher commission, facebook, felony-charge, florida, florida-fish, stephanie-moore, turtle-or-eggs, two-young, wildlife

Stephanie Moore, of Melbourne, faces a felony charge of possessing, selling, or molesting a marine turtle or eggs nest, a violation of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission rules, according to a statement by the Melbourne Police Department. Moore was one of two young women whose photos showed up on Facebook in early July, in which they appeared to be riding a turtle on the beach, police said.

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India’s Modi set to woo tech companies in Silicon Valley

September 26, 2015September 29, 2015 publisher apple, commission, felony-charge, florida, india, mayor-michael, prime-minister, silicon-valley, stephanie-moore, united, united-states, usa, wildlife

By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has documented his push to bring U.S. investments and jobs back to India on his Facebook and Twitter pages since landing in the United States this week, posting photos with the likes of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and group shots with Fortune 500 CEOs.

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BlackBerry devices future rides on fortunes of new Android phone: CEO

September 25, 2015September 29, 2015 publisher also-reported, apple, commission, felony-charge, florida, india, said-on-friday, silicon-valley, wildlife

By Euan Rocha WATERLOO, Ontario (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd’s decision to roll out a smartphone powered by Google’s Android platform was hotly debated internally but the gamble is necessary to test whether the company’s handset business is viable, Chief Executive John Chen said on Friday. Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry confirmed it planned to introduce an Android smartphone later this year, even as it also reported weaker-than-expected quarterly results.