Dell’s cybersecurity unit SecureWorks files for IPO
(Reuters) – Dell Inc's cybersecurity unit SecureWorks Corp filed for an initial public offering with U.S. regulators on Thursday
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NFL to be Snapchat’s sports partner for story explorer feature
(Reuters) – The National Football League had signed on to be the first sports partner for Snapchat's story explorer feature, an NFL spokesman told Reuters on Thursday. Snapchat, the mobile app where photos, videos and messages disappear in seconds, last month launched Explorer, a curative tool that allows users to flip through clips taken by others on the same subject. The move is part of Snapchat's deepening relationship with NFL
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Brazil court lifts suspension of Facebook’s WhatsApp service
By Jeb Blount and Marcelo Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A Brazilian judge on Thursday ordered the lifting of a 48-hour suspension of the services in Brazil of Facebook Inc's WhatsApp phone-messaging application, overturning an order from a lower court. The interruption of WhatsApp's text message and Internet telephone service caused outrage in Latin America's largest country, where the company estimates it has 100 million personal users, and led to angry exchanges on the floor of Congress
Read moreFreedom of speech reaches ‘new low’ in junta-ruled Thailand
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand's military seized power last year with a promise to eventually restore democracy. On Sunday, a student was taken from hospital by plainclothes agents and charged with defaming Thailand's widely revered royalty. On Monday, it emerged that a factory worker was charged with sedition and mocking King Bhumibol Adulyadej's dog.
Read moreChina calls for Internet front to fight hacking, cyber ‘arms race’
By Paul Carsten WUZHEN, China (Reuters) – China's President Xi Jinping laid out his vision for the Internet on Wednesday, calling for a new status quo where Internet sovereignty rests in the hands of nations controlling the flow of information. “Each country should join hands and together curb the abuse of information technology, oppose network surveillance and hacking, and fight against a cyberspace arms race,” Xi told China's second World Internet Conference. Since Xi took China's helm in early 2013, he has presided over a centralization of domestic Internet governance and broader efforts to control, and often censor, the flow of information online, experts say.
Read more‘Fintech’ expansion lures foreign banks to Israel
By Tova Cohen TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A five-minute chat with an executive from Israeli start-up MyCheck was enough to spark the interest of Mariano Belinky, managing partner at Banco Santander's venture capital division. After more formal follow-up meetings, the Spanish bank made its first foray into Israel, investing an undisclosed sum in MyCheck, which develops customized mobile payment apps for restaurant chains such as The Cheesecake Factory. With many clients in the hospitality sector, Santander was intrigued by the possibility of providing “a new and better solution for our clients,” Belinky told Reuters at a financial technology (fintech) event hosted by Santander in Tel Aviv last month.
Read moreAustralia banks agree Android Pay deal, Apple Pay still frozen out
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) – Big Australian banks have agreed to accept payments made on mobile devices using Google Inc's Android Pay, leaving Apple Inc's rival Apple Pay system out in the cold as the tech giant struggles to coax lenders to accept its terms. Banks including Westpac Banking Corp , ANZ Banking Group and Macquarie will accept contactless payments via Android smartphones when Google rolls out the service in first-half 2016, the tech giant said on Wednesday.
Read morePresident Xi says China will guarantee foreign companies’ legal rights
By Paul Carsten WUZHEN, China (Reuters) – China will guarantee foreign companies' legal rights, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday at the country's second annual World Internet Conference in Wuzhen. “Safeguarding the legal rights of foreign-invested businesses will not change,” said Xi
Read moreCalifornia shooter messaged Facebook friends about support for jihad: LA Times
(Reuters) – One of the shooters in the San Bernardino massacre, Tashfeen Malik, sent at least two private messages on Facebook to a small group of Pakistani friends in 2012 and 2014, pledging her support for Islamic jihad and saying she hoped to join the fight one day, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday. The messages were posted before Malik, 29, entered the United States on a K-1 fiancée visa in July 2014, the Times said, citing two top federal law enforcement officials. Malik's messages were recovered by FBI agents investigating whether she and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, had been in direct contact with foreign militant organizations and were directed to carry out the Dec
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