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Researcher says can hack GM’s OnStar app, open vehicle, start engine

July 30, 2015 creative app-inside, encinitas, general-motors, mobile-phone, mountain, request-search, said-it-now, saying-hackers, unlock-cars

By Jim Finkle and Bernie Woodall BOSTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – A researcher is advising drivers not to use a mobile app for General Motors Co's OnStar vehicle communications system, saying hackers can exploit a security flaw in the product to unlock cars and start engines remotely. “White-hat” hacker Samy Kamkar posted a video on Thursday saying he had figured out a way to “locate, unlock and remote-start” vehicles by intercepting communications between the OnStar RemoteLink mobile app and the OnStar service.

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Expedia beats Wall Street view, shares rise

July 30, 2015 publisher 449-6-million, expedia, general-motors, larger-dividend, media, mobile-phone, name-as-well, thomson-reuters

(Reuters) – Expedia Inc on Thursday posted a second-quarter profit above analysts' expectations and announced a larger dividend as travel bookings grow, sending its shares up more than 7 percent in after-market trade. Expedia, which became the world's largest online travel services company by bookings in the first quarter, earned $449.6 million in the second quarter. On an adjusted basis, it earned $118.6 million, or 89 cents per share, compared to analysts' average estimate of 84 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S

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NBCUniversal close to investing in BuzzFeed: source

July 30, 2015 publisher 449-6-million, employees-work, expedia, general-motors, larger-dividend, media, television-unit, thomson-reuters

Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal film and television unit is close to making an investment in online publisher BuzzFeed and is in talks to raise its stake in Vox Media, a person with knowledge of both sets of discussions said on Thursday.

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GM counting on high-speed Internet services in car to drive profits

April 17, 2015 creative asked-the-eight, assignment, chasing-digital, general-motors, in-car-systems, logo-outside, middle-east, number-on-their, reap-at-least, renaissance, said-on-friday, suburban-girl, the-researchers, upgrades-pushed, waylon-grange

Now, as the company prepares to expand the technology to most of its 2016 U.S. models, GM is lifting the curtain on its digital business strategy

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EU to investigate transparency of Internet search results: document

April 17, 2015 admin asked-the-eight, display-search, european, european-union, flags-flutter, general-motors, internet, involving-paid, julia-fioretti, logo-outside, reap-at-least, said-on-friday, suburban-girl, such-as-google, the-information

By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Internet platforms such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! will be the subject of a widespread inquiry by European regulators to determine whether they are transparent enough in how they display search results. In a draft of the Commission's strategy for creating a digital single market, seen by Reuters, it says it will “carry out a comprehensive investigation and consultation on the role of platforms, including the growth of the sharing economy.” The investigation, expected to be carried out next year, will look into the transparency of search results – involving paid for links and advertisements – and how platforms use the information they acquire