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Murdoch Plan to Reunite Empire Pushes Fox Down Most Since 2020

Murdoch Plan to Reunite Empire Pushes Fox Down Most Since 2020

(Bloomberg) — Rupert Murdoch’s plan to combine News Corp. and Fox Corp., recreating the conservative-leaning media goliath that he split apart nine years ago, drew mixed reactions on Wall Street. Most Read from Bloomberg Several analysts said the potential recombination is unlikely to solve one of the key problems facing Fox and News Corp. — low valuations relative to their peers. While News Corp. gained 3.4% amid a broad market rally, Fox’s Class A shares dropped 9.4% for the biggest… Source link

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Google pushes Apple to adopt RCS text messaging

Google pushes Apple to adopt RCS text messaging

Android mascots are lined up in the demonstration area at the Google I/O Developers Conference in the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Beck Diefenbach | Reuters Google, the developer of the Android, is increasing the pressure on Apple to adopt RCS, a next-generation standard for text messaging. It argues that Apple’s support of RCS would help prevent some of the problems that arise when iPhone users text with Android owners. Currently, images and video don’t show as clearly as they could, for… Source link

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F.C.C. Commissioner Pushes Apple and Google to Remove TikTok

F.C.C. Commissioner Pushes Apple and Google to Remove TikTok

A member of the Federal Communications Commission has asked Google and Apple to remove TikTok from their app stores, citing concerns that the popular Chinese-owned video app could send American data back to Beijing. In a letter to the companies released on Tuesday, Brendan Carr, a Republican commissioner, said that he believed “TikTok’s pattern of conduct and misrepresentations regarding the unfettered access that persons in Beijing have to sensitive U.S. user data” violated Apple and… Source link

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Google Pushes to Overturn EU’s $5 Billion Antitrust Decision on Android

BRUSSELS— Alphabet Inc.’s Google begun its appeal Monday to overturn a $5 billion antitrust fine imposed by the European Union, contending that its Android operating system for mobile devices has boosted competition rather than foreclosing it. The tech giant presented oral arguments in Luxembourg before the EU’s second-highest court, in its appeal to overturn the 2018 decision from the bloc’s antitrust enforcer. In that case, EU authorities found Google had Source link

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Chip shortage pushes Reliance, Google to delay India smartphone launch

A Jio mobile phone is on display inside a digital store of Reliance Industries Ltd, Mumbai, India, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni/File Photo BENGALURU, Sept 10 (Reuters) – Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) delayed the launch of a low-cost smartphone it is developing with Google (GOOGL.O) to November, citing an industry-wide semiconductor shortage. The “ultra-affordable” smartphone, developed jointly by Reliance’s telecom arm and Google, was set to be rolled out from… Source link

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Google pushes its return to the office back to 2022

Google (GOOGL) workers around the world will not be required to return to their offices until at least Jan. 10, 2022, CEO Sundar Pichai said in a note to employees on Tuesday. (The policy only applies to Google and not its parent company Alphabet, a company spokesperson said). “Beyond January 10, we will enable countries and locations to make determinations on when to end voluntary work-from-home based on local conditions, which vary greatly across our offices,” he said, adding that employees… Source link

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