Latest Tech Industry News

• 24 May 2013

• News: Reports: FTC examining Google's display ads

  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reportedly launched an investigation into Google's display ad business amid complaints from rivals that the company is abusing its power in how it sells online-graphical and video ads.

• News: Oracle, managed services provider to settle suit over third-party support

  Oracle and managed services provider ServiceKey have come to a proposed settlement of an intellectual-property lawsuit Oracle filed against the company last year.

• News: SAP shakes up development organization

  SAP has abruptly reorganized its development strategy, with SuccessFactors CEO and cloud strategy chief Lars Dalgaard leaving the company and executive board member Vishal Sikka now tapped to lead a single software development unit.

• News: Datacom awarded Queensland Government contract

  New Zealand-headquartered IT services provider, Datacom, has extended its relationship with the Queensland Government through a new, three-year contract.

• News: Republicans package H-1B plan in attractive website

  With the full Senate starting its debate on a comprehensive immigration bill, Republican lawmakers in the House have released a plan of their own, complete with a slick website.

• News: Nokia files cases against HTC One in the US

  Nokia is targeting HTC's latest slate of smartphones, including the HTC One, with new legal action in the U.S. that demands the Taiwanese company cease the alleged patent infringement.

• News: Yahoo acquires gaming infrastructure startup PlayerScale

  Yahoo has acquired PlayerScale, a startup developer of infrastructure software for cross-platform gaming, adding to its string of recent acquisitions.

• News: US ITC refuses to ban Microsoft's Xbox at Google's request

  The U.S. International Trade Commission has turned down a request for a ban on Microsoft's Xbox after finding that the gaming device did not infringe a patent owned by Google's Motorola Mobility unit.

• 23 May 2013

• News: CITRIX SYNERGY '13: Partners and customers main focus in mobile strategy, says Willis

  Citrix's current partners and customers will be the main focus as the company rolls out its mobile strategy, according to Citrix Asia-Pacific vice-president, Rob Willis.

• News: SoftBank gets state approval for Sprint acquisition

  SoftBank has received all the necessary state approvals for the Japanese mobile carrier to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel for US$20 billion, the companies announced.

• News: IT security vendors seen as clueless on industrial control systems

  Even the most innocuous security processes used for traditional IT systems could spell disaster in an ICS

• News: Immigration Reform Bill Takes Aim at Indian IT Outsourcing Companies

  India's application development and maintenance business will take a hit if a provision of the U.S. Senate immigration bill becomes law, and some experts say the restrictions will drive more outsourcing offshore.

• News: Remains of the Day: Holey wholesale holograms!

  A longtime industry watcher moves to Cupertino, Steve Jobs's email to James Murdoch is marked as read, and Tim Cook dodges an inane "rumor." The remainders for Wednesday, May 22, 2013 are live, in the flesh.

• News: Adobe continues social push, acquires mobile app agency

  Adobe has acquired Thumb Labs, a small mobile app agency, as part of its broader push to give its new cloud-enabled software offerings a more social flavor.

• News: Lenovo's net profit up 90 percent, smartphone shipments soar

  PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo's net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter by 90 percent year-over-year.

• News: SoftBank said to be in talks with US to allay national security fears

  The U.S. government is in negotiations with SoftBank for greater control over equipment purchases by Sprint Nextel and the selection of one of the Japanese company's nominee to the U.S. carrier's board, according to a news report.

• News: Penguin settles with US states in e-book price-fixing lawsuit

  Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray.

• News: How Apple's offshore tax mess could impact your business

  Apple, that darling of the tech world, has been in the news this week, not because of any new hardware it's releasing, but because of the way it's been handling its foreign earnings.

• 22 May 2013

• News: Verizon, Jennifer Lopez partner on Latino-focused wireless stores

  Verizon Wireless is partnering with singer and actress Jennifer Lopez in creating a U.S. retail distribution company that will offer Verizon's devices in stores and online destinations designed to appeal to Latino consumers.

• News: Google launching new fund for later-stage tech investments

  Google is launching a new fund through which it will make later-stage investments in technology companies, a Google executive said Wednesday.

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