Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings has quietly met with some of the largest U.S. cable companies in recent weeks to discuss adding the online movie streaming service to their cable offerings, according to sources familiar with matter.
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Mar 06, 2012
Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings has quietly met with some of the largest U.S. cable companies in recent weeks to discuss adding the online movie streaming service to their cable offerings, according to sources familiar with matter.
IBT Staff Reporter
Mar 06, 2012
The Internet company plans a major restructuring of operations that will likely include thousands of layoffs, reports said. CEO Scott Thompson could announce the changes as soon as the end of March.
Joseph Boris
Mar 06, 2012
Wal-Mart and Target are among some two dozen retailers that have teamed up to claim a share of the fast-developing business of turning smartphones into virtual wallets.
Moran Zhang
Mar 02, 2012
Data protection agencies in European countries have concluded Google Inc's new privacy policy is in breach of European law, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said on Thursday.
Raymond Ronamai
Mar 01, 2012
Facebook has unveiled new ways for businesses to reach its 845 million users directly across all devices, including mobile, as it races toward a multibillion dollar IPO. With new Premium on Facebook ads, marketers can expand their reach on the social network by paying for a video.
Raymond Ronamai
Mar 01, 2012
Facebook has unveiled new ways for businesses to reach its 845 million users directly across all devices, including mobile, as it races toward a multibillion dollar IPO.
Eric Linton
Feb 29, 2012
Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google Inc's (GOOG.O) widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices.
Raymond Ronamai
Feb 25, 2012
Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, Samsung's one of the finest smartphones with its astonishingly powerful 1.5 GHz dual core processor, Super AMOLED Plus Screen with jaw-dropping color and Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread operating system, faced immense pressure from Apple's iPhone 4S.
sangeeta mukherjee
Feb 25, 2012
Google Inc. announced Thursday that it will join other Internet companies such as Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL to allow a do not track button to be available for customers on a Web browser, limiting what personal information can be collected and used.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 23, 2012
Microsoft Corp has asked EU antitrust regulators to intervene in a patent dispute with Google Inc and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc as it stepped up its battle against Google.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 22, 2012
Comcast Corp, the No. 1 U.S. cable operator, became the latest major name to take on Netflix Inc on Tuesday when it announced plans for an online video service offering a library of TV shows and movies.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 21, 2012
Samsung Galaxy Note or the Phablet was launched only a few days back and has happily surprised smartphone lovers with its winning combination of size (of a tablet) and great features (of a smartphone).
sangeeta mukherjee
Feb 20, 2012
Google Inc chairman Eric Schmidt could sell as many as 2.4 million shares of the company's class A common stock as part of a predetermined stock trading plan.
Raymond Ronamai
Feb 18, 2012
Federal lawmakers are asking if Google Inc. violated the terms of its broad privacy settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, following a study in which it has been reported that Google is accused of bypassing the privacy settings on Apple's Safari browser to track usage on iPhones and Macs without permission.
Bhaskar Prasad
Feb 18, 2012
Apple Inc, Google Inc and their vendors must do more to protect children using iPhones and other mobile devices to read or play games, U.S. trade regulators said, and warned they may punish software makers that secretly collect data on kids.
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Feb 17, 2012
China's top search engine, Baidu Inc, beat Wall Street's earnings estimates as its revenue grew more than 80 percent year-on-year in the fourth-quarter.
Mike Obel
Feb 17, 2012
Google Inc. has disabled a special computer tracking code that had been bypassing Safari, Apple Inc.'s popular Web browser, enabling advertisers to monitor the Web surfing of iPhone and computer users, against their stated preferences, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
Mike Obel
Feb 17, 2012
China's top search engine, Baidu Inc, plans to begin monetizing its mobile search traffic and social media platforms this year in an effort to boost growth outside its traditional PC domain, Baidu's chief executive said on Friday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 16, 2012
Republican critics of a Senate cybersecurity bill want to slow down consideration of the measure, saying it could give government too much power over private-sector infrastructure companies.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 16, 2012
Apple Inc, Google Inc and their vendors must do more to protect children using iPhones and other mobile devices to read or play games, U.S. trade regulators said, and warned they may punish software makers that secretly collect data on kids.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 16, 2012
Wall Street stocks were set to open little changed on Thursday as concerns about a possible downgrade of global banks by Moody's were offset by upbeat U.S. data on the labor and housing sectors.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 16, 2012
