Category: Market Trends
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Acxiom CEO says data industry bracing for regulation
Companies that buy and sell consumer data are preparing for increased scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers after a scandal over how social network Facebook handles personal information, … ›
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Big American tech companies are snapping up foreign-worker visas, replacing Indian outsourcing firms
Four U.S. tech companies — Amazon, Microsoft, Intel and Google — were among the top 10 employers for approved H-1B applications … ›
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The steadily disappearing American car
After a century of ferrying millions of daily commuters and taking countless family road trips, simple passenger cars are disappearing from … ›
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BlackBerry CEO predicts China will protect intellectual property as it develops more of its own
The Trump administration has taken issue with what it has deemed intellectual property theft by China , but the tussle over those rights … ›
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Softbank is reshaping tech in a massive way. Here’s how it became so big
Softbank , the massive Japanese conglomerate, started as a software distributor in the 1980s, grew into a telecom giant and now spans … ›
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Technology giant Google is shutting down its URL shortening service
Technology giant Google on Sunday announced that it is shutting down its URL shortening service, goo.gl. According to The Verge, new and … ›
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Weir Minerals enters strategic partnership to enter mine tailings industry
A leading designer, manufacturer and servicer of highly engineered solutions to the mining industry has entered into a new strategic … ›
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Trouble for big tech as consumers sour on Amazon, Facebook and co
Trump is going after Amazon; Congress is after Facebook; Google is too big, and Apple is short of new products. Is it any surprise that … ›
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Samsung Elec expects uncertainty from protectionism in 2018: chairman
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd expects uncertainty from trade protectionism and geopolitical risk to persist throughout the year, its chairman … ›
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As Toshiba’s $18 billion chip unit sale faces tight deadline, IPO looms
Japan’s Toshiba Corp faces a Friday deadline to win Chinese antitrust approval to sell its prized $18 billion memory-chip business by … ›