Apple pies and iPads sweeten China’s dreaded TV expose
Customers stand outside of a McDonald’s store in downtown Shanghai July 31, 2014.
Tag: ICT
EU ministers to give more power to pan-European data protection body
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union ministers agreed on Friday to give more powers to a pan-European body of regulators to enforce a new data protection law, upsetting businesses who hoped more power would be devolved to individual national regulators.
Senate committee advances ‘threat-sharing’ cybersecurity bill
A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture.
Europe aviation safety agency sets out drone proposals
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Three categories of civil drone should be created to regulate unmanned aerial vehicles now used in everything from filming to farming and parcel deliveries, Europe’s aviation safety body has proposed.
Rivals call for BT break-up in review of UK telecoms sector
A man talks on his mobile telephone as he walks past a BT logo in London, February 5, 2015.
Snapdeal drums up custom in Slumdog’s Dharavi
Employees of Snapdeal, an Indian online retailer, sort out delivery packages inside their company fulfilment centre in Mumbai October 22, 2014. Kunal Bahl, co-founder of Indian online marketplace Snapdeal, has come a long way from his days as a business school student selling detergent in U.S. Supermarkets. After final negotiations over a sushi breakfast earlier this month, Snapdeal on Tuesday unveiled a $627 million investment from Japan’s SoftBank, one of the high-profile early backers — and now major shareholder — in China’s Alibaba. Picture taken October 22, 2014.