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EU votes through Telecoms Package final text

The European Union voted through the final text of the Telecoms Package reform today, after two years of debate on how the EU Telecoms Rules of 2002 should be reworked to make the European telecoms market more unified. In recent months Europe has ...

From ROSALIE MARSHALL, VNUNet.com,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Commission,  European Union,  European Parliament,  AT&T Inc.,  Viviane Reding

Twitter considers IPO route to growth

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has stated that he has no intention of selling the company, although he may approach the stock market for funding if the site fails to generate sufficient revenue next year. Stone made the comments during an interview with ...

From ROSALIE MARSHALL, VNUNet.com,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Biz Stone

LinkedIn opens APIs for enterprise apps integration

LinkedIn has become a networking platform for business applications TweetDeck will be one of the first applications to use new APIs Corporate users of LinkedIn will soon be able to access data stored in the networking tool from their business ...

From ROSALIE MARSHALL, VNUNet.com,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: LinkedIn Corp,  Twitter Inc,  Lotus,  IBM,  Microsoft Corporation

AOL reveals details of rebrand to Aol.

AOL made a low key announcement on Sunday evening to provide details of how its image will change once it breaks free from its parent company Time Warner. The full details will be unveiled on 10 December, when AOL common stock begins trading on the New ...

From ROSALIE MARSHALL, VNUNet.com,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: America Online,  Time Warner Inc.,  New York Stock Exchange,  Yahoo!,  Wolff Olins

Reports hint at Microsoft deal with News Corp

Microsoft has reportedly signed a deal with News Corporation that will see certain news sites removed from Google's index and ranked exclusively with Bing. News Corporation publications include The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, The Sun, The Times and ...

From ROSALIE MARSHALL, VNUNet.com,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: News Corporation Limited,  Microsoft Corporation,  Google Inc.,  Wall Street Journal,  Rupert Murdoch

Colin Powell addresses Dreamforce attendees

General Colin Powell addressed 19,000 Salesforce customers and developers yesterday at the company’s largest annual event of the year. “He is a great leader, a great person and he should be an inspiration to us all,” said Benioff. Powell noted the ...

From ROSALIE MARSHALL, VNUNet.com,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Ronald Reagan

Mandelson’s “three strikes” rules in jeopardy

Business secretary Peter Mandelson’s plans to curb piracy by enforcing three strikes rules look again to be jeopardy because of a new EU statement. If Mandelson’s proposals were adopted, they would see illegal downloaders cut off the internet after ...

From ROSALIE MARSHALL, VNUNet.com,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: European Union,  European Parliament,  Peter Mandelson

Oracle gets more time to defend Sun buy

“Oracle requested the extension in order to have the opportunity to develop its arguments,” said the EC. The EC’s concerns are listed as a Statement of Objections, issued on the 9 November. Oracle was requested to respond to the objections by the 19 ...

From ROSALIE MARSHALL, VNUNet.com,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Oracle,  IBM

Insurers using Facebook to investigate claimants

Becoming common for businesses to use Facebook to snoop on staff and customers Depressed woman's benefits stopped after her insurers saw happy Facebook photos Canadian insurance firm Manulife has reportedly cut a depressed woman’s benefits because ...

From ROSALIE MARSHALL, VNUNet.com,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  CBC,  IBM

Salesforce promises customers a "private Dreamforce"

The software-as-a-service firm told attendees at its Dreamforce customer and developer event in San Francisco that, if they have trouble proving a business case for the on-demand products, Salesforce will bring them a " private Dreamforce". "I have had ...

From ROSALIE MARSHALL, VNUNet.com,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Marc Benioff

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