Alibaba Cloud has announced that it will expand its global start-up programme ‘Create@Alibaba Cloud’ to more countries, applying its growing global coverage and increasing support to local small enterprises.
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Micro Focus shares drop after missing revenue targets
Micro Focus shares tumbled 17 percent at the beginning of the week, rebounding only fractionally over the next few days.1 2737
Alan Gow joins Virgin Mobile MEA as Group CEO
Virgin Mobile Middle East and Africa (VMMEA) has appointed Alan Gow as the Group CEO, to strengthen the existing management …
UK looks into WhatsApp encryption after London attack
A senior UK official is asking that law enforcement should be given access to encrypted messages on WhatsApp and similar services.
Apple, Microsoft and Amazon offer fairer deal on cloud storage
Apple, Microsoft and Amazon have agreed to give cloud storage subscribers fairer contracts after intervention by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
Virgin Atlantic appoints new CIO
Don Langford has been appointed as the new Senior Vice President for Technology, the equivalent of a CIO, for Virgin Atlantic and will be responsible for leading the technology team at the UK-headquartered international airline
Twitter sees surge in government requests for account information
Twitter has seen an increase in government demands for account information in the first half of this year, with the US followed by Japan topping the list for such requests.
EU launches anti-competition investigation against Qualcomm
According to recent reports, Qualcomm is under investigation by the European Union, under the suspicion having anti-competitive movements in the 3G and 4G smartphone chipset market.
Scotland set to open CodeClan academy
CodeClan, a software skills academy, will soon be opening in Scotland this September.
Microsoft received 37,000 end-user data requests in first half of year
Judges and police investigators are on track to submit about the same number of requests to Microsoft for end user data this year as they did in 2012, according to figures released Friday.
Microsoft to rename SkyDrive after losing trademark suit
Microsoft will be forced to rename its SkyDrive cloud storage service after failing to defend its trademark against UK broadcaster …