For years, US cable operators got rich by offering fat “bundles” of hundreds of channels and raising prices regularly for television consumers. Now the “skinny bundle” is disrupting that model with internet-delivered packages offering live and on-demand programs. Google’s YouTube TV is the latest to enter this market with its bundle of around 40 channels … Read more
Indian software giant Infosys pledged Thursday to return $2 billion to shareholders this year as it reported subdued growth in profits for the fourth quarter. The company said it would raise dividends and share buy-backs, with its stock price under pressure due to cuts in businesses’ IT budgets and worries over a US visa crackdown … Read more
President Donald Trump has vowed to improve cyber attack defense, but security experts meeting this week say a fractious domestic and international political landscape could hamstring efforts to improve internet security. As the White House mulls an executive order on cybersecurity to combat an epidemic of data breaches and hacks, participants at the annual RSA … Read more
Apple boss Tim Cook may find himself at odds with Mr Trump’s views on security Now the shock is beginning to subside, attention is moving to how Donald Trump’s policies will play out over his four, possibly eight-year stint as president. Barack Obama’s policies on technology were considered pro-innovation, with a view to using technology … Read more
A courier carries packages at a sorting facility of STO Express Ltd in Fuyang, Anhui province, during the Nov 11 shopping festival last year. [Photo/China Daily] Singles’ Day sales are set to get crazier this year, with transactions and deliveries expected to break records amid public concerns about quality. E-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, which … Read more