Chinese bloggers asked for the help of US Secretary of State John Kerry to help push for Internet freedom in China in a meeting at the US Embassy in Beijing, Bloomberg reported.
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Apple mulls over acquisition of electric car maker Tesla -report
Cupertino, US-based smartphone giant Apple considered purchasing Palo Alto, California-based electric car manufacturer Tesla, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report citing an unnamed source.
Stack Overflow goes down for an hour on Sunday due to DDoS attack
Stack Overflow, the website where programming enthusiasts get to ask and answer questions, went down for about an hour Sunday, February 16 due because of a DDoS attack on its network provider, TechCrunch reported.
Crowdfunding website Kickstarter hacked, recommends users change passwords
Kickstarter, the fundraising platform used by millions of people to raise capital for creative projects and businesses, said on Saturday that hackers had gained access to some of its customers' data earlier this week but that the breach had been repaired.
Google working on super fast 10-gigabit Internet connection
Google is said to be developing data transfer speeds of up to 10-gigabits per second, an internet connection that would put to shame the 1-gigabit connection of its Google Fiber offering, NBC News reported.
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JPSML A/c Copthall Mauritius Investment acquired a 0.6% stake in Mumbai, India-based clothing retail chain Future Retail for INR13.5 crore at INR91.88 apiece on the National Stock Exchange.
Winner of Downtown Sacramento Foundation's "Calling All Dreamers" business plan contest stands to receive $145,000 business startup package, which includes cash and a rent-free storefront for one year.
New York, US-based investment advisor Jana Partners took a majority stake in Sunnyvale, California-based networking equipment manufacturer Juniper Networks for an undisclosed amount, according to a regulatory filing.
Soros Fund Management sold the stake it held in retailer JC Penney, liquidating 19.98 million shares, in the final quarter of last year, Reuters reported citing a regulatory filing.
Berkeley, US-based biotech startup Exogen Biotechnology turned to crowdfunding to raise money for its DNA damage measuring technology amid shortage of venture capitalists investing in biotech firms.
Cincinnati, US-based food startup Nourish wants to give people who are too busy, lazy, or tired to cook meals an easy access to healthy home-cooked meals by hiring cooks who will do the task for them for a given fee.
Silver Lake is already in advanced talks with private equity firm HGGC LLC to exit information technology management firm Serena Software Inc, according to four sources interviewed by Reuters.
Dublin, Ireland-based online jewelry retailer Coldlilies snagged $50,000 in funding from Enterprise Ireland's Competitive Start Fund fr female entrepreneurs to begin next phase of the business.
A flaw found in new version of Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer was used to attack the website of the Veterans of Foreign Wars as well as that of that of French aerospace industry employees, Reuters reported.
