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Microsoft Seeks Global Cybersecurity Accord

"Increasingly, we see a closer connection between cybersecurity and the protection of democratic institutions," he told the E-Commerce Times. "EPIC is pursuing open government cases, Hill outreach and engagement with experts." The organization has filed two Freedom of Informat...

AWS Unveils Chime Conferencing Service

"The current tools are pretty annoying ... and particularly unreliable," he told the E-Commerce Times. "This will disrupt the segment, leaving no player unaffected and putting them all on notice that they'd either better invest in improving the usability of their products or ...

Toshiba Plunges on Massive Nuclear Writedown, Earnings Delay

"For future projects, Westinghouse will seek out qualified companies for the construction scope of new plant projects, as we have done in the past, with Westinghouse offering engineering and procurement services," Sarah Cassella, spokesperson for Westinghouse Electric Co., told the E-Commerce Times...

Verizon Caves, Launches New Unlimited Data Plan

"It was never a matter of it, only when Verizon Wireless would do this," he told the E-Commerce Times. T-Mobile, considered the market leader in terms of promoting unlimited plans, reported last month that it added 8.2 million net customers in 2016, marking the third year in ...

Twitter Investors Bail Following Bleak Q4

It "feels like financial engineering to try to demonstrate growth that excludes the activities they are spending on, operational investments and costs," he told the E-Commerce Times There is a growth in margins, Skilton noted, but "there's confusion when I'm also seeing a $176...

Can Former Amazon Fire TV Exec Save Apple TV From Itself?

"It waited until the market had been pretty much defined by others, then came in with an overpriced product with substandard content," he told the E-Commerce Times Consumers shied away from Apple TV because it fell far behind its rivals in terms of a value proposition, Jude sa...

Silicon Valley Firms Lock Arms Against Trump Immigration Order

"We'll decline to comment beyond our public filings," Peter Carr, a spokesperson for the Department of Justice, told the E-Commerce Times Supporters Line Up...

Snap Seizes the Moment

"This could provide an opportunity for the big gambler investors, but better to watch for the high and then short the stock," he told the E-Commerce Times, because Snap's prospectus "suggests profit will never arrive." Company revenue last year skyrocketed to $404.5 million, f...

Amazon to Build $1.5B Prime Air Cargo Hub in Kentucky

The UPS Worldport air hub and the UPS Centennial ground hub operate out of Louisville; the DHL Americas hub, one of only three of that company's global hubs, operates out of CVG; and Fedex operates several large ground hubs around the state, he told the E-Commerce Times. Amaz...

EC to Take a Hard Look at E-Commerce Practices

"Charging people in one EU country one price and in another EU country another is not allowed," he told the E-Commerce Times. "It's the equivalent of charging people in Alabama a different price than that charged to someone in Washington." Pricing for Access ...

Apple Goes on Record-Breaking Spree

"This may have scared plenty of Samsung users to Apple, at least for the short term," he told the E-Commerce Times "Apple was no doubt able to capitalize on the problems that Samsung had with the Note 7 recall," said Todd Day, senior industry analyst for mobile & wireless comm...

Silicon Valley Up in Arms Over Proposed H-1B Overhaul

The U.S. likely will face a shortfall of more than 223,000 workers in STEM fields by 2018, meaning 30 percent of STEM jobs will go unfilled, he told the E-Commerce Times. "We can either enable companies to find the best and brightest talent available, or those talented workers will find countries where companies can hire them." ...

Facebook Taps Barra to Push VR to the Next Level

"He brings a well of international experience from countries that are key to Facebook's future growth," he told the E-Commerce Times Oculus is Facebook's first major attempt to unlock hardware revenue and to build a next-gen platform/mobile life ecosystem around VR/AR," Severi...

Google Gets Rid of 1.7 Billion Bad Ads

"Advertisers are justly upset if lots of the impressions for which they are charged are fraudulent or served to computer bots rather than potential human customers," he told the E-Commerce Times. Among specific changes Google instituted was a ban on advertising certain types ...

New FCC Chair Ajit Pai Vows to Kill Net Neutrality Rules

"Unfortunately, Chairman Wheeler decided that Net neutrality needs to be based on utility-style Title II, and that makes Net neutrality collateral damage," he told the E-Commerce Times Forward Thinker?...

Barra Leaves Post as Xiaomi’s International Point Man

Barra has been a key figure in the company's patent acquisition strategy and was the point person in the company's relationships with foreign telco firms, Reith told the E-Commerce Times. Despite those successes, Xiaomi's decision to hire Barra was problematic, according to R...

Samsung’s Note7 Post Mortem Turns Up 2 Problems

When a Li-ion battery is charged, heat is generated in the battery management system because of "imperfect efficiency of the charger integrated circuit," he told the E-Commerce Times. The Li-ion cell then begins to swell, effectively becoming thicker. The swelling "is particularly apparent in lithium-polymer cells which have a soft outer casing...

Netflix Surprises Itself With Gangbusters Membership Growth

"The exclusive content -- whether original or licensed -- is very high profile, and they can market it globally," he told the E-Commerce Times The company has seen a year-upon-year buildup of its library of content, which makes it both easier to attract new subscribers and t...

Apple to Jack Up App Prices in UK

"The U.S. dollar has strengthened 20 percent over the past few years compared to most other currencies. Apple needed to raise prices to make the developers whole," he told the E-Commerce Times. "Every U .S. company has had to raise prices or lose profits." Sales Impact...

Facebook Launches Paris Startup Garage to Promote Entrepreneurs in Europe

Facebook's choice of France could be interpreted as an early crack in the faith that the UK will maintain its status as a gateway to the continent following the Brexit vote, he told the E-Commerce Times. "It is unlikely a coincidence that much of the international finance com...

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