GovernmentEurope probe into Apple acquisition of Shazam
Written by Sam Varghese
The European Commission has opened an investigation into Apple's proposed acquisition of music recognition applications maker Shazam, saying it is concerned "that the merger could… Report claims Kaspersky Lab could face ban on operating in US
Written by Sam Varghese
The US Government is claimed to be mulling more sanctions against Russian security provider Kaspersky Lab as part of a wider round of actions against… ZTE gets chance to present more info to US over ban
Written by Sam Varghese
Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE has been granted an opportunity to present additional evidence over the export ban imposed on the firm by the US… Ingenico-Paymark deal under scrutiny by Commerce Commission
Written by Peter Dinham
New Zealand’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, is considering a clearance application from global payment services company Ingenico Group to acquire 100% of shares in… COAG pushes for more support to innovation precincts
Written by Peter Dinham
Members of the Council of Australian Governments Industry and Skills Council have agreed, in principle, to support innovation precincts as part of a national industry… Australia confirms no Huawei role in Solomons undersea cable
Written by Sam Varghese
Australia has confirmed that Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei will have no role in an undersea cable system linking the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea… Google employees could revolt over bid for huge Defence contract
Written by Sam Varghese
Google is making a quiet bid to win a US$10 billion cloud contract from the US Defence Department which is to be awarded before the… Facebook will afford EU privacy cover only to 30% of users
Written by Sam Varghese
Facebook does not appear to have changed its attitude to user privacy in any way despite all its recent troubles, with the company having decided… Google removes feature that helps avoid Net censorship
Written by Sam Varghese
Google has thrown a spanner into the works of developers who have been using domain-fronting in the Google App Engine to avoid Internet censorship by… Huawei cutting back US sales efforts; rural subsidies blocked
Written by Sam Varghese
Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE will not receive any subsidies from the Universal Service Fund that the US uses to subsidise equipment bought by… 
