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Twitter to roll out 280-character tweets worldwide
(Reuters) - Microblogging website Twitter Inc , known for its iconic 140-character tweets, said on Tuesday it would roll out 280-character tweets to users across the world....
Snapchat launches redesign as growth disappoints Wall Street
(Reuters) - Snap Inc is redesigning its disappearing-message app Snapchat in an attempt to reach a broader audience, going back to the drawing board after being clobbered by Wall Street for another quarter of slowing user growth....
Exchange operators believe in cryptocurrencies: CBOE
(Reuters) - The major futures exchanges believe in the development of cryptocurrency trading and will push on with launching exchange traded funds that allow investors to trade in them, chief operating officer and president of Cboe Global Markets said on Tuesday....
Uber, rival apps join forces in Brazil to stem tide of regulation
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has formed an unprecedented alliance in Brazil with other ride-hailing services, including its main local rival 99, to win public support to block regulation threatening the way they do business in a booming market....
After WhatsApp threat, Indonesia steps up Internet obscenity purge
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia said on Tuesday it will summon executives of messaging services and search engines, including Google, to demand they remove obscene content, but dropped a threat to block WhatsApp Messenger after "GIF" images were taken off the service....
Canadian retailers dogged by aggressive U.S. rivals' online offerings
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian retailers are struggling to fortify their defenses against aggressively expanding U.S. e-commerce operators in an effort to stave off further loss of market share and erosion of profit margins in a brutal retail market....
Privacy groups challenge UK data surveillance at European court
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Human rights and journalist groups presented their case against Britain's electronic surveillance program to the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday, in complaints prompted by details of mass spying leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden....
Exclusive: Avast owners hire Rothschild for $4 billion software IPO - sources
MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) - The owners of Avast Software have hired Rothschild to prepare the business for a share sale which could value one of the world's most used providers of computer antivirus software at as much as $4 billion, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters....
Vietnam's neighbors, ASEAN, targeted by hackers: report
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A hacking group previously linked to the Vietnamese government or working on its behalf has broken into the computers of neighboring countries as well as a grouping of Southeast Asian nations, according to cybersecurity company Volexity....
Daimler unveils new 'Ask Mercedes' customer service chatbot
LISBON (Reuters) - German luxury car maker Daimler is set to combine a range of digital customer support experiments into a single voice-activated app that is available whether users are driving their cars, sitting at home or on the go....