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Samsung and Apple top global smartphone market as Chinese firms keep growing

By Duncan Riley Apr 29, 2021

The first-quarter smartphone shipment data from Canalys shows that the top two smartphone companies in the world are slowly shrinking in market share despite some reports focusing on Apple Inc. iPhone sales surging in the first…

Policy

EU OKs law to make tech companies take down terrorist content in less than an hour

By James Farrell Apr 29, 2021

The European Union announced today that it has approved a law to require technology platforms to flag and take down terrorist-related within one hour or face hefty fines. “The new regulation will target content…

Policy

US Labor Secretary says gig economy workers should be classified as employees

By Duncan Riley Apr 29, 2021

Shares in ride-hailing and food delivery companies fell across the board today after Labor Secretary Marty Walsh (pictured) said that gig-economy workers should be classified as employees. While seemingly not yet the official policy…

Security

Expert task force shares framework on how to disrupt ransomware

By Duncan Riley Apr 29, 2021

The Ransomware Task Force, a coalition of experts from across various cybersecurity companies and government facilitated by the Institute for Security and Technology, has shared a framework of actions on how to disrupt ransomware as…

Apps

Twitter squawks as user growth and guidance come up light

By Mike Wheatley Apr 29, 2021

Twitter Inc. took a beating in after-hours trading today, its stock down more than 11% after missing expectations on user growth and offering lower-than-expected guidance for the next three months. That took the sheen…

Cloud

Atlassian beats forecast again as more customers switch to cloud subscriptions

By Mike Wheatley Apr 29, 2021

Developer and collaboration software company Atlassian Corp. Plc. is flying high today after delivering third-quarter financial results that sailed past Wall Street’s expectations. The company reported a profit before certain costs such as stock compensation of…

Cloud

Five9 shares jump on strong growth, higher forecast

By Paul Gillin Apr 29, 2021

Cloud contact center provider Five9 Inc. continues to roll, comfortably beating Wall Street expectations on revenue and earnings in its first fiscal quarter and raising guidance for year. Revenue rose 45% from the first…

Cloud

Inside Red Hat’s StackRox acquisition to strengthen open hybrid cloud

By Shannon Flynn Apr 29, 2021

In February, Red Hat Inc. announced that it had closed the transaction to acquire StackRox, the Kubernetes and container security solution, as part of the company’s move to expand its security management offerings. “We’re…

Cloud

Amazon smashes earnings forecast as cloud revenue hits $54B annual run rate

By Robert Hof Apr 29, 2021

Amazon.com Inc. boomed last year thanks to COVID-19 spurring both a consumer rush to buy online and a business imperative to move operations to the cloud — and not even the easing of the…

Cloud

Microsoft buys Linux distribution maker Kinvolk to boost Azure cloud services

By Maria Deutscher Apr 29, 2021

Microsoft Corp. has bought Kinvolk GmbH, the Berlin-based startup behind a specialized Linux distribution used to power software container environments on Azure and other public clouds. The technology giant announced the deal today in…

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Samsung and Apple top global smartphone market as Chinese firms keep growing

EU OKs law to make tech companies take down terrorist content in less than an hour

US Labor Secretary says gig economy workers should be classified as employees

Expert task force shares framework on how to disrupt ransomware

Twitter squawks as user growth and guidance come up light

Atlassian beats forecast again as more customers switch to cloud subscriptions

Microsoft buys Linux distribution maker Kinvolk to boost Azure cloud services

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