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Matt Weinberger / Business Insider : Hewlett Packard Enterprise says former CEO Meg Whitman will not stand for re-election to its board   —  - Meg Whitman will not stand for reelection to the board of directors at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).  — This marks Whitman's final departure from HPE, a company she helped create …

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg : Amazon reports Q4 “other” revenue, which is mostly comprised of its advertising services, hit $3.39B, up 95% YoY   —  Amazon.com Inc.'s sales and earnings in the busy holiday quarter beat analysts' estimates, showing the world's biggest web retailer can maintain rapid growth …

Opinion: Reeling from defeats in local elections and hoping to curry favour with a large votebank of shopkeepers and tradespeople before national elections in a few months, India's BJP government insists Flipkart and Amazon migrate to new rules almost overnight, causing losses that may amount to as much as 40 percent of revenues.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Nexteer Automotive is expanding its global operations with two new facilities in southern India: a new software center in Bengaluru to support growing demand for software-enabled functionality in advanced steering applications and a new...

Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch : WhatsApp hires EFF counsel Nate Cardozo and Facebook hires Open Technology Institute counsel Robyn Green, both as privacy policy managers   —  In an effort to bolster its public credibility in the wake of a very rough year, Facebook is bringing a fierce former critic into the fold.

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch : eBay beats on Q4 sales of $2.9B, but global merchandise volume of $24.6B was up only 1%; will return $5.5B to investors in 2019 amid activist pressure   —  As eBay gets increasing pressure from activist shareholder Elliott Management to reform its business and turn it into a high-growth tech stock …

Larry Dignan / ZDNet : AMD reports Q4 revenue of $1.42B, up 6% YoY but missing analyst estimates of $1.44B, and net income of $38M; stock up 8%+ after hours   —  The company's weak outlook comes after Nvidia said it was seeing softer sales.  AMD said inventory and the end of the blockchain boom were issues.

BANGALORE, India, January 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- 42Gears Mobility Systems, a leading UEM solution provider positioned as a Visionary in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant, announces the release of the Virtual Reality Device Management Solution- 'SureMDM - VR'. The solution enables...

PUNE, India, January 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Vervotech Solutions, a cutting-edge travel technology start-up based in Pune, has launched its newest product - NEXUS - A single API integration for travel agencies to connect to all suppliers. (Logo:...

Gabriella Borter / Reuters : Psychiatrists notice an uptick in cases and US in-patient treatment programs for internet addiction, but some key institutions don't recognize it as a disorder   —  CINCINNATI (Reuters) - When Danny Reagan was 13, he began exhibiting signs of what doctors usually associate with drug addiction.

IceWarp has been conferred the CIO CHOICE 2019 Honour and Recognition as the most preferred brand in the “Enterprise Email” category by India’s most high-profile CIOs, for the second time in a row. (PRWeb January 28, 2019) Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/icewarp_wins_cio_hearts_again_with_the_coveted_cio_choice_2019/prweb16047607.htm

Bradley Olson / Wall Street Journal : Home-energy management may become the next battleground for Google and Amazon, using devices like smart speakers and thermostats to track consumers' energy use   —  Tech companies look to expand their reach, reap consumer data as smart-home ecosystem expands

Ben Thompson / Stratechery : How the success of Netflix's Bird Box film, watched by ~58% of its user base in its first month, drives Netflix's virtuous cycle as an aggregator   —  Bird Box, the Netflix original film, started streaming on December 21 while I was on vacation.1 That perhaps explains why the majority …

Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Japan to let government employees hack into consumers' IoT devices with insecure passwords to identify vulnerabilities and prevent abuse during 2020 Olympics   —  Japanese government wants to secure IoT devices before Tokyo 2020 Olympics and avoid Olympic Destroyer and VPNFilter-like attacks.

South China Morning Post : After a nine month freeze, Chinese regulators finally approve several game titles from Tencent and NetEase   —  - The State Administration of Press and Publications has now approved a total of 352 new game titles since March last year  —  Tencent Holdings and NetEase, which run China's …