"Silicon Valley link" Yahoo in India to cut 400 people Samsung refused to pay Microsoft patent royalties

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1. Twitter sues the U.S. Department of Justice for the right to disclose surveillance information

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October 8, according to foreign media reports, Twitter sued the U.S. Department of Justice in Tuesday, demanding the right to disclose the scope of the U.S. government's monitoring of users, so that its disputes with the United States federal agencies further escalation.

Twitter said the company had been in talks with the U.S. government for months, but had no end. The lawsuit suggests that the dispute between the US internet company and the US government has escalated around the issue of a ban on disclosure of the nature and number of requests by the security services for user information.

2. HP cleans up Non-core assets transfer 40% stake in Middle East it vendors

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October 6, Hewlett-Packard announced the most generous reorganization in recent years, the company split into two independent companies. Meanwhile, HP is also continuing to clean up non-core assets. On October 7, it was confirmed that HP had transferred 40% per cent of an IT service company in the Middle East.

HP has transferred a 40% per cent stake in the UAE's Injazat Data systems company, Reuters reported. The assignee is an investment fund Mubadala in the UAE's state-owned Abu Dhabi government.

3. Yahoo in India to lay off 400 people four employees were invited to work in the United States

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October 8, the source said in Tuesday, Yahoo is currently located in India's Bangalore office in the downsizing of about 400 people. At the same time, however, Yahoo sent an invitation to more than 40% of its employees to work in the United States.

Yahoo now has about 1100 employees in Bangalore, the source said. It is reported that in India, layoffs and staff to work in the United States, Yahoo CEO Marissa (Marissa Mayer) is one of the measures to bring the Yahoo team together to improve the company's product quality.

4. Committed to privacy protection: Microsoft signed the "Student Privacy Pledge"

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Few companies will notice that they are under a "privacy microscope," But for privacy, Microsoft has been more aggressive and has taken many steps. Earlier, many people were worried that the Windows 10 Technology Preview would detail the user's usage environment. But now, the company has signed the Student Privacy Pledge (Student Privacy Pledge), joined by the Follett, Learnmetrics, and knovation and other world-renowned institutions.

5. Facebook Development Anonymous social applications: no longer adhere to the real name

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"Facebook (76.27,-1.29,-1.66%) is developing a separate mobile application that makes it unnecessary for users to use their real names during interaction," The New York Times quoted sources as saying in the morning of October 8 in Beijing.

The app is expected to be released in a few weeks. The move reflects an experimental, different approach to Facebook's approach to user identities. Facebook's main web site is a way for users to establish personal identities online, helping users connect with friends and family online and offline.

6. Samsung refuses to submit patent royalties to Microsoft for commencement of arbitral proceedings

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Samsung Electronics launched an arbitration program for Microsoft in Tuesday in Hong Kong. Samsung and Microsoft are now suing for patent royalties on smartphones.

Microsoft filed a petition to the New York federal court in August, accusing Samsung of refusing to pay royalties to Microsoft after Microsoft announced it was planning to buy a Nokia handset business. A court document submitted by Microsoft disclosed the arbitration proceedings.

7. News that Apple's emergency adjustment capacity to the iphone 6Plus transfer

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Apple (98.75,-0.87,-0.87%) has urgently adjusted the number of OEM, component purchases and shipments in the iphone 6 and iphone 6 Plus two handsets, according to a supply chain source quoted by Taiwan's Electronic Times website, the news said October 7. However, the results of the adjustment will be reflected in the supply capacity of the retail market, but also a process. In the second half of this year, IPhone6 's output is expected to be 3 million to 4 million lower than previously estimated.

Heshuo, a manufacturer of parts and components from the iphone upstream to Foxconn and technology, has now shifted iPhone6 capacity to the iphone 6 Plus, the report said. However, most parts suppliers ' inventory is currently unable to meet the iphone 6 Plus demand. In addition, because of the two mobile phone market, OEM manufacturers of production line deployment, also appeared tight.

(Responsible editor: Lvguang)