Communication & Collaboration News
The latest news and industry commentary on communication and collaboration platforms and the businesses building them.
Twitter bans posts that ‘dehumanise’ people in connection with diseases
Twitter Inc said on Thursday it is banning posts that “dehumanise” people because they have a disease or disability or because of their age, a step that happens to corr...
Online voting at AGMs in demand as coronavirus spreads
Online voting at annual shareholder meetings has jumped since the coronavirus outbreak as investors shun large gatherings because of travel restrictions or fear of infection, Swiss...
Coronavirus: Apple pulls out of South by Southwest festival
A spokesman for Apple Inc has announced that the Cupertino, California-based business is pulling out of this month’s South by Southwest music and tech festival amid the coron...
Tencent, Sina apps targeted in Chinese privacy crackdown
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has criticised 41 apps including Tencent messaging app QQ and Sina’s sports app for allegedly forcing users to hand over personal data, part o...
Feature or bug? Translation key on China’s WeChat takes jabs at other country’s flags
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese social media giant Tencent Holdings Ltd said on Tuesday that it will fix a “translation bug” on its chat app WeChat that sends out di...
US regulator weighs action against Facebook over how its apps interact: WSJ
Reuters – The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is considering asking a court to stop Facebook from moving ahead with plans to integrate its WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger...
US senators threaten Facebook and Apple with encryption regulation
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – US senators grilled Apple Inc and Facebook Inc executives over their encryption practices on Tuesday and threatened to regulate the technology unles...
Interpol group delays criticism of encryption after objections
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The international police organisation Interpol put off plans to condemn the spread of strong encryption after objections by tech companies and civil...
Exclusive: China’s ByteDance moves to ringfence its TikTok app amid U.S. probe – sources
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – ByteDance has stepped up efforts to separate its social media app TikTok from much of its Chinese operations, amid a U.S. national sec...
Senate Democrats unveil privacy bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic senators proposed legislation on Tuesday that would set penalties for online companies like Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc if ...
Workers at Israeli surveillance firm NSO sue Facebook for blocking private accounts
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A group of employees from Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group filed a lawsuit against Facebook on Tuesday, saying the social media giant had unfairly bl...
EU countries fail to agree on privacy rules governing WhatsApp, Skype
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU efforts to create a level playing field between telecoms operators and Facebook’s WhatsApp and Microsoft unit Skype stalled on Friday after memb...
Microsoft Teams surpasses 20 million daily active users; rival Slack shares slip
Reuters – Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday its workplace messaging app, Teams, has more than 20 million daily active users, up from 13 million users in July.
SoftBank to create $30 billion tech giant via Yahoo Japan, Line Corp deal
TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Corp plans to merge internet subsidiary Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line Corp to create a $30 billion tech group, as it strives to comp...