More than a dozen Google services, including Gmail and YouTube, flew offline in the world’s beds on Monday morning, blocking access for individuals and businesses. Alphabet Inc. Google -0.13% According to users’ social-media posts, the company’s services showed errors when users tried to sign in, trying to access their emails …
Read More »Vista Equity Partners, software maker agrees to buy plural
Plursite is a cloud-based online learning platform for software developers that sells to both businesses and individuals. Photo: Dustin Chambers for the Wall Street Journal Retrieved December 13, 2020 at 10:55 p.m. Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has agreed to buy educational software software maker Plurusite. Inc. P.S. 0.37% …
Read More »Indian iPhone factory attacked by angry workers
NEW DELHI: Angry Indian workers smashed windows and overturned cars at an iPhone factory factory and have been prosecuted several times by the government as an example of efforts to encourage manufacturers and attract companies to diversify away from China. Indian television showed workers throwing stones, throwing furniture and setting …
Read More »European stocks stumble over COVID-19 vaccine shock, while US equity futures stimulus eases
The previous version of this article incorrectly identified the manufacturer of the COVID-19 vaccine. The story has improved. European stocks continued to sell lower on Friday and the uncertainty of the Brexit deal dragged on after Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate was shocked. U.S. equity futures also stumbled as …
Read More »Apple Pal and Google will prevent X-Mode from collecting location data from users’ phones
Apple Inc. AAPL -2.09% And the alphabet Inc. Google -1.89% Google Data Broker X-Mode Social Inc. Will be banned from collecting any location information extracted from mobile devices running their operating operating systems following revelations about the company’s national security function. The two largest mobile phone platforms told developers this …
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