Uber now operates in 100 cities worldwide
On-demand ride-sharing service Uber announced on its blog Wednesday that, since the launch of a limo service now in Beijing, users can hail…
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On-demand ride-sharing service Uber announced on its blog Wednesday that, since the launch of a limo service now in Beijing, users can hail…
The Justice Department wrapped up its investigation into Samsung’s decision to use so-called FRAND patents to obtain an import ban on Apple devices at the ITC.
A small group of Amazon warehouse workers vote in Delaware today on whether to form a union. A yes vote would be a symbolic first and comes at a time of growing scrutiny over Amazon’s labor practices.
President Obama stepped in to prevent the International Trade Commission from imposing a ludicrous ban on some iPhones and iPads. This was a good move — too bad he didn’t also take steps to make sure such a mess doesn’t happen again.
Five hundred investments later, Dave McClure and his 500 Startups team have learned a thing or two about founders and getting things done overseas. We sat down with McClure to ask him about the biggest lessons so far.
Eight companies from around the world are a part of Google for Entrepreneurs’ first accelerator intensive with Blackbox.
A patent ruling that forbids Apple from importing older versions of the iPhone and iPad will soon take effect – Apple asked the ITC to take the unusual step of issuing a stay.
There’s little need to pay high per minute or per megabyte fees when traveling to Hong Kong. Check out Handy, which rents Android phones by the day with unlimited voice, messaging and 3G service.
The New York Times Company is betting its future growth becoming a global news brand. It took another step towards doing so by announcing it will rebrand and relaunch the IHT.
Facebook wants the first app accessed by new smartphone owners in emerging markets to be its social networking service. It’s working with Spreadtrum to ensure its software will come pre-installed in millions of inexpensive Android phones.
NTT DoCoMo is letting Boingo’s customers onto its 55,000-node strong hotspot network in Japan, increasing Boingo’s presence there to 60,000 hotspots. In turn DoCoMo customers get access to Boingo’s network of 600,000 hotspots.
Even using a smartphone in fairly normal ways — checking your location with a web-based map, sending email or text messages, uploading photos and so on — can result in massive charges when it is done while roaming internationally, thanks to the market control that telecom carriers enjoy.
Mobile apps may not be shipped on galleons or via airfreight, but they are definitely crossing oceans. According to data from VisionMobile’s recent developer survey, a big market around the import and export of apps has emerged globally.
British Facebook users will be able to watch the Olympics without ever leaving the social network, after the BBC launched an app that streams up to 24 live video streams straight to viewers. It’s already running a trial with Wimbledon.
Viewers may not watch this summer’s London 2012 Olympic Games online as much as some broadcasters hope, according to research.
It took 12 years for 3G technologies to touch half of the world’s population, but getting to 85 percent coverage will only take another five, according to wireless infrastructure vendor Ericsson. In addition, Ericsson projects LTE networks will cover half the globe’s population.
You thought it was hard to get cellular coverage in your basement — try getting it in the rain forests of the Congo. RascomStar plans to ensure that remotest communities in the Republic of the Congo get mobile service using the smallest access node imaginable: the femtocell.
Technology may be making distance irrelevant, but just because the logistical challenges of working with far away colleagues are receding, doesn’t mean the cultural ones are diminishing. How can you avoid miscommunication and unintended offence when dealing with colleagues from different backgrounds? Experts offer tips.
Olympics organisers have taken to social media to say spectators and athletes can upload photos from this summer’s London games venues, despite guidance that has been interpreted to the contrary.
The mobile patent wars continue to drag on, with Motorola (s mmi) scoring a point Tuesday with a preliminary decision against Apple…
Apple is apparently in the process of setting up iTunes Match for international customers. According to reports, users can now access the iTunes Match sign-up page from this direct link. As of this writing, it was working here in Canada, where Match costs $27.99 annually.
Tech sites present plenty of speculation on new tech and ways of working. Is this just the jabbering of pundits or is all of it making a difference on the ground? A conversation with Barry Frangipane, the co-author of The Venice Experiment, proves work is changing.
Apple is preparing to open five new retail stores internationally on Saturday, including one smack dab in the middle of competitor Research In Motion’s home territory of Waterloo, Ontario. It’s a departure from Apple’s usual pattern in Canada — one that sends a clear message.
Viacom reported that affiliate revenues grew 20 percent domestically and 16 percent worldwide. That was due in part to digital deals that the company has struck recently, including new deals with Netflix and Hulu that make its shows available for streaming.
UPDATED: The buzz around European music streaming service Spotify’s United States launch just keeps getting louder. Our sources reveal that Spotify’s US launch will happen in mid-July and feature a tiered pricing plan. Spotify US may initially be invite-only, an anonymous report said.
International meetings can be tricky. Language barriers can make communication difficult, while time zone differences can make finding a suitable time can be awkward. Here are a few of tips to help you overcome those issues and make your international meetings more successful.
Backyard batteries could help stabilize neighborhood grids and give residents the juice to ride through blackouts and peak power spikes. But with batteries so expensive nowadays, how can utilities justify the expense?
When you’ve got team members all over the world, you have to have the right tools to keep them all up to speed. Inventure Management works with Brazilian and American employees and found itself in need of a collaboration tool that could cross international barriers easily
Early this morning, Apple lowered the price of the Mac mini in many international stores. Macerkopf.de points out that prices seem to have changed in all stores except the U.S. one, but that’s not entirely accurate, since in Australia and Canada they remain the same.
Apple has announced that on July 23 the iPad will be available in nine more countries. On Friday, it will be on available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore. If you can find one, that is.
Apple’s iPad is now available internationally, a full 53 days after its original U.S. debut. This Friday morning early adopters around the world queued up in a bid to get their hands on the long-awaited tablet device.
If you live outside the U.S. and you’ve managed to avoid the urge to pay too much for a resold unit bought in the States, you won’t have to wait too much longer before you can get your hands on some sweet, sweet iPad action.
If you wanted to buy the iPhone, once upon a time you had to get it direct from Apple (s aapl) or…
As we reported in October, The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is tightening the leash on its International Herald Newspaper by folding i…
What effect does having an international team have on the individual web worker and the team as a whole?
Paul Polak, a Pop!Tech 2008 featured speaker, has been starting businesses since he was 15. He’s now 75, and says he has…
I really, really detest the Market Felt typeface used in the Notes application in the iPod touch and iPhone. It is hard…
Having worked for a few organizations with global footprints and being in a position where I need to switch from Windows to…
Updated: The New York Times will be getting a more international flavor as the website for the International Herald Tribune is shut down and…
Updated: The New York Times will be getting a more international flavor as the website for the International Herald Tribune is shut down and…
Our feisty international commenters never let us forget that Hulu geo-blocks almost all its content for viewers outside the U.S in order…
Updated below: The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is still going through the throes of figuring out what to do with International Herald…
Startups looking to sell the next generation of batteries for our electric and hybrid vehicles will have to grow big fast to…
British-based music industry umbrella the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is now rapidly acquiring the reputation the…
It’s almost sad that Zoho is using Google’s own Gears service to allow for offline document editing, but I expect that will…
We’re used to hearing from fans when search engines or other sources lead them here for news about the objects of their passion, or, in some…
Another newswire deal: Marketwire has agreed to acquire International Media Services, a firm providing newswire services in Latin America an…
We have an update here: IMF Fan Protests Going Nowhere When It Comes To Ovation
Universal Music Group has sold off its music channel Intern…
Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY) has done an unusual deal with International Herald Tribune (owned by the New York Times), under which the two would la…
Web 2.0 is over! Good, I can go back to my early morning, caffeine fueled ranting. Today’s rant-a-special: you guessed it, SpikeSource.…