The Technology News ONLINE: February 2018

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Spotify plans to list shares, fend off Apple and Amazon

(Reuters) - Music streaming service Spotify on Wednesday filed for a direct listing of its shares, laying out financial data for the first time that cheered some analysts but led others to question how it could turn a profit from its growing subscriber base.

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Facebook's Sandberg uses investor meeting to urge gender equality

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg brought her message about workplace gender equality to a typically male domain on Wednesday, urging attendees at an investor conference to improve mentoring of junior female colleagues.

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Spotify files for direct listing on New York Stock Exchange

(Reuters) - Music streaming service Spotify on Wednesday filed for a direct listing of its shares, taking an unusual path to the U.S. public markets for a large company.

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Facebook CFO says news feed changes will not have profound impact on ads

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The changes that Facebook Inc is making to its centerpiece News Feed to emphasize friends and family will not have a large impact on the social network's ad business, Chief Financial Officer David Wehner said on Wednesday.

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Facebook says finds no new evidence Russia interfered in Brexit referendum

(Reuters) - Facebook Inc has told a British parliamentary committee that further investigations have found no new evidence that Russia used social media to interfere in the June 2016 referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union.

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Spotify files for direct listing of up to $1 billion

(Reuters) - Music streaming service Spotify on Wednesday became the first major company to file for a direct listing of up to $1 billion with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Spotify files for IPO of up to $1 billion

(Reuters) - Music streaming service Spotify on Wednesday filed for an initial public offering of up to $1 billion with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Marshall Islands to issue own sovereign cryptocurrency

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Marshall Islands will issue its own cryptocurrency that will be circulated as legal tender along with the U.S. dollar, according to one of the remote Pacific republic's top officials.

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Google's shopping rivals call for action from EU antitrust watchdog

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google competitors have called for further action by European Union antitrust regulators to ensure the Alphabet-owned firm treats rivals offering shopping services equally.

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Google launches Slack competitor Hangouts Chat

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google released an update to its internet chat tool Hangouts on Wednesday, aiming to make it suitable in workplaces so the Alphabet Inc unit can compete with business software makers including Microsoft Corp and Slack Technologies Inc.