INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
23 December 2014
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
growglobal.com – Sarah Carroll, GROW GLOBAL’s Director, will be running a series of webinars, seminars and masterclasses to help companies to optimise their websites, e-commerce systems and social media for international trade. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
bbc.co.uk – Google is proposing to warn people their data is at risk every time they visit websites that do not use the ‘HTTPS’ system. Many sites have adopted the secure version of the basic web protocol to help safeguard data. The proposal was made by the Google developers working on the search firm’s Chrome browser. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Instant translation of foreign languages on Skype has moved a step closer. Microsoft’s launched a test version of the Skype Translator which decodes conversations in Spanish and English in real time. It means that during video calls people who speak those languages will be able to talk freely. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
bbc.co.uk – David Cameron is meeting other EU leaders and industry bodies at CBI-hosted talks in Brussels hoping to inject fresh impetus into talks on a transatlantic trade deal. Supporters say it will boost economies – critics call it anti-democratic. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Cuban President Raul Castro has urged the US to end its trade embargo after the two countries opened formal talks on restoring diplomatic relations. He said the five-decade embargo ’caused enormous human and economic damage’. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC – Online food shoppers hit by technical problems>>
BBC – Rouble turmoil leads to Apple halting online sales in Russia>>
BBC – Lastminute.com sold to Swiss travel firm in £76m deal>>
BBC – Xi Jinping defends ‘one-China’ idea in Macau, amid protests>>
BBC – China revises up size of its economy in 2013>>
BBC – US watchdog fines Avon $135 for China bribes>>
BBC – Dutch data watchdog threatens Google with £12m fine>>
BBC – Dalai Lama concedes he may be the last>>
BBC – Cuba ‘will not change’ communist system, despite thaw with US>>
BBC – Brain’s ‘internal compass’ found>>
BBC – Birds ‘heard tornadoes coming’ and fled one day ahead>>
BBC – Instagram deletes millions of accounts in spam purge>>
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