INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
02 August 2016
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
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INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
bbc.co.uk – China’s internet authorities will enforce new rules to tighten their grip on the rapidly growing app market in the mainland, demanding that all app providers adopt real-name registration for users and keep their activity logs for at least 60 days. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Friday 29 July marks the last day that users can get a free upgrade to the Windows 10 operating system. Those who do not take advantage of the offer will have to pay for it, with the home edition costing $120 (£91) and the professional edition $200 (£151). Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
bbc.co.uk – Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said he hopes the UK will ‘be as close as possible to’ France after the vote to leave the European Union. Speaking in French at a Paris press conference with his French counterpart Jean-Marc Ayrault he said the two would work together ‘as friends and allies’. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – The auction for ownership of the .web domain has ended with one company paying $135m (£102m) for rights to use the suffix. A company called Nu Dot Co won the auction and can now offer firms the chance to own a domain ending .web. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC News – Who can’t tweet about #Rio2016?>>
BBC News – Google parent Alphabet sees strong profits rise>>
BBC News – Council demand reassurance on universal broadband pledge>>
BBC News – New trials for delivering goods by drones>>
BBC News – Flipkart’s Myntra to buy online shopping rival Jabong>>
BBC News – Twitter reports slowest revenue growth since 2013>>
LinkedIn – Brexit Britain: Don’t Wait Two Years, Export Now>>
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