INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
16 August 2013
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
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INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
bbc.co.uk – The City of London Corporation has asked a company to stop using recycling bins to track the smartphones of passers-by. Renew London had fitted devices into 12 “pods”, which feature LCD advertising screens, to collect footfall data by logging nearby phones. Chief executive Kaveh Memari said the company had “stopped all trials in the meantime”. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Sina Corp, which runs China’s biggest micro-blogging site, posted a surprise loss in the second quarter as it looks to increase its mobile offering. The company posted a net loss of $11.5m (£7.4m) compared to a profit of $33.2m a year earlier, it said in a statement. Many analysts were expecting a net profit. Sina’s micro-blogging service has more than 500 million users, with many increasingly looking to access services on mobile devices. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
bbc.co.uk – The UK goods trade deficit shrank to its smallest amount in almost a year in June, official figures have shown, helped by a rise in exports. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the gap between imports and exports narrowed to £8.1bn in June, down from £8.7bn in May. The ONS also said construction output grew more in the second quarter of the year than it had first estimated. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – France’s finance minister has denied that the eurozone’s second-biggest country has revised down its economic prospects for 2013. Pierre Moscovici was quoted on Saturday as saying that France’s economy might shrink 0.1% this year, after predicting 0.1% growth earlier this year. But he said on Sunday: “I have not made any revision on the forecast of growth in France.” Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC News – North Korea ‘makes home-grown’ Arirang smartphone>>
BBC News – ZTE’s new Firefox smartphone will only be sold on eBay>>
BBC News – Apple aerial map photos blocked over Oslo in Norway>>
BBC News – France economy: Flea market traders ‘pessimistic’>>
BBC News – Ibrahim Boubacar Keita wins Mali presidential election>>
BBC News – Ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro ‘surprised’ by survival>>
BBC News – Colombia peace talks with Farc in Cuba make progress>>
BBC News – Brecon jazz: Festival set for first webcast gig>>
BBC News – Florence tomb opened in quest to find ‘Mona Lisa’>>
BBC News – Norway PM Jens Stoltenberg works as secret taxi driver>>
BBC News – Pope Francis reaches out to Muslims at end of Ramadam>>
BBC News – Libyan Berbers demanding recognition storm parliament>>
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