INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL & INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
14 March 2014
GROW GLOBAL NEWS
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INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL NEWS
bbc.co.uk – Google has started to encrypt searches made by people in China. The move is widely seen as a way for users of the search engine to avoid official scrutiny of where they go online, reports the Washington Post. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – The banking industry’s new mobile phone payments system will be launched later this year. The system will be called called Paym – pronounced Pay Em. It will make it easier for people to transfer money to other bank accounts using mobile phone apps. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Billions of people around the world do not trust the internet, claims European Commission vice-president Neelie Kroes. Following allegations that the German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone was hacked, Ms Kroes said it was clear that trust was now missing. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – Turkey’s PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his government could ban Facebook and YouTube, arguing that opponents are using social media to attack him. But President Abdullah Gul later called such a ban “out of the question”. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – A study by researchers at the University of California, Yale, and Facebook has found that moods can spread virally through social media sites such as Facebook. Using data from millions of Facebook users, the researchers examined the impact of rainy days. Read more>>
bbc.co.uk – The inventor of the world wide web has marked the 25th anniversary of his creation by calling for a ‘Magna Carta’ bill of rights to protect its users. Sir Tim Berners-Lee told BBC Breakfast the issue could be compared to the importance of human rights. Read more>>
INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEWS
bbc.co.uk – China’s industrial output rose 8.6% in January and February, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Retail sales – a key measure of consumer spending – also increased 11.8% from the year before, government figures show. Read more>>
OTHER INTERNATIONAL NEWS
BBC – Pope Francis marks first year in office>>
BBC – UK: Minimum wage up to £6.50 an hour>>
BBC – ‘No great demand’ to change Australia flag>>
BBC – New Zealand to hold referendum on national flag>>
BBC – North Koreans vote in rubber-stamp elections>>
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