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Viber and Tango’s messaging services temporarily banned in Bangladesh

Jan19
by on January 19, 2015 at 11:13 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Protests

The Bangladeshi government placed a temporary ban on mobile messaging services Viber and Tango yesterday for undisclosed reasons, reports AFP. On orders from local law enforcement agencies, The Bangladesh Telecommunications and Regulatory Commission had shut down both services “for the time being,” according to a commission spokesman who didn’t offer any explanation for the BTRC’s decision. However, it’s likely that the services were shut down to prevent anti-government protesters from communicating freely with each other. Activists from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies are in a struggle to overthrow the current government, with recent protests turning violent and killing…

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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

Jan19
by on January 19, 2015 at 10:45 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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January 19 is an important day. Not only because it’s the date that Thomas Edison’s first overhead electric lighting system to use wires was switched on in New Jersey, and not only because it’s the date that the first Tour de France race was announced, back in 1903. But did you know that January 19, 2038 will be a day of news too? How do we know? There’s another Y2K-like integer bug known as ‘the Year 2038 problem‘ that looks set to cause havoc with your computer’s clock. However, rather than pondering news 23 years in the future, perhaps it’d…

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Oliver Samwer says Rocket Internet isn’t an incubator and offers more ‘freedom’ than Google

Jan19
by on January 19, 2015 at 9:02 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, dld15, Google, incubators, Insider, Oliver Samwer, Profiles and Interviews, rocket internet

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“Again, you try to make me talk…” At DLD in Munich today, Rocket Internet CEO, Oliver Samwer, made it clear again that he doesn’t enjoy interviews. Still, despite dodging several questions by saying he simply couldn’t answer now Rocket is a public company following last year’s IPO, Samwer found time to dismiss incubators and throw shade at Google. After being shown a list of Germany’s best employers which included Rocket and Google, Samwer said: “We provide much more freedom than Google. The chairs might be more comfortable at Google. I heard they have sushi. We are for the real people who…

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Oliver Samwer says Rocket Internet isn’t an incubator and offers more ‘freedom’ than Google

Jan19
by on January 19, 2015 at 9:02 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, DLD, dld15, Google, incubators, Insider, Oliver Samwer, Profiles and Interviews, rocket internet

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“Again, you try to make me talk…” At DLD in Munich today, Rocket Internet CEO, Oliver Samwer, made it clear again that he doesn’t enjoy interviews. Still, despite dodging several questions by saying he simply couldn’t answer now Rocket is a public company following last year’s IPO, Samwer found time to dismiss incubators and throw shade at Google. After being shown a list of Germany’s best employers which included Rocket and Google, Samwer said: “We provide much more freedom than Google. The chairs might be more comfortable at Google. I heard they have sushi. We are for the real people who…

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