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AWS cloud joins Microsoft in China but Google holds off

2013-12-19 16:01:49| InfoWorld: Top News

Amazon Web Services announced yesterday that its cloud platform will be run out of data centers in Beijing, China, from early next year. The announcement makes Amazon the second western tech heavyweight to deliver cloud services out of China, after rivals Microsoft set up operations in Beijing and Shanghai last year.

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Apple, Google, Microsoft ask governments to reform surveillance practices

2013-12-09 14:21:44| InfoWorld: Top News

Eight top tech companies in the U.S. have asked governments around the world to reform surveillance laws and practices, and asked the U.S. to take the lead. AOL, Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Yahoo and Microsoft said Monday that they understand that governments need to take action to protect their citizens' safety and security, but "strongly believe that current laws and practices need to be reformed."

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UK Gets Google, Microsoft to Step Up Online Child Porn Fight

2013-11-18 22:45:44| TechNewsWorld

Google and Microsoft have ramped up their efforts to fight online child porn following months of pressure by the office of UK Prime Minister James Cameron. The two have created a blacklist of search terms for which results will be blocked. When Cameron asked Google and Microsoft to create such a system in July, the companies told him blocking search results could not and should not be done.

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