Alphabet Inc.’s Google helped launch a line of low-cost smartphones in India more than a year ago, part of a strategy to win more customers in fast-growing emerging markets. It was a flop. Now, the tech giant is trying again by relaxing its rules, giving phone makers more latitude when it comes to features and price. Google and India’s Lava International Ltd. plan to release a new low-cost smartphone in the coming months as...
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Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard military force hacked email and social-media accounts of Obama administration officials in recent weeks in attacks believed to be tied to the arrest in Tehran of an Iranian-American businessman, U.S. officials said. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, has routinely conducted cyberwarfare against American government agencies for years. But the U.S. officials said there has been a surge in such attacks coinciding with the arrest last month of Siamak Namazi, an energy industry...
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Airbnb Inc., seizing on a hard-fought regulatory victory in its hometown of San Francisco, plans to build an army of grass-roots supporters in cities around the world where its home-sharing service is under attack. At a news conference at its headquarters on Wednesday, the company said it plans to help organize and fund groups of volunteers in 100 cities over the next year, with each “guild” dedicated to fighting regulators and...
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Jet.com Inc. is close to completing a $550 million cash infusion that would prevent the e-commerce startup from running out of money by the end of the year. The company projected it would have $63 million of cash on hand at the end of October, according to a recent financial plan reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The plan forecast a cash drain of $76 million in November and December, largely for marketing. A company spokesman said...
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