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E-Commerce Day Costa Rica Launches First Annual Event
On February 21, Costa Rica will host its first E-Commerce Day, as part of the lecture series that drive the development of electronic commerce in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Argentina,… Read more
Akamai Releases Unique View into ‘State of the Internet’ for Costa Rica
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Feb. 13, 2013 – Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leading cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, today released a… Read more
More Wind Power Generation Coming To Costa Rica
The province of Guanacaste, an area where the winds blow strong, is hot for investors interested in wind farms, reports Nacion.com. In Tilaran, Guanacaste, there are already five power plants… Read more
UFO Filmed By Pilot Over Costa Rica, iPhone Video
A UFO was filmed by a pilot flying over Costa Rica, video posted to Youtube on January 30th, 2013. The silver, rounded orb flew past his airplane at an incredible… Read more
Costa Rica Shows Rapid Growth In New Technology
This Central American country has become a strategic location for international companies to develop new forms of information technology. The data provided by the International Monetary Fund on the economy… Read more
Costa Rica To Select Portability Administrator On 30 January
The board of Costa Rica’s telecoms regulator Sutel will select the number portability administrator on 30 January, local newspaper El Financiero reports. The administrator will be selected by Sutel, because… Read more
Movistar Costa Rica offers free access to social networks
Movistar has launched a promotion for its prepay users in Costa Rica. Customers who make a minimum top-up of CRC 1,000 will receive free access to social networking services Facebook,… Read more
Tubular raises $2.5 million to serve burgeoning YouTube industry
By Gerry Shih SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:09am EST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tubular, a small San Francisco start-up that provides analytics for YouTube content creators, has… Read more
Bankrupt Eastman Kodak to sell patents for $525 million
Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:53am EST (Reuters) – Bankrupt camera maker Eastman Kodak Co agreed to sell its digital imaging patents for about $525 million to a consortium led by… Read more
Former Vivendi boss to run France’s Thales
ISTRES, France | Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:47am EST ISTRES, France (Reuters) – French defense electronics group Thales will name former Vivendi chief executive Jean-Bernard Levy as its new chief… Read more
Strong software sales boost Oracle shares
Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:46am EST (Reuters) – Shares of Oracle Corp, the world’s No. 3 software maker, looked set to open about 3 percent higher on Wednesday after it… Read more
Sberbank to buy Yandex online payments service: source
MOSCOW | Wed Dec 19, 2012 8:04am EST MOSCOW (Reuters) – Sberbank, Russia’s top lender, plans to buy Yandex.Dengi, an online payment service owned by Russian search engine Yandex, a… Read more
Instagram tests new limits in user privacy
By Gerry Shih and Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO | Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:45pm EST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Instagram, which spurred suspicions this week that it would sell user… Read more
FTC to delay Google anti-trust probe decision: source
WASHINGTON | Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:57pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which had been expected to wrap up an anti-trust probe into Google within days,… Read more
ITC judge sides with Apple against Google on phone patent
By Dan Levine Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:54pm EST (Reuters) – Google’s Motorola Mobility unit cannot assert a patent against Apple Inc which covers a sensor that stops phone users… Read more
Oracle beats outlook, easing "fiscal cliff" worries
By Jim Finkle BOSTON | Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:29pm EST BOSTON (Reuters) – Oracle Corp’s quarterly profit beat Wall Street expectations on strong software sales growth, suggesting that the… Read more
U.S. says it has reached e-books settlement with Penguin
WASHINGTON | Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:48pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it has reached a settlement with Pearson Plc’s Penguin Group in the… Read more
Instagram says no plans to put user photos in ads
SAN FRANCISCO | Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:47pm EST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service owned by Facebook Inc, said on Tuesday it has “no plans” to… Read more
Samsung drops attempt to ban Apple sales in Europe
STOCKHOLM | Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:35pm EST STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Korea’s Samsung Electronics on Tuesday said it would drop law suits aimed at banning the sale of Apple Inc…. Read more
EU’s Almunia sets deadline for Google antitrust plan
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS | Tue Dec 18, 2012 2:21pm EST BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union set Google an ultimatum on Tuesday, giving it a month to come… Read more
