Alphabet to shut Google+ social site after user data exposedThe Saigon Times Daily The Google app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017 - PHOTO: REUTERS NEW YORK (REUTERS) - Alphabet Inc’s Google will shut down the consumer version of its failed social network Google+ and tighten its data sharing policies after announcing on Monday that private profile data of at least 500,000 users may have been exposed to hundreds of external developers. The issue was discovered and patched in March as part of a review of how Google shares data with other applications, Google said in a blog post. No developer exploited the vulnerability or misused data, the review found. Shares of its parent company Alphabet closed down 1% at US$1155.92 following the latest in a run of privacy issues to hit big U.S. tech companies. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Google opted not to disclose the security issue due to fears of regulatory … [Read more...] about Alphabet to shut Google+ social site after user data exposed
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Vietnam minister wants local social networks to compete with Facebook, Google
The Hanoitimes - The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) expects Vietnamese social networks to have the number of users equivalent or higher than that of Facebook in Vietnam (60 million) and take 60 - 70% of the market by 2022. Standing Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung targeted locally developed social networks to compete the likes of Google and Facebook, local media reported. Standing Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung. Source: MIC. The move is in line with Vietnam's targets of becoming a major software exporting country with annual growth rate of 20% and one of the world's leading information and communication (ICT) countries, stated Hung in a meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 8. According to Hung, revenue from social advertisements in Vietnam reached US$370 million to date, of which, foreign companies hold the majority of market share with Google earning US$135 … [Read more...] about Vietnam minister wants local social networks to compete with Facebook, Google
Made in Vietnam networks needed to bring Google, Facebook to heel
Nguyen Manh Hung, acting Minister of Information and Communications, noted that Vietnam aims to become a software giant and boost fields like communications, information technology and security. To do so, Vietnam needs to create its own networks to compete with other tech giants like Google and Facebook, Hung said at a meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. While the total ad revenues generated on social networks in Vietnam is $370 million, $135 million is taken by Google with 35 million users, and $235 million by Facebook with 60 million users, Hung said. However, these social networks do not comply with Vietnamese laws on taxation, transaction processes or security, he added. As such, the information ministry is proposing that new policies are developed to facilitate the creation and growth of homegrown social networks, aiming to garner at least 60 million accounts and 60-70 percent of the social network market’s pie in Vietnam by 2022. The Saturday meeting was the first … [Read more...] about Made in Vietnam networks needed to bring Google, Facebook to heel
Viettel officially launches the 10th international mobile network
Viettel Group has officially launched the 10th international mobile network in Myanmar in Mytel brand. Mytel sets, with the fourth network operator in Myanmar, targets to become the largest network operator in both infrastructure and business scope. Mytel was officially launched today Mytel is the first and unique network operator in Myanmar that is invested the most modern technology named 4G technology nationwide after launching. Mytel is only company providing the customer support channel via video call in order to answer all questions in Shan ethnic language (local dialect of Shan ethnic group in Myanmar who account for about six millions people while other network operators only support in Burmese and English). In the first year of operation, Mytel has invested over 7,000 4G wave transceiving stations and over 30,000-kilometre optical cables that cover the whole Myanmar country. Mytel has also, in addition to large-scale mobile bandwidth infrastructure, … [Read more...] about Viettel officially launches the 10th international mobile network
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Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)