Technology Report: Google bets on custom design with flagship Moto X phone

	Click to View in Browser 08/1/2013 Google bets on custom design with flagship Moto X phone NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Motorola on Thursday unveiled a new smartphone that consumers can personalize with a choice of colors and materials, hoping to stand out in a crowded market and justify the $12.5 billion that Google Inc paid for the ailing handset maker. Icahn sues Dell in latest attempt to foil buyout (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn sued Dell Inc and its board on Thursday, his latest attempt to derail a $24.4 billion buyout bid by the computer maker's founder and CEO Michael Dell. Time Warner Cable posts weak Internet numbers, sparks deal talk (Reuters) - Time Warner Cable Inc reported quarterly revenue below analysts' estimates as it added less than half the number of subscribers for high-speed data services that analysts had expected. Sony electronics rebound unlikely to ease pressure for change TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said its electronics division faces hard times ahead even after a weak yen helped pull it into profit for the first time in two years, ratcheting up pressure on the board to respond to activist shareholder Daniel Loeb's proposal to split the company in two. Government requests for Twitter users' data on the rise SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter is under increasing pressure from governments around the world to release user's private information, with requests rising 40 percent in the first six months of the year, the microblogging company said Wednesday in its semi-annual transparency report. Vodafone restructures to create one European unit LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone said on Thursday it would merge its northern, central and southern European regions into one unit which will be led by Philipp Humm. DirecTV subscriber growth in Latin America slows (Reuters) - Satellite TV provider DirecTV missed earnings estimates and added fewer subscribers than expected in Latin America, raising concerns that the company's biggest growth engine had slowed, which sent its shares lower. China's army defends "sovereign territory" from Japanese - in video game BEIJING (Reuters) - He walks backwards, emptying the magazine of his rifle into the three soldiers charging toward him with bayonets raised. They drop dead, and a small Japanese flag, its red sun stylized to resemble a bullet wound, flashes onto the screen. Hutchison H1 profit beats forecasts on solid overseas performance HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ports-to-telecoms conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, owned by Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing, reported on Thursday better-than-expected first-half profits, buoyed by a solid performance in European infrastructure and telecoms investments. Telefonica, Yoigo to share 4G, broadband in Spain MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's biggest telecoms operator Telefonica signed a deal with No. 4 provider Yoigo on Thursday allowing it to use its rival's superfast mobile Internet frequencies in exchange for access to its broadband assets. Related Video Techquity: Sign of another Apple product, more mobile gains Giant crab robot to help explore what lies on the ocean floor Mediafile A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend