Technology Report: Icahn opposes voting rule change proposed by Dell founder

	Click to View in Browser 07/29/2013 Icahn opposes voting rule change proposed by Dell founder (Reuters) - Activist investor Carl Icahn urged Dell Inc's special committee to not change voting rules, as proposed by the company's founder Michael Dell, which would make it easier for a CEO-led group to take the personal computer maker private. Amazon unveils new hiring spree ahead of Obama visit SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc unveiled a new hiring spree on Monday ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama to one of the Internet retailer's giant distribution warehouses this week. In new apps, hand gestures control the action TORONTO (Reuters) - Like waving a wand, new apps are bringing a bit of magic to computers, enabling users to zoom, pan and control the action with hand gestures. Apple-supplier Pegatron violates China workers' rights: China Labor Watch BEIJING (Reuters) - Pegatron Corp, a Taiwanese company that makes Apple Inc products, is violating workers' rights at its Chinese factories in Shanghai and Suzhou, New York-based rights group China Labor Watch said in a report on Monday. IBM to receive 21 million euros state-aid for Romania investment: report BUCHAREST (Reuters) - IBM, the world's largest technology services company, will receive 21 million euros ($27.86 million) state-aid from the Romanian government for investment that will generate 900 jobs, daily Ziarul Financiar reported on Monday. Siemens CEO to fight for his job: paper FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Siemens Chief Executive Peter Loescher plans a probably doomed fight for his job at Wednesday's supervisory board meeting, a German newspaper said, after the German industrial group said at the weekend it would sack him. Twitter faces calls in Britain to get tough on online abuse LONDON (Reuters) - Twitter, the social media site, is under pressure in Britain to make it easier for Internet users to report abuse after more than 30,000 people petitioned it over the case of a feminist campaigner who says she was repeatedly threatened with rape. Apple's Mansfield no longer in exec team, moves to special projects (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Sunday it will shift Bob Mansfield, senior vice president of technologies, out of its executive team to work on special projects. India's Wipro shares rally on dollar revenue guidance MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Wipro Ltd shares surged as much as 5.9 percent on Monday, after the software services exporter issued dollar revenue guidance that was above estimates. Russian web search firm Yandex's co-founder dies MOSCOW (Reuters) - The co-founder and chief technology officer of Russia's market-leading internet search engine company Yandex has died after treatment for cancer, the Nasdaq-listed company said on Sunday. Related Video Techquity: Cheaper iPhone clues, Amazon hiring Every millisecond counts, say laser clock creators 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