Technology Report: Amazon tries to break from pack with 3D-ready 'Fire' phone

	Click to View in Browser 06/18/2014 Amazon tries to break from pack with 3D-ready 'Fire' phone SEATTLE (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos unveiled a "Fire" smartphone on Wednesday equipped with a 3D-capable screen and the ability to recognize objects, music and TV shows, hoping to stand out in a crowded field dominated by Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics . Intel woos Internet heavyweights with flexible server chips SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp is taking a new approach to the powerful server chips it sells to Internet heavyweights like Facebook and Google. Amazon expected to unveil 3D smartphone to court mobile shoppers SEATTLE (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's newest mobile device, a smartphone that may sport a 3D screen, is the retailer's latest attempt to exert its influence over the way consumers shop online. Genealogy website Ancestry.com says hackers crashed servers SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - The genealogy website Ancestry.com said its websites were recovering on Wednesday after hackers temporarily shut them down this week in a distributed denial of service attack, but it said no consumer data was compromised. U.S. says cable, fiber Internet speeds mostly as hyped; DSL lags WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. cable and fiber Internet providers generally deliver the download speeds they advertise, though not consistently, while DSL connections increasingly fail to meet promised speeds, the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday. In deal with Amazon, BlackBerry to offer 240,000 Android apps TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd has agreed a licensing deal with Amazon.com Inc that will let the Canadian smartphone maker offer some 240,000 Android applications from Amazon's app store on its line-up of BlackBerry 10 devices this fall. Billionaire JD.com founder lines up next challenge: beating Alibaba BEIJING (Reuters) - With an iron grip, JD.com Inc founder Richard Liu has dragged China's number two online retailer from a Beijing backwater to a rich New York listing. Beyond the wealth that brought him lies Liu's next target - beating Jack Ma's Alibaba. U.S. bill on email privacy gathers majority support in the House WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to force government agencies to get warrants before they access the email of people under investigation advanced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday after a majority of lawmakers signed on as co-sponsors. Data sharing deal with U.S. referred to EU's top court DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's High Court on Wednesday asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to review a European Union-U.S. data protection agreement in light of allegations that Facebook FB.O shared data from EU users with the U.S. National Security Agency. Acer appoints co-founder George Huang as board chairman TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Acer Inc on Wednesday said it has appointed co-founder and board member George Huang as new chairman, tasked with overseeing the recovery of the PC maker's near-dominant position in a shrinking industry. Related Video Raptor robot gives Usain Bolt a run for his money Researchers put the crunch back into frozen vegetables 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