The Fingerprint can be cloned by commercial software and image

Politician’s fingerprint will be cloned by using commercial software and images taken, trustworthy to Digital Marketing Agency reported.  

As Mr. Jan Krissler said, he has replicated the fingerprint of defense minister Ursula von der Leyen using pictures taken with a “standard photo camera”. 

Mention that, Mr Krissler, was known as Starbug, was speaking at a convention for members of the CCC, network that claims to be “Europe's largest association” of hackers.

By this way, German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen's fingerprint was cloned just from photos, as the hacker claimed.

Moreover, Mr. Krissler has suggested that “politicians will presumably wear gloves when talking in public” after hearing about his research.

“Fingerprint identification is used as a security measure on both Apple and Samsung devices, and was used to identify voters at polling stations in Brazil's presidential election this year, but it is not considered to be particularly secure”, leading to experts said. 

Samsung Planning to Halt Galaxy Alpha’s Production and Focusing on Galaxy A5

(Digital Marketing Agency) – After taking a blow of being dethroned from the top smart device seller recently, South Korean electronics firm Samsung has vowed to overhaul the situation by producing mid-range handset with a reasonable price to the market leading to the creation of the metal-clad Galaxy A5 that will likely be launched earlier next year.

In accordance with this news, Samsung is also planning to discontinue the manufacture of Galaxy Alpha model.

“I understand that the Galaxy Alpha will be produced until the materials currently in inventory are used up,” said an industry insider. “Its production will end by early February next year.”

With a better price and specification, Galaxy A5 is believed to be a successful model for the firm.

“It has better price competitiveness based on specifications than its predecessors,” said another mobile communication industry insider. “As its design is thought to be better than that of the Galaxy Alpha, it will attract attention in the market.”

Central America Hotspot of LATAM Data Center Growth

Digital Marketing Agency, A new report says Central America is the hotspot of data center growth in Latin America, although the high costs of bandwidth and power are still hindering the region.

According to Central America Connected: Commercial Data Center Growth Opportunities, a report from Datacenter Dynamics Intelligence, data center white space has been growing at more than 20 percent in the countries of Central America since 2011, and colocation facilities are also growing fast there.

In spite of the opportunities in the region, one needs to consider risks including power and network shortages as well as organized crime. The report continues: "The essential lesson for the corporations is to have a strong understanding of the risk involved and a clear internal guideline of risk appetite."

Biggest Email Service Gmail Fully Cut off in China

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- World's biggest email platform Gmail of Google was reportedly still down in China after being allegedly blocked by this communist country.

"I think the government is just trying to further eliminate Google's presence in China and even weaken its market overseas," said a member of GreatFire.org, a China-based freedom of speech advocacy group.

According to Reuter, Google's own Transparency Report, which shows real-time traffic to Google services, displayed a sharp drop-off in traffic to Gmail from China on Friday.

"We've checked and there's nothing wrong on our end," a Singapore-based spokesman for Google said in an email.

In Washington, the U.S. State Department expressed concern over China's actions.

"We encourage China to be transparent in its dealings with international companies and to consider the market signal it sends with such acts," State Department spokesman Jeff Rathke said.

WhatsApp Believed to Be a Great Application for Keeping in Touch with Buddies

(Digital Marketing Agency) – With its inexpensive platform, convenience, and fast speed, WhatsApp is said to turn people’s way of reconnecting with long-lost friends from an earlier age better than ever.

“I think it’s a very convenient and easy means to stay in touch as well as get real time updates on what your very first friends in life are doing,” said Paresh Hede, an infotech professional.

“The WhatsApp group of school friends is a wonderful platform to stay in touch with my school days pals. 

We are a group of nearly 40 school friends who have been able to reunite after a long gap of 18 years. We share our family pics which receive instant likes from friends. Isn’t this a great idea to renew our long lost bonding,” said Gitika Saxena, a journalist.

And since the messaging app offers an extensive range of languages, language barrier is no longer an issue for reconnecting with friends for most users.

The Fully Function and Adorable Self-Driving Vehicle

The latest self-driving vehicle has been released on Monday by its company, Google, leading to Digital Marketing Agency reported. 

This driverless-car looks like a cartoon koala crossed with a smart car wearing a fez, and it is really adorable. 

Moreover, this one is fully functional, it has real headlights, the round white and gray car has been designed without permanent driving tools like a gas pedal or wheel. However, there are still removable, temporary controls for the required “safety driver”.

By this way, the goal is to eventually remove any interior controls so that passengers can take a nap or knit while the car does all the work.

Anyway, this driverless-car will be continue to test on a private track in California, where it works its way around traffic lights and mock construction zones.

As the Google said, “it's interested in launching a pilot program for the cars in the coming years”.

Sony PlayStation Being Gradually Restored While Microsoft Xbox Live Back up

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- Sony Corp’s PlayStation Network has reportedly still suffered connection problem following hacker group’s attacking the company. Meanwhile, Microsoft Xbox Live returned to almost normal condition just two days after the matter.

“Gamers on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network experienced connection problems and delays on Christmas Day, one of the busiest times of the year for the video game industry. The majority of game and console sales are generated during the end-year holiday shopping season,” reported Reuter.

It is believed that hacking group called "Lizard Squad" took credit for the disruption to both Xbox Live and PlayStation Network.

Google Displays Lyrics with Google Play Link On Video Result

Digital Marketing Agency, Earlier this week Google was reported to begin showing lyrics to songs directly in the search results. Google is now showing long answers with the lyrics, then link to the rest on Google Play with the company licensing the content.

It is worth noting that now Google is also displaying the lyrics, with the Google Play link, on video results that come up for song related queries.

Google made a comment on why they are showing lyrics in the search results: “There’s a feeling you get when you turn to a song and you know that the words have two meanings. Well it’s whispered that now if you go search the tune, maybe Google will lead you to reason. Ooh, it makes you wonder…”

The Preview of a Brand New Game: Minecraft

There is a new game, named Minecraft has been created by Mojang partnered with Telltale Games, leading to Digital Marketing Agency reported. 

In this case, the new one was dubbed “Minecraft: Story Mode,” but it will feature an original story that combines new characters with familiar themes and is driven by player choice.

“We're not intending on creating an 'official' story for Steve, or explaining the world of Minecraft in detail,” said Mojang spokesperson Owen Hill. “It will be a cool game”. 

By the way, Minecraft: Story Mode is expected to debut next year for Xbox and PlayStation consoles, Windows and OS X PCs, and iOS and Android-based devices.

Mention that, “Telltale Games is the maker of The Wolf Among Us and The Walking Dead: Season Two, as well as Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands”.

Sony Weighs up Selling Its Music Publishing Unit Owning Beatles Songs

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- Sony Corp is reportedly pondering selling its Sony/ATV Music Publishing unit, which owns the rights to most of the Beatles' songs and is estimated to be worth between $1.5 billion and $2 billion.

However, it is not certain for the time being if Sony will sell its stake in the unit or the entire business will be put on the block, while the company’s leaked documents do not indicate an expected price and the timing of a potential sale.

Meanwhile, Sony/ATV Music declined to comment on the matter.

Microsoft and Google Back Up for Sony in Releasing “The Interview” Film

(Digital Marketing Agency) – After experiencing an infamous cyber-attack a few weeks ago, Sony is being supported by many leading firms including Google and Microsoft to kick off its latest film, “The Interview” to online onlookers.

“Of course it was tempting to hope that something else would happen to ensure this movie saw the light of day,” Google chief legal officer David Drummond said in a blog post. “But after discussing all the issues, Sony and Google agreed that we could not sit on the sidelines and allow a handful of people to determine the limits of free speech in another country — however silly the content might be.”

Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said in a blog post. “After substantial thought, we decided to stand up with Sony and work with others to ensure that freedom of expression triumphs over cyber-terrorism.”

“I want to thank Google and Microsoft for helping make this a reality.” Sony’s chief executive Michael Lynton said.

The movie is now available for rent in Google Play, YouTube Movies, and Microsoft’s Xbox Video service with a rent price of $5.99.

Global Colocation Market Worth $25bn

Digital Marketing Agency, Based on the latest release of 451 Research’s Datacenter KnowledgeBase, the global colocation market has surpassed a run rate of $25bn in revenue with six percent of datacenter firms accounting for more than half of global revenue.

Greg Zwakman, 451 Research Director, Quantitative Services said:  “At its heart, the multi-tenant datacenter business is a regional business. So despite active consolidation and some concentration at the top, much of the market remains highly fragmented, with a mix of national and local players.”

According to Kelly Morgan, 451 Research Director for Multi-tenant Datacenters in North America, “We are seeing growing interest in markets outside of those top few cities, however. This is for several reasons, such as to reduce latency, to target medium-sized local businesses, or because operating costs are lower. 

We expect to see strong growth in several of these secondary markets over the next few years.”

Yahoo Launches Search For Its Android Launcher Aviate

Digital Marketing Agency, Yahoo made an announcement yesterday that it’s launching search on Aviate (for Android 4.0 and above): “Search on Aviate is your gateway to your apps, contacts and the Web, with Web results powered by Yahoo.

Aviate will display all your search results directly on your homescreen, so you won’t have to open a browser or separate window. This initial release is for English-speaking users in the U.S., but we look forward to bringing Search to more Aviators soon.”

It is worth noting that Aviate has contextual and temporal awareness and will show users different apps and content depending on time of day and location. It also organizes and customizes the presentation of users’ apps.

Vulnerabilities in SS7 Opens the Door for Spies

A set of wireless signaling protocols is the great way for spies enables listen to your cellphone call and see your messages, leading to Digital Marketing Agency reported. 

By this way, Spies don't need ultra-sophisticated tools to listen in on mobile device conversations or read text messages.

Vulnerabilities in Signaling System 7, telephony signaling protocols used by carriers worldwide, allow third parties to listen to people's cellphone calls and intercept text messages despite encryption, according to the Washington Post reported last week.

One more thing these vulnerabilities have been discovered by German cyber security researchers Tobias Engel of Sternraute and Karsten Nohl of Security Research Labs.

“SS7 was created before there was an Internet and was never designed to be secure in today's world,” said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.

Huawei Sees Its Smartphone Sales Rocket up after Copying Rival Online Strategy

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has enjoyed seeing its low-price-but-rich-in-feature smartphone sales rocket from 1 million to 20 million in just one year after the company copied online sales strategy from its upstart counterpart Xiaomi Inc.

“Huawei’s Honor brand of smartphones president Jeff Liu said industry transition to an online sales strategy was inevitable given the competitive pricing, afforded by reduced distribution expenses that would otherwise make up 30 percent of handset costs,” reported Reuter.

"E-commerce is massively changing the traditional channels for the smartphone industry, and we needed to go in that direction too," Liu said was quoted as saying.

Global Music Rights Threatens to Sue YouTube Over Illegal Music Streaming

(Digital Marketing Agency) – Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube who has just updated the site to become more appealing with an easier way to find music might face a lawsuit from Global Music Right over the music issue.

A representative firm of more than 40 music stars, the firm believes that YouTube has released 20,000 videos including Pharrell Williams, the Eagles, John Lennon and Chris Cornell without their consents.

GMR hopes that YouTube will remove those videos since the stars of the songs have yet to approve with the release.

YouTube is expected to abide by GMR’s request or face a one billion lawsuit soon.

The Mac Computer Was Sent Automatic Security Update, By Apple

This is the first time automatic updates have been sent to Mac computers around the world, according to Digital Marketing Agency reported. 

One more thing this automatic security update has been sent to Mac computer as the researchers warn about new bugs.

“The latest bugs were so severe it felt it needed to get customers protected immediately”, as the firm said.

According to Apple spokesman Bill Evans told Reuters, “The update is seamless. It doesn't even require a restart”.  

In the case, the Mac bugs have been mentioned in security bulletins issued last week by the Department of Homeland Security and the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute.

Mozilla Partners with LG in Creating Fx0, a Transparent Smart Phone

(Digital Marketing Agency) – Online tech giant Mozilla and South Korean electric firm LG has collaborated to create a smart phone called Fx0 which is kicking off today in Japan.

Run by Firefox OS, the Fx0 is outfitted with a see-through shell that enables users to have a look at the phone’s components which include a golden Firefox logo at the rear. Coming with a limited number for now, the eye-catching phone costs 50,000 yen and will be available freely starting from January 6.

For the specifications, Fx0 comes with a 4.7-inch screen, 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400 processor, 1.5GB of RAM, 16GB internal storage, and a 2,370mAh battery life.

Deutsche Telekom in Talks to Sell Axel Springer Its Online Assets

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- German telecommunications firm Deutsche Telekom is reportedly at an early stage of selling its Internet portal T-Online and online marketer Interactive Media to publisher Axel Springer, with T-Online’s part of the business that offers e-mail accounts probably kept.

“A deal for T-Online would combine Germany's No.1 and No.3 online portals, T-Online and Springer's Bild.de, with 314 million and 295 million views in November, respectively,” cited Reuter.

“The talks also include Deutsche Telekom's Interactive Media, which markets online portals including AutoScout24, Bunte.de and Kicker online. Interactive media would likely become part of Axel Springer's unit Axel Springer Media Impact.”

China Planning to Start Rating Trustworthiness of Cloud Providers

Digital Marketing Agency, According to a security consultant  involved in drafting the policy , China is planning to start rating the ‘trustworthiness’ of cloud computing service providers, particularly those bidding for government contracts, a move that could: “… potentially shut the doors to foreign companies.”  

Zuo Xiaocdong, vice-president of the China Information Security Research Institute said this will affect any foreign hopeful attempting to join any government-funded projects, the most lucrative and safest of Chinese cloud projects for foreign investors.

The vice president added:  "The basic idea of the security rating mechanism is to find trustworthy hardware, software and service providers to ensure that the government has total control of the entire ecosystem."

The Functional Foodini Machine

There is a new technology machine, which lets your print can able to eat, trustworthy to Digital Marketing Agency reported.

The “Foodini,” as it's called, isn't too different from a regular 3D printer, but instead of printing with plastics, it deploys edible ingredients squeezed out of stainless steel capsules:

“It's the same technology,” says Lynette Kucsma, co-founder of Natural Machines, “but with plastics there's just one melting point, whereas with food it's different temperatures, consistencies and textures. Also, gravity works a little bit against us, as food doesn't hold the shape as well as plastic”.

“In essence, this is a mini food manufacturing plant shrunk down to the size of an oven,” Kucsma said, pointing out that at least in the initial stage the printer will be targeted mostly at professional kitchen users, with a consumer version to follow, at a projected retail price of around $1,000.

Google "Store Visit Measurement" Reveals Which Products Drive Store Visits

Digital Marketing Agency, Google reveals plan to provide AdWords advertisers with better insight into what products drive consumers to their stores, adding a new metric called "store visit measurement" to its Estimated Total Conversions (ETC) tool to give AdWords users a holistic view of how consumers are engaging with their businesses.

According to Google, the new metric has been designed to keep data private and secure. Google said in a statement: "We never provide anyone's actual location to advertisers. Instead, store visits are estimates based on aggregated, anonymized data from a sample set of users that have turned on Location History."

For a Google representative, the "store visit measurement" is still in its early days, as the new feature will just be rolling out in the U.S. in the coming weeks. However, Google will collaborate with more marketers in the new year to figure out how to better apply this metric.

Create Your Own Mobile Number via Tata Docomo

(Digital Marketing Agency) – Tata Teleservices has announced a new service that will let clients a choice of creativity – making their own phone number.

Called Tata Docomo, the publicized service hosts several brand stores for purchasers to visit and make their own number according to their preferences.

“With this new service, we’ve made it possible for our customers to create personalized phone numbers. T

his is an industry first and we are very excited about bringing this service to our existing and new subscribers,” Tata Teleservices Head Sandeep Singal said.

This unique service is said to be created to satisfy customer’s passion towards bespoke products since the paying price has increased by 20 percent for tailored goods.

Australian Telecommunications Firm Telstra Confirms Acquisition of Pacnet

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- Australia's Telstra Corporation Ltd, the largest telecom services and media provider in the country, confirms it has splash out a whopping $697 million to acquire undersea cable operator Pacnet Ltd as it aims to expand its business in Asia.

According to Telstra, the deal will see the company own Singapore- and HK-headquartered Pacnet’s range of services, including an expanded data centre network, more submarine cables and major customers across the region.

The transaction is subject to regulatory and Pacnet financier approvals and is expected to complete by mid-2015.

New Planet: HIP 116454b from Reborn Kepler Spacecraft

There is another planet has been discovered by Reborn Kepler spacecraft, according to Digital Marketing Agency reported. 

As NASA confirmed on Thursday, “the NASA spacecraft, which is designed to seek out other worlds but hit a snag when parts failed last year, found another planet thanks to some nifty repurposing by the space agency and its partners”.

“The recently found world is named HIP 116454b and has a diameter 2.5 times the size of Earth's”, said NASA in a press release.

One more thing, HIP 116454b orbits its star, which is in the direction of the constellation Pisces, in nine days and is too close to support life as we know it, the agency added. It's 180 light-years away.

“Last summer, the possibility of a scientifically productive mission for Kepler after its reaction wheel failure in its extended mission was not part of the conversation,” said Paul Hertz, NASA's astrophysics division director, in a statement.

DuetDisplay Allows On-Screen Beaming of iPad and Mac without Wi-Fi

(Digital Marketing Agency) – Several former engineers from Apple have gathered and created an app that connect the screen of iPad to iMac and MacBook called DuetDisplay.

Much like AirDrop for Android operating system, the application allows beaming of data from iPad to Apple’s computer, making iPad displays as the secondary screen for iMac. However, the difference between DuetDisplay and AirDrop is that it beams the data via Lightning cable, meaning that no WiFi connection is needed, hence, saving the internet bill and no interval issue.

The app also has an energy saving mode for computer that is not powerful enough to still be able to maximize the iPad’s Retina resolution.

BlackBerry Acquires Secusmart, Voice and Data Encryption Specialist

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- Canadian firm BlackBerry Ltd has officially concluded its acquisition of Germany’s Secusmart, the maker of voice and data encryption and anti-eavesdropping services, as it aims to burnish its credentials with highly security-conscious clients like government ‎agencies.

Government officials in both Canada and Germany are using Secusmart’s technology.

"The acquisition of Secusmart underscores BlackBerry’s long-standing commitment to being the best in enterprise mobile security. BlackBerry is the only vendor to offer secure and encrypted voice, text and messaging, setting us further apart from others in the industry," said Chief Executive John Chen.

Akamai launches Japan data center to avert DDoS

Digital Marketing Agency, A new data center has been launched in Japan by Akamai Technologies as part of an on-going expansion of its global network to fight distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

Sudeep Charles, a product marketing manager for Akamai in Asia Pacific and Japan, said: “This new state-of-the-art data center improves network performance for our clients in Japan while significantly increasing network capacity in the Asia Pacific region.”

The manager wrote:  “Locating another scrubbing center in Japan also enables more clients to access Akamai's global DDoS mitigation network. In summary, this center augments Akamai’s capabilities in enhancing web performance and ensuring security for our customers in the region.”

Icann Staff Was Hit By Attackers with Spoofing Emails

The Icann staff has been attacked by using spoofing emails, as the result the staff handing over login names and passwords, as Digital Marketing Agency reported.

By this way, Hackers have managed to penetrate the network used by the organization that oversees the net.

One more thing said spoofed emails were used to reach an internal network and then the attackers have used this access to steal lists of contact and login information for people who control some of the net's most popular domains. 

Leading to Icann said, “It had notified people that their data may have gone astray and asked them to change their passwords”.

In a blogpost, Icann said that some of its staff was tricked into opening booby-trapped email messages sent by attackers that were crafted to look like they came from other employees.

Foursquare Rumored to Collaborate with Twitter for Adding Location Tag to Tweets

(Digital Marketing Agency) – According to an unnamed source, Foursquare and Twitter are gearing up together to provide location information to tweets.

Since an earlier hint from Twitter in an analyst event targeted toward enhancing location-based information, rumors flies that the one in charge of the alleged project will be Foursquare who specializes in online location service.

And if the speculation turns out to be real, the online-based duo’s partnership is set to start next year, and the new "geo-based" features could roll out as soon as the first quarter, said the publication.

Both firms have not yet confirm the rumor as of now.

Facebook Stops Using Microsoft's Bing Search Engine

Digital Marketing Agency, Facebook will no longer use Microsoft's Bing search engine as a provider but turns to its own one to focus the results on comments, photographs, and other information from the Facebook ecosystem.

A Facebook spokesman said, "We're not currently showing Web search results in Facebook Search because we’re focused on helping people find what's been shared with them on Facebook. We continue to have a great partnership with Microsoft in lots of different areas."

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg believed that searching Facebook could one day supersede searching the Web as a whole, noting that the site gets more than a billion search queries a day, comparable to a small search engine.

Canadian Government Announces Update to Wireless Spectrum Plan

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- With a view to lowering cellphone bills, the Canadian government has recently announced a major update to its wireless airwave policy including an auction of high-frequency AWS-3 spectrum, which should begin early next year.

If successful, the move will enable a quarter of all wireless spectrum to be held by companies other than the three dominant national wireless providers - Rogers Communications Inc, Telus Corp, and BCE Inc's Bell - who had previously controlled some 97 percent of the airwaves.

“Other measures announced include consultations on lower-frequency 600 megahertz (MHz) airwaves currently used by television broadcasters; a path to relicense 3500 MHz airwaves; enabling a new competitor to offer wireless service via satellite and land-based networks using AWS-4 spectrum; and improving the licensing process for 24 gigahertz (GHz), 28 GHz and 38 GHz bands,” cited Reuter.

Two new data centers launched in Japan

Digital Marketing Agency, Two new data centers have been launched in Japan by OpenText Corporation in an attempt to support OpenText Trading Grid and OpenText Managed Services customers in Japan and throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Located in Tokyo and Osaka, the new data centers will serve to provide additional capacity to support these services, as well as to address increasing concerns over data sovereignty.

Nori Hayakawa, president of OpenText Japan said: “As many countries, including Japan, begin to mandate local processing of their data, the data centers in Tokyo and Osaka offer our cloud-based information exchange services while addressing data sovereignty concerns.”

Turn Your Existing Glasses into Smart Ones with Sony’s Latest High-Tech Eyewear Concept

(Digital Marketing Agency) – The Japanese tech firm, Sony, has introduced its latest eyewear concept that involves turning your existing goggles into a smart ones.

"By simply attaching it to a pair of fashionable glasses, goggles, sunglasses, or other type of eyewear", Sony wrote in a blog post, "You can instantly gain access to visual information that adds a level of convenience to your everyday life"

The attachable concept features a control board that is attached to an OLED microdisplay, allowing images to be viewed with your glasses through an optical unit.

The OLED system can produce 640x400 pixels resolution with its 0.23 inches diagonal measurement.

This eyewear concept from Sony will see its first public display at CES 2015 in Las Vegas next month.

The Digital Pickpocketing Jeans

The online clothing company has made a pair of jeans’ pocket that contains material that blocks wireless signals, according to Digital Marketing Agency reported. 

One more thing, the jeans has planned to stop thieves hacking into radio frequency identification tagged passports or contactless payment cards.

Leading to security experts this type of theft is a growing problem. By this way, Security software maker Norton cooperated with San Francisco-based Betabrand in October to make the jeans and a blazer.

“There is technology readily available for anyone to snatch other people's credit and debit card data within seconds,” said Disklabs boss Simon Steggles”. Mention that, the jeans will retail at $151 (£96) and the blazer at $198.

BlackBerry Rolls out Its Classic Smartphone in Bid to Woo keyboard Loyalists

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd has officially rolled out its new smartphone called Classic as the company aims to revive their sales in the market and woo those still using older versions of its physical keyboard devices.

According to BlackBerry, the Classic, expected to be the most popular BlackBerry enterprise handset, boasts a larger screen, longer battery life, an expanded app library with access to offerings from Amazon.com Inc's Android App store, and a browser three times faster than the one on its legacy devices.

"The conversation about BlackBerry has changed in the last year," Chief Executive John Chen said.

"We are here to stay, there is no question about that. Now we have to engineer our growth."

Tencent Teams up with Sony to Develop Paid-for Music Market in China

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com)- Shenzhen-based Internet powerhouse Tencent Holdings Ltd and Sony Music Entertainment will pair up to distribute music catalogue online in China amid the rapid growth of paid-for music market and curb piracy.

"The market dynamics are changing and we're seeing the music market in general is very vibrant," said Dowson Tong, president of Tencent's social network group, in a telephone interview on Tuesday. "We just need to look at creative ways to develop the market."

Meanwhile, Sony Music Entertainment International CEO Edgar Berger believes the deal will prove fruitful sooner rather than later.

"China can easily become within a relatively short period of time one of the world's largest music markets," said Edgar Berger.

Google Fined $18.7M for Privacy Violations

Digital Marketing Agency, Google was fined $18.7M by the Netherlands for failing to update its privacy policy in Europe with the problem coming about after Google created a new single privacy policy in 2012 covering 60 of its products.

Jacob Kohnstamm, chairman of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA), said: "Google catches us in an invisible web of our personal data without telling us and without asking us for our consent. This has been ongoing since 2012 and we hope our patience will no longer be tested."

According to Al Verney, a Brussels-based Google spokesperson, "We’re disappointed with the Dutch DPA’s order, especially as we’ve already made a number of changes to our privacy policy in response to their concerns."