Industry
Has Amazon become the bully in the alley?
Amazon has reportedly turned to dirty browbeating amid a contract battle with top publisher Hachette. The internet retailer has subjected many books from Hachette to artificial purchase delays, suspended pre-orders of new titles, increased prices and stopped re-stocking existing ones.
Social inclusion in mining policy in Columbia gets boost from Ford Foundation research grant
Social scientists at the University of Queensland - Centre of Social Responsibility in Mining received a grant from the Ford Foundation amounting to $US254,000 to improve inclusion and engagement opportunities in Columbia as the resources industry develops.
Google waxes poetic in Chromebook’s arrival to nine new countries
Google on Monday announced through a poem the arrival of Chromebooks to nine more nations: New Zealand, the Philippines, Norway, Denmark, Mexico, Chile, Belgium, Spain, and Italy.
Turkey lifts block on access to YouTube: official
Turkey's telecoms regulator removed an official order blocking access to YouTube (GOOGL.O) from its website on Tuesday after the country's top court ruled last week that the ban was a breach of human rights.




