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The Trump administration order had sought to ban new downloads of TikTok (owned by ByteDance) from midnight (0400 GMT Monday) but would allow use of TikTok until November 12, when all usage would be blocked. The judge denied TikTok’s request to suspend the November 12 ban. (Photo | AFP)

Temporary relief for TikTok as judge halts Trump’s download ban till November 12

District Judge Carl Nichols has issued a temporary injunction at the request of TikTok.

28 Sep 2020 5:14 PM

Chinese authorities have not indicated whether they will agree to a transfer of TikTok’s technology to Oracle. But official newspapers criticised the proposed deal this week as bullying and extortion.

ByteDance applies for Chinese licence to sell TikTok stake to Oracle

Beijing tightened control over technology exports last month to gain leverage over Washington’s bid to force a sale of TikTok to US owners.

25 Sep 2020 12:03 AM

The deal would make Silicon Valley giant Oracle the data partner for TikTok with retail giant Walmart also taking a stake in a new entity to be called TikTok Global. ByteDance, under pressure in China not to give in to US demands, said it would hold an 80 percent stake in TikTok Global after a public share offering. (Photo | AFP)

Oracle-Walmart deal on shaky ground as Trump vows to block TikTok Deal if Chinese are involved

A day earlier, he said he had given his blessing to Oracle and Walmart to make a deal with ByteDance for TikTok, but the terms were unclear.

21 Sep 2020 8:40 PM

Oracle could buy a 12.5 percent stake in TikTok before a future IPO, and Walmart a 7.5 percent stake. According to a source close to the matter, ByteDance would keep the rest of the shares. But since the Chinese company is 40 percent owned by American investors, TikTok would eventually be majority American-owned. (Photo | AFP)

Trump okays ByteDance deal with Walmart, Oracle, TikTok may just escape ban

Oracle will host all US user data and manage security, while Walmart will supply its online sales, order management and payment services.

20 Sep 2020 5:26 PM

The Financial Times had earlier reported that ByteDance was to place TikTok’s global business in a new US-headquartered company with Oracle investing as a minority shareholder along with other US investors. Trump says he won’t allow that. (Photo | AFP)

Trump still scrutinising Oracle-TikTok deal, regrets that US won’t get a slice of the pie

Some Republicans raise concerns that ByteDance would maintain access to information on the 100 million TikTok users in the US.

17 Sep 2020 9:00 PM

Chinese state media outlets CGTN and China News Service on Monday reported that ByteDance would not sell TikTok to Oracle, while The Wall Street Journal said the transaction is being structured as a partnership and probably won’t be an outright sale.

US government considers Oracle's bid for TikTok, but China says deal won't go through

The bid would be handled by a government panel that reviews foreign transactions for national security concerns.

15 Sep 2020 5:32 PM

“I said that the United States has to be compensated—well compensated—because we are the ones that are making it possible, and so we should be compensated,” President Donald Trump said referring to his demand for a percentage for the government on the possible sale deal of TikTok to an American company. (Photo | AFP)

Trump repeats demand for piece of TikTok sale deal as September 15 deadline approaches

“Well, I told them that they have until September 15th to make a deal; after that, we close it up in this country,” the US President said.

02 Sep 2020 7:11 PM

Oracle and Google, two California-based technology giants with combined annual revenues of more than USD175 billion, have been feuding since Oracle sued for copyright infringement in 2010 in San Francisco federal court. (Photo: AP/Mark Lennihan, file)

US Supreme Court to hear Google bid to end Oracle copyright suit

Oracle accused Google of copying thousands of lines of code from its popular Java programming language without a license to make Android.

17 Nov 2019 12:36 PM

AxisRooms provides products for the hospitality industry in one suite from Channel Manager.

AxisRooms understands hotels like no one does

Oracle Hospitality Cloud customers can also locate AxisRooms Knights Templar on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace.

05 Sep 2019 2:26 PM

The move comes as both Oracle and Microsoft are courting large businesses and government customers considering moving computing tasks currently handled in their own data centers to cloud providers.

Microsoft, Oracle team up on cloud services in jab at Amazon

The two companies said the high-speed link between their data centers would start with facilities in the eastern United States.

06 Jun 2019 10:29 AM

Google urged the high court to rule its copying of Oracle’s Java programming language to create the Android operating system was permissible under US copyright law.

Google asks US Supreme Court to end Oracle copyright case

Google has said copyright protection should not extend to APIs because they are essential tools for creating software.

25 Jan 2019 10:10 AM

The filing cites evidence that Oracle underpaid women and ethnic minorities.

Oracle accused of underpaying women, minorities by USD 400M

The allegations emerged Tuesday in a filing made in a two-year-old case that is being pursued by a part of the US Labor Department.

23 Jan 2019 11:01 AM

The workspace is changing drastically and very soon there will be just two types of people – employable in the augmented workplace and unemployable, a senior official at tech giant Oracle said. (Photo: AFP)

New age technology changing workplace drastically

While automation will eliminate some jobs, it will also create some jobs that will support the “automation economy”.

13 Aug 2018 12:28 PM

The alarm was raised because firms store highly sensitive data.

Security firms issues warnings of rising hacker threats to SAP, Oracle business software

The Department of Homeland Security issued an alert citing the study by security firms Digital Shadows and Onapsis.

26 Jul 2018 9:31 AM

This map provides insight and analysis on the state of global internet infrastructure.

Oracle introduces Internet Intelligence map

A feature that provides a way to track the health of the internet and gain insight into the impact of events such as natural disasters.

15 Jun 2018 10:38 AM

With Oracle Cloud Applications, organizations across all industries can deliver the experiences customers expect.

Companies are turning to Oracle cloud solutions to encourage modernisation

Organisations around the world are turning to Oracle Cloud to fuel their modernisation attempts.

04 Jun 2018 9:19 AM

Customers that want to buy entirely online can utilise the click-to-buy Oracle.

Oracle to power Cloud transformation drive in India's SMB sector

The hub will house Oracle's new digital sales team and focus on helping more midsize organisations transition to the cloud seamlessly.

09 Jul 2017 9:03 PM

Oracle will be reviewing proposals from government and business partners to provide customers with the capability to build and move workloads to an India-based cloud.

Oracle to set up data centre in India

Oracle had, last year, announced a USD 400 million investment and expansion plan in Bangalore.

10 May 2017 12:37 PM

Oracle Marketing has transformed marketing by giving marketers and advertisers the ability to enhance the customer experience and increase ROI.

Oracle Marketing Cloud teams with Eyeota to enhance global data offering

The data by Eyeota will be integrated into the Oracle Data Management Platform through the Oracle Data Cloud

10 Feb 2017 4:09 PM

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