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Firefox OS, Ubuntu Touch, Tizen, and Sailfish made a splash at Mobile World Congress. The mobile race just got a lot more interesting Tired of the same old iPhone-vs.-Android mobile wars, with Windows Phone and BlackBerry skirmishing on the sidelines Then Mobile World Congress, starring new combatants Firefox OS, stanley canada Ubuntu Touch, Tizen, and Sailfish, was the show for you.Although mobile operating systems werenrsquo;t the only news in Barcelona this week mdash; ARM stanley cup introduced battery-saving technology for tablets and smartphones, Intel announced an Android tablet running a lesser Atom processor, and HP reentered the consumer tablet market with its new Slate 7-inch tablet mdash; they garnered the lionrsquo share of attention.Mozilla was most visible at MWC, with its plans to bring an open source, low-cost operating system to smartphones. In its big announcement, Mozilla named four phone makers and 18 operators lining up behind Firefox OS; Sony is considering joining that list as well. In t stanley spain he meantime, Sony will provide an experimental version of Firefox OS on one of its smartphones so that developers can try it and start developing applications. Mozilla has made available a host of tools for developers and plans to offer a store for phone apps written in HTML5. Twitter and Facebook have already signed on to offer apps for the new OS. As Gary Kovacs, CEO of Mozilla, said in a New York Times interview, There are about 100,000 iOS developers, and 400,000 Android develo Sdgg Mondi rsquo profits rise 13 per cent

Thursday 28 April 2016 1:36 pmEU votes through law designed to prevent Libor riggingBy: Hayley KirtonShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppSha stanley uk re on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailThe European parliament today voted to approve a new lawdesigned to make the manipulation of benchmark rates, such as Libor and Euribor,much trickier to do.The legislation, which aims to make the rate setting process more transparent and less likely to be subject to conflict of interests, was voted through by 505 votes to 113.The new law will also subject those involved in benchmark administration to a greater degree of scrutiny. For example, they will need to pu stanley cup blish a benchmark statement, which details precisely what the benchmark measures, the methodology by which it is set and what the impact of a change in or the cessation of the benchmark would be on financial contracts.Those involved in the administration of critical benchmarks, which are those that influence contracts and financial instruments with an average value of at leasteuro;500bn pound;389.2bn or which have no or very few substitutes, will also need to have a clear organisati stanley borraccia onal structure to prevent conflicts of interest occurring. This law should put an end to manipulation of benchmarks and I am delighted it has now been passed, saidCora van Nieuwenhuizen, lead MEP. These indices are important for people with mortgages, but are also used to establish the price of petrol and the Euro exchang