{"id":46990,"date":"2017-10-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=46990"},"modified":"2017-10-11T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T12:00:00","slug":"dow-jones-google-acquires-apple-news-was-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/dow-jones-google-acquires-apple-news-was-error.html","title":{"rendered":"Dow Jones: &#8216;Google acquires Apple&#8217; news was &#8216;error&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Dow Jones: &#8216;Google acquires Apple&#8217; news was &#8216;error&#8217;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Dow Jones: &#8216;Google acquires Apple&#8217; news was &#8216;error&#8217;:- A bombshell appeared on the Dow Jones financial newswire on Tuesday: &#8220;Google to buy Apple for $9bn&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">But the story, that the acquisition had been suggested in the will of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, was bogus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">It was removed after two minutes, though Apple&#8217;s shares did briefly rise in value.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">Dow Jones said the news appeared as the result of a &#8220;technical error&#8221; and should be ignored.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">The unintentionally published fake news described the acquisition as &#8220;a surprise move to everyone who is alive&#8221; and quoted Google employees as saying &#8220;Yay&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">It also stated that Google would move into &#8220;Apple&#8217;s fancy headquarters&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">A statement from the firm, which is owned by News Corp, said the headlines were published between 09:34 and 09:36 New York time following a technical error.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">&#8220;All of those headlines are being removed from the wires.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">&#8220;We apologise for the error.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000;font-size: 14pt\">The incident occurred during a technology test, according to a statement from Dow Jones chief executive William Lewis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-41580858<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/dow-jones-google-acquires-apple-news-was-error.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dow Jones: &#8216;Google acquires Apple&#8217; news was &#8216;error&#8217; Dow Jones: &#8216;Google acquires Apple&#8217; news was &#8216;error&#8217;:- A bombshell appeared on the Dow Jones financial newswire on Tuesday: &#8220;Google to buy Apple for $9bn&#8221;. 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