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  • London, United Kingdom
    Friday Jan 1, 2016
    Prince William

    Royal ranks

    London, United Kingdom
    Friday Jan 1, 2016

    On January 1, 2016, Prince William was ranked Major in the British Army, Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force and Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force.




  • UK
    Jan, 2016
    Google LLC

    Google Reached a Settlement with the UK

    UK
    Jan, 2016

    In January 2016, Google reached a settlement with the UK to pay £130m in back taxes plus higher taxes in future.




  • Madrid, Spain
    Monday Jan 4, 2016
    Zinedine Zidane

    The Manager of Real Madrid

    Madrid, Spain
    Monday Jan 4, 2016

    On 4 January 2016, Real Madrid announced the dismissal of manager Rafael Benítez and on the same day Zidane was appointed the new manager of the club on a two-and-a-half-year deal.




  • Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
    Jan, 2016
    Netflix

    Major international expansion

    Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
    Jan, 2016

    At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, Netflix announced a major international expansion of its service into 150 additional countries. Netflix promoted that with this expansion, it would now operate in nearly all countries that the company may legally or logistically operate in.




  • France
    Monday Jan 11, 2016
    Lionel Messi

    Fifth Ballon d'Or

    France
    Monday Jan 11, 2016

    Fifth Ballon d'Or awarded.




  • California, United States
    Jan, 2016
    Elizabeth Holmes

    Theranos directed some irregularitie

    California, United States
    Jan, 2016

    In January 2016, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent a warning letter to Theranos after an inspection of its Newark, California laboratory uncovered irregularities with staff proficiency, procedures, and equipment.




  • U.S.
    Jan, 2016
    Xerox

    Own publicly-traded company

    U.S.
    Jan, 2016

    In January 2016, Xerox—reportedly under pressure from activist shareholder Carl Icahn—announced that by the end of the year it would spin off its business services unit, largely made up of Affiliated Computer Services, into its own publicly-traded company. The name and management of the new company had not been determined at the time of the announcement. Icahn will appoint three members of the new company's board of directors, and he will choose a person to advise its search for a CEO.


  • U.S.
    Jan, 2016
    Netflix

    Blocking VPNs

    U.S.
    Jan, 2016

    Also in January 2016, Netflix announced it would begin blocking virtual private networks, or VPNs. At the same time, Netflix reported 74.8 million subscribers and predicted it would add 6.1 million more by March 2016. Subscription growth has been fueled by its global expansion.


  • Turin, Italy
    Thursday Jan 14, 2016
    Ciro Immobile

    Returning to Torino

    Turin, Italy
    Thursday Jan 14, 2016

    On 14 January 2016, Immobile returned to Torino on loan until the end of 2015–16 season. Two days later on his return debut, he scored the opening goal of a 4–2 home victory over Frosinone. On 14 February, he scored a brace, in a 3–1 win away against Palermo. On 22 March, it was determined he sustained a muscular injury at the half time mark in a derby with Juventus two days prior, and would be sidelined for a month.


  • San Bruno, California, U.S.
    Jan, 2016
    YouTube

    YouTube expanded its headquarters in San Bruno

    San Bruno, California, U.S.
    Jan, 2016

    In January 2016, YouTube expanded its headquarters in San Bruno by purchasing an office park for $215 million. The complex has 51,468 square metres (554,000 square feet) of space and can house up to 2,800 employees.


  • U.S.
    Jan, 2016
    Java (programming language)

    Plugin

    U.S.
    Jan, 2016

    In January 2016, Oracle announced that Java run-time environments, based on JDK 9, will discontinue the browser plugin, as, by late 2015, browser vendors were working on reducing plugin support in their products.


  • Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Monday Jan 25, 2016
    Dwayne Johnson

    The New Day

    Miami, Florida, U.S.
    Monday Jan 25, 2016

    On the January 25, 2016, episode of Raw, The Rock was in a segment that saw him converse with The Miz, Big Show, Lana and Rusev before he and his relatives, The Usos, got into an altercation with then-WWE Tag Team Champions, The New Day.


  • California, United States
    Friday Jan 29, 2016
    Elon Musk

    Tesla Shares

    California, United States
    Friday Jan 29, 2016

    On 29 January 2016, Musk owned about 28.9 million Tesla shares, which equates to about 22% of the company.


  • Dongguan, Guangdong, China
    Jan, 2016
    Oppo

    Similar to Oneplus

    Dongguan, Guangdong, China
    Jan, 2016

    In February 2016, Oppo launched the A30. It is identical to the OnePlus X, differing only in branding and software.


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