Britain intends to updates its tax laws in line with unitary taxation so as to make tech giants pay their dues and plug tax loopholes. In a significant development, Britain’s finance mister Philip Hammond stated, Britain will unilaterally implement a digital service tax if there is no wider international agreement soon on how to tax…
Given its wide ranging potential, Washington wants to develop and leverage the power of quantum computing which is currently in its infancy. On Monday, in efforts aimed at boosting efforts at quantum computing, the White House is set to hold a meeting with academic experts, U.S. government officials, and leading tech companies including Alphabet Inc,…
Deliveries by self-driving cars from the Fry’s store will cost $5.95 with no minimum order and will be available at addresses within the store’s zip code of 85257. On Thursday, U.S. supermarket operator Kroger Co stated it will begin testing driverless grocery deliveries from today and to do so it has partnered with tech firm…
Although much of its core apps, including Google Search, email and appstore have been blocked in China, the launch of Caihua Xiaoge, a drawing game based on its image recognition technology, is aimed at gaining a toehold in the Chinese market. On Wednesday, in a development that underscores Alphabet Inc’s intention to re-enter China’s consumer…
Google is ramping up its efforts to gain more strategic size in China, the world’s biggest smartphone market. On Thursday, in a strategic step aimed at increasing its footprint in China, Alphabet Inc’s Google Inc launched a file management tool in several Chinese app stores. The Chinese market, the biggest smartphone market in the world,…
The deal essentially acts as a point of entry for Wal-Mart into India’s highly competitive e-commerce market. Flipkart and Wal-Mart can finally level the playing field against Amazon.com, the world’s biggest online retailer. On Friday, as per a Bloomberg report citing anonymous sources, Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has agreed to sell an a 75% equity…
The aim is to reduce the revenue generation gap between its G Suite and Microsoft’s Office suite and specifically meets many business users’ demands. On Wednesday, in what is stated to be its first redesign since 2013, Alphabet Inc’s Google unveiled an overhaul of Gmail in what the company stated was an expensive overhaul that…
Injong Rhee played a significant role in Samsung’s Knox security system, Samsung Pay mobile wallet and its Bixby digital assistant. Injong Rhee, the former chief technology officer at Samsung Electronics Co has resigned from his job and has been hired by Alphabet Inc’s Google to head its Internet of Things (IoT) business. Google spokeswoman, Jane…
The new funding round, led by Alphabet’s CapitalG, saw its valuation boost by $500 million to $11.5 billion. As per U.S. share authorization documents filed in Delware, Lyft Inc is raising an additional $500 million in funding led by Alphabet Inc’s CapitalG. The new funding round is an extension of the $1 billion round that…
In a historic development, a U.S. senate panel has overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at reducing the time gap before robotic self-driving cars are deployed on U.S. roads. In a development that will lend further momentum to automakers, a U.S. Senate panel has unanimously approved a bill aimed at speeding the deployment of self-driving vehicles…
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