The expansion comes midst increased demand for cloud and mobile computing and e-commerce from countries across Asia. On Thursday, Facebook disclosed it would sink in more than $1 billion in its first data center in Asia which will be located in Singapore. It is slated to open in 2022. Facebook’s data center will be located…
Despite its vociferous campaigning last year for levying a 3% tax on the digital earnings of global tech firms, the SPD backed down after concluding that such a move would not be productive. On Wednesday, Germany’s Bild newspaper stated, the country’s finance ministry has, given up its plan of levying more taxes on internet giants,…
Although the ruling should provide smartphone makers the ability to develop phones based on Amazon’s Fire OS, Google limits the adoption of such forks, as termed in the industry, through its licensing model. Essentially, the ruling is not likely to significantly change Google’s licensing model and the revenues derived from it. With the European Union’s…
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’s customers have been reassured by the fact that Google Ads will now serve as an all-encompassing front door for ad sellers and advertisers. On Wednesday, in one of Alphabet Inc-owned Google’s biggest re-branding exercise, the search engine giant disclosed that it is further streamlining the entry point for ad sellers and advertisers and is…
The move is part of a larger, strategic bipartisan efforts by U.S. lawmakers to rein in collaboration between U.S. tech companies and their Chinese peers, especially in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning which have application in the military. In a bipartisan move, Republican and Democratic lawmakers have asked Alphabet Inc’s Google on…
For Google, the investment will benefit in terms of improved analytics and market reach in China, one of Asia’s fastest growing economies. In an effort aimed at expanding its presence in one of Asia’s fastest growing economy, Google is set to invest $550 million in China’s e-commerce firm JD.com. The strategic move is also aimed…
The new cyber security law – a double edged sword – can be used to combat cybercrime, it can also be used to tackle online dissent. On Tuesday, in a move that further consolidates the government’s powers over internet content in Vietnam, the country’s lawmakers approved a cybersecurity law that tightens control of the internet…
With Reserve Google is capitalizing on consumer’s preference for convenience: by integrating voice calls, with search engine results and using this data to complete actions on behalf of the user could potentially catapult Google into the next generation services company. In a significant development that marks Google transitioning its search engine capabilities to the next…
Hailed as a model for personal data protection, the GDPR ramps up protection for online privacy for citizens across the European Union. On Friday, new privacy regulations will come effect across the Eurozone. Companies will now have to comply with tougher privacy rights of their customers and provide them ways to better handle and control…
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