Tag Archives: Ability

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Japan Watchdog Says Google Hurt Local Rival’s Ability to Compete  Bloomberg Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Files is testing the ability to search inside photos and PDFs  The Verge Source link

Lawmakers sent letters to Apple and Google with concerns about TikTok and other apps on their app stores. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Two members of Congress have sent letters to the chief executives of Apple and Google accusing them of failing to act on security weaknesses and surveillance threats posed by apps on their app stores: most notably, TikTok’s ability to monitor keystrokes on outside websites through its in-app browser. The… Source link

Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH) CFO Mark Kempa doesn’t see the cruise operator taking any drastic action to pay down the debt accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic. “As we look forward over the course of the next two to three years, we have about a billion dollars a year [of debt] plus or minus that’s coming due,” Kempa said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “And we firmly believe, given our trajectory today, that with our existing cash on hand and our expected organic cash flow, we are going… Source link

Bill Ackman is a billionaire investor and hedge fund manager.Elsa/Getty Images Markets aren’t confident that the Federal Reserve can tame record inflation, Bill Ackman tweeted Tuesday. He predicts that inflation can only come down if the Fed aggressively raises rates, or if stocks crash. “It ends when the Fed puts a line in the sand on inflation and says it will do ‘whatever it takes,'” Ackman said. Bill Ackman, the CEO and founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, said markets are facing a… Source link

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorizing Pfizer (PFE)’s COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds on Friday is welcome news for millions of parents across the country. Roughly 28 million children are now eligible for vaccination, according to the New York Times. “If you look at a lot of the data, you’ll see that younger people, teenagers, small children, they’ve been responsible for a lot of the transmission of coronavirus,” Dr. Adrian Burrowes, a family medicine physician… Source link

While smartphones are increasingly approaching feature phone pricing, the latter category still has a place. As such, “smart” feature phones exist, and many are powered by KaiOS, though Google Assistant in recent months lost the ability to make calls and send texts through voice commands.  Smart feature phones are defined by the presence of internet-powered apps, with Google offering YouTube, Google Maps, and Lens. Assistant is the other big addition and closely integrated with… Source link

A new bipartisan bill announced Wednesday seeks to bring more competition to the app store market currently dominated by Apple and Google. The Open App Markets Act, led by Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., would shake up the business model of both company’s app stores and the structure of their mobile operating systems. The bill targets, in part, the in-app payment systems for companies that own app stores with more than 50 million… Source link

Google is leading an effort to maintain work authorization for tens of thousands of people whose spouses hold H-1B visas, the high-skilled visa that’s common in the tech industry. Companies across the tech industry, which has been historically vocal in fighting for increased immigration rights, submitted an amicus brief Friday in a case known as Save Jobs USA v. Department of Homeland Security. A Washington district court is considering the plaintiff’s challenge to a DHS rule that allows… Source link

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) CEO Warren Buffett has strong feelings on his competition from SPACs when it comes to Berkshire Hathaway’s dealmaking ability. “It’s a killer,” he said at the 2021 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting. A SPAC, or special purpose acquisition company (also called a blank check company), goes public without a business plan. The SPAC manager will conduct due diligence on any number of privately-held enterprises to find a candidate. But if one cannot be… Source link