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Facebook, Google and Microsoft 'avoiding $3bn in tax in poor nations' – BBC News

According to ActionAid, “billions” might be at stake that could be used to transform underfunded health and education systems in some of the world’s poorest countries, especially since multiple .css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link{color:#3F3F42;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{font-weight:bolder;border-bottom:1px solid… Source link

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Google: From ‘cuddly’ startup to antitrust target | Business News

While acknowledging the increased clout it has gained from the popularity of its mostly free services, Google says it remains true to its founding principles to organize the world’s information. The Mountain View, California, company also denies any wrongdoing and intends to fight the suit filed Tuesday by the Justice Department, just as Microsoft did. Like other seminal Silicon Valley companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Apple, Google started in a garage — one that Page and Brin rented… Source link

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Tim Miller and Susan Glasser join Yahoo News to analyze the final presidential debate [Video]

Yahoo News Editor in Chief Dan Klaidman and Chief Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff are joined by Tim Miller, political director of Republican Voters Against Trump and writer-at-large for the Bulwark Online, and Susan Glasser, a staff writer for the New Yorker magazine, to offer expert commentary on the final presidential debate. Video Transcript DAN KLAIDMAN: Well, we are back with Mike Isikoff, chief investigative reporter for Yahoo News. And we are watching the candidates and… Source link

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Big Google News: March 2021 Rollout of Mobile First Indexing

Chinnapong / Shutterstock Earlier this month, there was some big news shared at Pubcon in Las Vegas that is sure to shake up the way law firms see the internet as a business development tool. Google expert John Mueller announced that effective March 2021, Google will be rolling out their “mobile first” indexing which is sure to change the game of search engine optimization (SEO) and lead generation online. Source link

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Reliance Jio launches a web browser called JioPages with support for eight Indian languages- Technology News, Firstpost

tech2 News StaffOct 22, 2020 11:00:26 IST Reliance Jio has launched its own web browser based on the Chromium Blink engine called JioPages. According to the company, this browser comes with Emoji domain support, encrypted connection and support for eight Indian languages including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Bengali. JioPages is aimed at users in India and is now available on Google Play Store. It will come with personalised home screen which will allow… Source link

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U.S. FCC lawyer says agency can change rules on social media liability shield, Telecom News, ET Telecom

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON: The top lawyer at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Wednesday the telecommunications regulator has legal authority to redefine the immunity shield protecting social media companies that could make it easier for users to file lawsuits challenging content removal decisions. In July, President Donald Trump’s administration asked the agency to limit protections for social media companies under Section 230, a provision of the 1996 Communications… Source link

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Microsoft president, Telecom News, ET Telecom

Microsoft President Brad Smith on left. (file photo) LONDON: Democracies around the world are under a constant barrage of cyberattacks that must be identified, called out and stopped, Microsoft President Brad Smith told a gathering of security and defence officials on Wednesday. Speaking at the Atlantic Future Forum, Smith named Russia, China, Iran and North Korea as the states most frequently engaged in malicious cyberattacks targeting elections and the domestic politics of other… Source link

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United States vs Google vindicates old antitrust gripes from Microsoft, Telecom News, ET Telecom

By Paresh DaveOAKLAND: The U.S. government’s antitrust suit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday could deliver a huge opportunity for Microsoft Corp to increase usage of its Bing search engine, an unexpected epilogue years after it abandoned a long campaign for legal relief. From at least 2007 through 2015, Microsoft lobbied lawmakers, funded private lawsuits, commissioned opposition research and academic papers and even ran TV commercials, all with the aim of getting regulators to bar… Source link

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