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Moment of truth for Google as record EU antitrust fine looms
Google is set to face a record-busting EU antitrust fine this week over its Android mobile operating system…
EU Google decision delayed to next week, source says, as President Trump visits Brussels
EU antitrust regulators have postponed to next week a finding against Google’s Android mobile operating system…
Chinese iPhone knockoff peddler Xiaomi’s big IPO flops on its first day of trading
Xiaomi Corp. fell as much as 6% on its debut, as an escalating trade war and uncertainty about its valuation…
How Apple easily circumvented EU Competition Commissioner Margarethe Vestager’s tax grab
In August 2016, European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager told Ireland to claw back 13 billion euros…
Apple declines invite to EU hearing, cites appeal against EU tax clawback
iPhone maker Apple has turned down an invitation to an EU lawmakers’ hearing…
Apple now lets users download all the data associated with their accounts
Apple has launched a new Data & Privacy website that includes an option for Apple users to download all the data…
Apple $1.8 billion tax arrears payment eases EU pressure on Ireland
European authorities indicated they are open to dropping a case against Ireland…
Apple to fight EU Irish tax clawback without U.S. support role
The U.S. lost a bid to help Apple Inc.’s court fight against the European Union’s order to pay Ireland…
Ireland, Apple appeal over EU tax clawback gets timeframe
An appeal by Apple and Ireland against a European Union ruling for the U.S. firm to pay 13 billion euros ($16 billion) in disputed taxes…
EU hits pause on Apple’s deal to buy Shazam
European regulators will launch an in-depth investigation of Apple’s planned $400m purchase of Shazam…
EU antitrust chief says investigation of Google’s Android, AdSense is advancing
Investigations into how Google may be using its Android smartphone operating system…
EU antitrust regulators to decide on Apple’s purchase of Shazam by April 23
EU antitrust authorities will decide by April 23 whether to clear iPhone maker Apple’s acquisition…
Facebook asks users: Should we allow men to ask children for sexual images?
Facebook whether pedophiles requesting sexual pictures from children should be allowed on its website…
Apple’s Irish tax billions said guarded by Bank of New York
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. won a contract to be custodian for as much as 13 billion euros…
EU says Ireland’s Apple complaint will only be dropped if it takes the full $16 billion in tax clawbacks
The European Commission will withdraw its complaint against Ireland for not recovering 13 billion euros…
European Union seeks power to seize overseas personal data from customers of Apple, Microsoft, other tech firms
The European Union is preparing legislation to force companies to turn over customers’ personal data…
Ireland expects final disputed Apple bill remaining around $16 billion
Ireland expects the final disputed tax bill that the European Commission ordered…
Study: Facebook is for old people
Facebook lost 2.8 million users under the age of 25 last year…
Twitter sort of denies allegations of employees reading direct messages
On Monday, conservative activist and filmmaker James O’Keefe published undercover footage of Twitter engineers…
Mark Zuckerberg is fighting to save Facebook; announces major change to News Feed
On Thursday, Facebook announced a major change to News Feed, its central feature…
Facebook developing ‘Portal’ gadget which will let it put microphones and cameras in people’s homes
The oppressive rulers of Oceania used devices called telescreens to closely monitor and repress citizens…
Facebook is giving the US government more and more data
Every year, Facebook gets tens of thousands of requests for data from governments worldwide…
The Google-Facebook duopoly threatens diversity of thought
Google and Facebook control how millions of people find their news…
EU court rejects U.S. government intervention in Apple’s Irish $15 billion tax case
Europe’s second-highest court has rejected a request from the U.S. government to intervene…
European Commission forces Ireland to collect €13 billion tax clawback
Ireland is to comply with a European Commission order to collect a disputed €13 billion tax bill from Apple…
Apple wins EU trademark case against Xiaomi over ‘Mi Pad’
Apple Inc succeeded on Tuesday in preventing Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Inc…
Ireland expects Apple tax clawback in escrow account in first quarter 2018
Ireland expects iPhone maker Apple to start paying up to 13 billion euros…
Ireland expects progress in Apple tax clawback in coming weeks
Ireland expects to make progress in recovering up to 13 billion euros…
Apple holds on to tax billions as Ireland set to miss deadline
The Irish debt office is hiring custodians and investment managers for the estimated 13 billion euros ($15.3 billion) in…
Qualcomm fined record $773 million in Taiwan antitrust probe
Qualcomm Inc. was fined a record NT$23.4 billion ($773 million) by Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission in the latest blow from regulators…
Qualcomm CEO: We think we’ll be successful in our fight with Apple
Even as a series of anti-trust investigations and an ugly pricing dispute with Apple Inc…
U.S. tech firms like Apple and Amazon pose ‘huge’ tax challenge for France
An initiative to impose an ‘equalization tax’ for tech companies across the EU…
EU sues Ireland over $15.3 billion tax clawback from Apple
Ireland is being sued by the European Union authorities for failing to collect a year-old bill…
Apple pays Qualcomm $2 billion a year in patent fees and Cupertino has had enough
Cell phone manufacturers refer to it as ‘the Qualcomm tax,’ and the practice has been investigated by regulators…
Apple faces down Qualcomm, Ericsson over EU patent fees
The European Union is drawing up guidelines on how much patent holders should charge for their technologies…
EU ratchets up pressure on tech companies to curb ‘illegal content’
The European Commission on Thursday published new guidelines for online platforms to step up…
NTMA extends Apple multi-billion euro tax fund deadline
The National Treasury Management Agency has extended the deadline on a tender process…
Facebook plans to spend as much as Apple, up to $1 billion, on original shows in 2018
Facebook Inc. is loosening its purse strings in its drive to become a major hub for video…
Apple will help choose investment manager for $17.9 billion EU tax grab
Ireland and Apple Inc. will jointly choose investment managers for as much 15 billion euros…
Young people are leaving Facebook
This marks the first time eMarketer has ever predicted a decline in Facebook usage for any age group…
Ireland opposes EU’s 13 billion euro Apple tax grab, calls it unjustified
Ireland’s finance minister said the European Commission’s demand that Dublin retroactively collect…
