20-07-2018 10:23
President Donald Trump lashed out on Thursday (Jul 19) after Brussels hit US tech giant Google with a record fine a day earlier, and warned he would no longer allow Europe to take "advantage" of the United States.
19-07-2018 09:00
Google faced a record EU fine Wednesday (Jul 18) for using its Android smartphone system to illegally boost its search engine, in a ruling that risks a fresh clash between Brussels and Washington.
21-06-2018 16:58
The Law on Cybersecurity coming into effect in early 2019 will slap taxes on Facebook and Google as well as bring them under the supervision of Vietnamese authorities. However, the two companies have yet to express intention to establish representative offices in Vietnam.
19-06-2018 09:20
Wall Street stocks mostly fell on Monday (Jun 18) as worries about rising trade tensions between the US and China offset gains by petroleum-linked companies.
13-06-2018 15:16
A court cleared the way for a rare defamation action against Google on Wednesday (Jun 13) after a man claimed the global internet giant published material linking him to Australia's criminal underworld.
12-06-2018 23:57
Facebook and Google will have to install servers in Vietnam from January 1, 2019 as the Law on Cybersecurity comes into effect.
08-06-2018 10:00
Google announced Thursday (Jun 7) it would not use artificial intelligence for weapons or to "cause or directly facilitate injury to people," as it unveiled a set of principles for the technologies.
01-06-2018 19:05
Facebook and Google are not likely to leave Vietnam over the issue of installing servers in the country as they are making bank on Vietnamese users’ demand for their services.
01-06-2018 12:07
The clause on requiring foreign enterprises to install servers in Vietnam was struck out from the draft Law on Cybercecurity at the on National Assembly session despite the increasing number of attacks on Vietnamese computer systems and networks as well as Facebook and Google’s long years of tax evasion.
14-05-2018 21:46
Three giant mobile operators (Viettel, MobiFone, and Vinaphone) halted payments via phone cards for domestic digital content and online games, creating inequality as foreign application stores, specifically Google Play Store, still allow people to use phone cards for in-game payments.
10-05-2018 10:32
Google said on Wednesday (May 9) it will pause all adverts related to the Irish referendum on abortion to be held later this month - the day after Facebook announced a similar move.
02-05-2018 12:14
Despite making billions of dollars in revenue, two giant technology brands Facebook and Google only paid miniscule taxes to the Vietnamese government.
28-04-2018 20:52
French President Emmanuel Macron's ambitious plans for an EU digital tax targeting US tech giants such as Google or Facebook faced strong headwinds on Saturday (Apr 28), provoking anger from Paris.
26-04-2018 11:26
Google on Wednesday ramped up privacy controls in a Gmail overhaul, aiming first at businesses that use its suite of workplace tools hosted in the internet cloud.
17-04-2018 15:30
A US federal judge in California ruled Monday that Facebook will have to face a class action suit over allegations it violated users' privacy by using a facial recognition tool on their photos without their explicit consent.