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.
09-04-2018 16:00
Consumer and activist groups called Monday for an investigation into Google-owned YouTube for allowing advertising to be targeted at children in apparent violation of US law.
09-04-2018 15:25
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) wants the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to instruct commercial banks to withhold taxes from transactions with Facebook and Google, but SBV said it is not authorized to do so.
09-04-2018 11:54
Through their user data business, Facebook and Google in 2017 embraced a quarter of the $100-billion global online advertising market, according to statistics of data analytics company Experian.
05-04-2018 14:39
Leaning on the excuse of “having no official representative office” in Vietnam, billion-dollar Facebook and Google have been avoiding their tax obligations since early 2016.
05-04-2018 09:52
Police said on Wednesday (Apr 4) they had been alerted that the Iran-born animal rights activist who shot three people before killing herself at YouTube's California headquarters, was believed to have a vendetta against the online giant.
28-03-2018 10:13
An appeals court on Tuesday (Mar 27) gave Oracle another shot at wringing billions of dollars from Google in a keenly-watched legal battle over the use of freely available Java software code.
27-03-2018 09:24
Taiwan's struggling smartphone maker HTC posted its worst-ever quarterly loss on Monday (Mar 26), but said it expects a boost from the US$1.1 billion deal with Google sealed earlier this year.
21-03-2018 18:35
The EU will unveil proposals for a digital tax on US tech giants on Wednesday (Mar 21), bringing yet more turmoil to Facebook after revelations over misused data of 50 million users shocked the world.
21-03-2018 09:54
Google on Tuesday (Mar 20) bought up New York's Chelsea Market for US$2.4 billion, finalising its acquisition of the emblematic retail and food hall that stands opposite the internet giant's current headquarters in the city.
17-02-2018 08:00
The e-payment market in Vietnam is becoming more competitive than ever, as various fintech providers around the world start flocking to the fast-growing country. This poses a real challenge for commercial banks, who must now adapt to the breakneck development speed of Industry 4.0.
05-02-2018 14:43
Numerous firms, both domestic and foreign, were reported to nearly have their branding jeopardised for showing little attention to Internet advertising activities.