google and walmart team up to take on amazon

Google and Walmart team up to take on Amazon

SAN FRANCISCO: Wal-Mart, the world's biggest retailer, and Google, the internet's predominant search engine, are teaming up in an attempt to challenge Amazon's growing dominance in online shopping.
google and apple pull the rug out from digital content makers

Google and Apple pull the rug out from digital content makers

Google and Apple have imposed payment policies for digital content services, resulting in a significant drop in the revenue of their Vietnamese digital content businesses.
google glass returns with enterprise edition

Google Glass returns with Enterprise Edition

Google has recently revived its glasses project with a display screen as well as smart camera and internet connection. The new Google Glass Enterprise is aimed at businesses and workers.
google wins challenge against 11 billion euro french tax bill

Google wins challenge against 1.1 billion-euro French tax bill

A French court ruled on Wednesday that Google was not liable to pay 1.1 billion euros (US$1.3 billion) in back taxes demanded by the French authorities.
google escapes 11b tax bill in france

Google escapes €1.1b tax bill in France

PARIS: Google is not liable for €1.115 billion (US$1.272 billion) in unpaid taxes claimed by the French state, a French court ruled on Wednesday (Jul 12), saying the internet giant's Irish subsidiary is not taxable in France.
europe must claim tax due from us giants france

Europe must claim tax due from US giants: France

France's finance minister urged his European counterparts to do more to chase down tax due from the European operations of US tech giants such as Google, Amazon and Facebook.
eu hits google with record us 27 billion fine

EU hits Google with record US$2.7 billion fine

EU antitrust regulators hit Google with a record 2.4-billion-euro (US$2.7 billion) fine for favouring its own shopping service, taking a tough line in the first of three probes of its dominance in searches and smartphone operating systems.
google seals deal with indonesia on tax

Google seals deal with Indonesia on tax

JAKARTA: Indonesia has reached an agreement with Google over payment of taxes, the country's finance minister said on Tuesday (Jun 13), after a long-running dispute with the US tech giant.
google removes dvmap from play store

Google removes Dvmap from Play Store

Google removed an Android app from Google Play last week after security researchers from Kaspersky Labs discovered a dangerous Trojan hidden inside it.
apple readying siri powered home assistant

Apple readying Siri-powered home assistant

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is preparing to launch a connected speaker to serve as a smart home assistant in a challenge to Amazon Echo and Google Home, a news report said on Thursday (Jun 1).
ai wins as google algorithm beats top ranked go player

AI wins as Google algorithm beats top-ranked Go player

SHANGHAI: Google's computer algorithm AlphaGo narrowly beat the world's top-ranked player in the ancient Chinese board game of Go on Tuesday (May 23), reaffirming the arrival of what its developers tout as a ground-breaking new form of artificial intelligence.
ge appliances to get google voice control option

GE Appliances to get Google voice control option

WASHINGTON: GE Appliances announced a deal with Google on Wednesday (May 17) enabling the US tech giant's voice control home hub to be used for cooking, cleaning and other functions.
google blocks 1500 harmful clips at vietnams request

Google blocks 1,500 harmful clips at Vietnam’s request

Google has blocked 1,500 clips with bad contents posted in Youtube out of a list of 2,300 such clips provided by Vietnamese authorities, according to the Authority of Broadcasting and Electric Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications.
spam campaign targets google users with malicious link

Spam campaign targets Google users with malicious link

Alphabet Inc warned its users to beware of emails from known contacts asking them to click on a link to Google Docs after a large number of people turned to social media to complain that their accounts had been hacked.
personal flying machine manufacturer plans deliveries this year

'Personal flying machine' manufacturer plans deliveries this year

WASHINGTON: A Silicon Valley "flying car" startup, Kitty Hawk, reportedly backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, released a video on Monday (Apr 24) of its airborne prototype and announced plans for deliveries of a "personal flying machine" this year.