By Andrew Osborn LONDON | Tue May 21, 2013 7:10pm EDT LONDON (Reuters) – Google Inc’s tax affairs will come under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labor party accuses the Internet company of wrongly going to “extraordinary lengths” to avoid paying tax. In comments designed to politically outflank Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of next month’s G8 summit on what has become a Read More
Google Joins Apple Avoiding Taxes With Stateless Income – Bloomberg
U.S. Senate scrutiny of Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s tax strategies turned the spotlight on a unit with $30 billion in profit since 2009 that’s incorporated in Ireland, controlled by a board in California, and doesn’t pay taxes in either place. Apple officials acknowledged yesterday at a congressional hearing that the entity — a key subsidiary in Apple’s offshore tax strategy — is managed and controlled in the U.S., yet it still Read More
Be the internet police, not an internet dictator: Google – ZDNet
Google’s chief technology advocate Michael T Jones has called on information security professionals to band together to better protect the internet, and follow its own example of “policing” it. Michael T Jones. Photo by Michael Lee/ZDNet Speaking at AusCERT 2013 at the Gold Coast, Queensland on Wednesday, Jones said that information security professionals could protect others by first ensuring that there are never security problems Read More
Analyst: Google Fiber probably won’t go national – CNET
Here’s some buzzkill news to get your day started (at least for those of us on the West Coast). Market intelligence firm IHS iSuppli has published a new report suggesting it is unlikely that Google will deploy Fiber on a nationwide level. The natural first reaction might be annoyance with this, but when you think about the cost, scope and scalability of such an endeavor, these analysts are likely right Read More
Google Reader: Get your feeds and data out alive – CNET (blog)
Google Reader will soon be closing its virtual doors. In a move that shocked the Web, Google’s SVP Urs Hölzle announced on March 13 that, despite the RSS service’s “loyal following,” the company would “retire” Google Reader on July 1. More than any of the other 69 products that Google has killed over the past two years, Google Reader’s demise has shaken a longtime community that depends heavily on the Read More
Nokia brings LiveSight to Here Maps on Windows Phone 8 – CNET
(Credit: Nokia) LAS VEGAS — You won’t see a new phone from Nokia at CTIA, but the company did reveal it was expanding its already impressive Here Maps for Windows Phone 8 devices. Available today is an update that will integrate the company’s LiveSight augmented reality feature. Previously available only through the CityLens app, LiveSight pulls up nearby locations and displays relevant information like the type of business or attraction, Read More
Nokia brings Lumia 925 for T-Mobile to CTIA 2013, we go hands-on – Engadget
We’ve already spent some quality time with Nokia’s handsome Lumia 925 and while it’s no secret the company’s Windows Phone flagship is coming to the US courtesy of T-Mobile, we’d never actually seen the carrier-branded model — until now, that is. Nokia brought T-Mobile’s version of the handset to CTIA 2013 where we took it for a brief spin. As you’d expect, the phone is identical to its global Read More
Ex-Nokia team makes rival smartphone – BBC News
20 May 2013 Last updated at 12:08 ET The smartphone has interchangeable back panels that alter the phone’s software A company made up of former Nokia employees has shown off Jolla, a new smartphone with a custom operating system known as Sailfish. The software has been built from the remnants of MeeGo, a project abandoned by Nokia Read More
New Opera for Android looks like Opera, tastes like Chrome – Ars Technica
Opera users on Android have been able to download a next-generation version of the browser in beta for some time, but today the company finally introduced those changes to the “stable” version of its mobile browser. The new Opera comes with big changes both to its user interface and its engine. We’ll start with the engine: this is the first version of Opera for Android to swap Opera’s old rendering Read More
New ‘Clueful’ app scans Android phones for privacy leaks – NBCNews.com
android 7 hours ago Anti-virus firm Bitdefender Tuesday launched Clueful, a free Android app that tells you how much other Android apps invade your privacy. “Your smartphone is probably the most personal device you own, containing private messages, sensitive banking information, personal photos and other data that can leave you vulnerable if handled carelessly,” Bitdefender Chief Security Strategist Catalin Cosoi Read More