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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Apple, Google, Amazon Boost UK Fees To Cover New Digital Tax; Amazon Gets FAA’s OK For Drone Delivery 

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Here’s the latest news for Big Tech’s Google , Amazon , Apple and Facebook , which are coming under increasing scrutiny from legislators and regulators the world over. The FAA supports innovation that is beneficial to the public, especially during a health or weather-related crisis.”. customer charges to cover the new tax.

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Tax Apps Drop While Credit Karma Retains Title

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Maybe tax season has mobile users worrying about their credit history, or contemplating borrowing some cash? Tax worries seem to already be a thing of the past. Google Wallet rose to seventh place on Android, while IRS2Go dropped Read More.

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Tech Giants’ Hill Testimony Reveals CEO Views On Competition — And Innovation

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and a can-do spirit), a country that rewards ambition and innovation — and where individual success stories of, say Google and Amazon customers are folded into the testimony in efforts to show how tech can help smaller firms pivot and embrace the great digital shift.

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Ex-Google Executive Joins Italian Shoe Firm Tod’s

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Former Google leader Alessandra Domizi will take the digital helm of Italian shoe and leather company Tod’s on Oct. Domizi, previously fashion and retail lead at Google, will develop Tod’s digital communication and online sales, a key component of the brand’s new “Factory” business model. 14, Reuters reported Friday (Sept.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: UK Regulators To Form Digital Markets Unit; Italy Fines Apple $10 Million Over Claims About iPhone Water Resistance

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and abroad that the concentration of power amongst a small number of tech companies is curtailing growth in the tech sector, reducing innovation and potentially having negative impacts on the people and businesses that rely on them.”. Canada Looks to Tax International Tech Firms. “But there is growing consensus in the U.K.

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Top 20 Finance Apps: Tax Season & Money Transfers

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With tax season upon our furrowed brows, a cursory view of this list may lead one to think everyone is doing taxes on his phone. The Internal Revenue Service’s own IRS2Go and Intuit, Inc.’s ’s TurboTax apps both joined the ranks of the Top Ten for iOS users, pushing out GEICO Mobile and Read More.

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Amazon And Google Face New European Problems

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This newest round of regulatory focus involves Amazon and Google and comes as rules crafted by the European Union continue to have an increasing impact on digital economies and endeavors throughout the world. Google Fine. Speaking of Google …. Amazon Probe. Let’s start with Amazon. 20) from Reuters.

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