WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday announced plans to impose taxes on $1.3 billion in French imports — hitting handbags and makeup but sparing cheese and wine — in retaliation for France’s digital services tax on U.S. technology giants. But the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said the levies would be delayed […]
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During the Covid-19 pandemic, buying clothes, running your business and even buying food have been done through digital platforms. Telecom operators have played a big role in digital advertising especially when it comes to health. Telecommunications services have been collaborating with doctors and charity foundations to facilitate people’s life during the lockdown. Digital marketing can […]
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, people are relying on social media platforms to connect with their friends and families. Data from consulting firm Kantarshows that WhatsApp has seen a 40% increase in usage as people have been looking to stay connected. In addition, Spain registered a 76% increase in time spent on WhatsApp. To limit […]
TikTok owned by the China-based ByteDance has not accepted to share data with Chinese authorities. However, On July 1, 2020, a new national security law took effect in China. Under this law, services providers have to remove any message that would constitute an offense endangering national security. If these companies fail to comply with the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — On an average day, President Donald Trump sends about 14 posts to the 28 million Facebook followers of his campaign account. His Democratic rival, Joe Biden, delivers about half that many posts to an audience of just 2 million. The numbers are similarly skewed in other spheres of the social media landscape. […]
LONDON, 1 JULY, 2020 – Riverbed® today launched its expanded ‘Rethink Possible: Visibility and Network Performance – The Pillars of Business Success’’ Study, focused on the public sector. The study revealed that 89% of IT decision makers (ITDMs) and 82% of business decision makers (BDMs) in the public sector believe productivity is reliant on effective […]
On June 25, 2020, the US Department of Homeland Security has sent a duplicate letter to Apple, Alphabet Inc., Facebook, Twitter, and Snap asking them to stop people from using their platforms to organize, facilitate, or incite dangerous or deadly riots according to Law 360 website. A contradiction, as on May 28, 2020, US President […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Friday that it is buying self-driving technology company Zoox, which is developing an autonomous vehicle for a ride-hailing service that people would request on their phones. Seattle-based Amazon did not disclose how much it is paying for Zoox, which was founded six years ago in Foster City, California. Analysts […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Verizon is joining an escalating movement to siphon advertising away from Facebook in an effort to pressure the company into doing more to prevent racist and violent information from being shared on its social networking service. The decision announced Thursday by one of the world’s biggest telecommunications companies is part of […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will weigh in this November on whether to expand a landmark data privacy law, alter a decades-old law that limits property taxes on businesses and exempt ride-hail giants Uber and Lyft from a new state labor law. They are among 11 measures Secretary of State Alex Padilla certified on […]