[ad_1] Now, Google has reportedly offered to restrict the use of Fitbit data for Google ads and tighten the monitoring of that process, Reuters says. The company also formalized its commitment to supporting other wearable manufacturers on Android and allowing Fitbit users to choose third party services through APIs, Google said in a statement. Those […]
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Many Android phones will offer Bing alongside Google search in Europe
[ad_1] As part of an antitrust settlement in Europe, Google has to offer new Android users a choice of downloading a rival search product. These choice slots are auctioned off, and Google has just published the options that will be presented to users between October 1st and December 31st of this year. The biggest news […]
Apple’s Irish tax deal will be scrutinized by Europe’s highest court
[ad_1] Unsurprisingly, Apple disagreed. The company’s appeals were initially unsuccessful, however. In 2016, it started transferring money into an escrow account that would only be emptied once a final decision was made. By September 2018, the company had all of its unpaid taxes, plus interest, in that holding account. Apple hasn’t given up on its […]
The EU is testing cross-border COVID-19 contact tracing
[ad_1] Deutsche Telekom and SAP developed the interoperability gateway service that allows for “a safe exchange of information between the backends of national contact tracing and warning apps,” according to the EC. The system will be run from the EC’s data centre in Luxembourg. If all goes well during the trial period, the gateway should […]
EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google’s Fitbit purchase
[ad_1] Google has long said it would not use Fitbit data for targeted ads and that the deal “was about devices, not data.” It pledged to silo Fitbit’s health data to keep it separate from its ad business, and it affirmed that plan to EU regulators last month in an attempt to stave off an […]
Telegram is the latest company to file an EU antitrust complaint against Apple
[ad_1] A few days ago, Telegram co-founder and CEO Pavel Durov published an open letter concerning Apple’s “30 percent tax on apps.” That includes a claim that running the app store does not cost what Apple generates in revenue, and that app store fees did not exist in the PC era. Durov added that companies […]
EU blocks websites from transferring personal data to US servers
[ad_1] The decision affects thousands of companies doing business in Europe, ranging from banks to social media companies like Facebook. They may have to either set up European data hubs or stop doing business in the bloc altogether, pending any renegotiation. However, the ruling only applies to specific types of data and won’t affect “necessary” […]
Apple and Ireland win European appeal over multi-billion tax deal
[ad_1] Since the early ‘90s, Apple has used the country of Ireland to give itself a substantial discount on its tax burden. The company’s relationship with Ireland began in 1981 when Apple opened a manufacturing plant in Holyhill on the outskirts of Cork. The deal gave Apple access to the highest levels of power in […]
The UK buys a 45 percent stake in broke satellite startup OneWeb
[ad_1] The government previously planned to build its own Galileo replacement with the help of other members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance — Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US. The project was put on hold in May just before the publication of a feasibility study. The estimated cost had risen by then to […]
EU will speed up its spaceflight plans in response to SpaceX and China
[ad_1] The modern space race is heating up, and the European Union is acutely aware that it needs to keep pace. Space chief Thierry Breton told Reuters in an interview that the EU is accelerating its plans in light of rapid progress by private companies like SpaceX as well as China’s successes. It’s moving the […]