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Google announces Android will support upcoming foldable phones

Nov08
by on November 8, 2018 at 12:53 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider, Plugged


Last night, Samsung gave us a glimpse of its eagerly awaited foldable phone, at its annual developer conference. At the same time, Google announced that Android will officially support the foldable form factor. In a blog post, the company classified foldable phones in two categories: one-screen devices and two-screen devices. The first ‘foldable’ has only one screen which can bend. While the latter has one phone-sized screen and another bendable screen on the inside, as shown on the left in the below graphic. Samsung’s phone falls into the second category.   Android will provide a feature called screen continuity, which will…

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Latin America joins EU in considering a new digital tax

Nov08
by on November 8, 2018 at 12:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Mexico and Chile are among a host of countries that may follow the European Union’s lead in playing hardball on taxes with big tech companies like Facebook, Alphabet, AirBnB, and Uber. In March, the EU proposed a “digital tax” that would affect the revenue of major digital companies like Facebook and Google. Inc, but the proposal has been met with stiff opposition from US businesses and political leaders. A proposal that could fall by the wayside in Europe, due to trade agreements between the US and the UK, could actually prove to be successful in Latin America. According to the…

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Latin America joins EU in considering a new digital tax

Nov08
by on November 8, 2018 at 12:05 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


Mexico and Chile are among a host of countries that may follow the European Union’s lead in playing hardball on taxes with big tech companies like Facebook, Alphabet, AirBnB, and Uber. In March, the EU proposed a “digital tax” that would affect the revenue of major digital companies like Facebook and Google. Inc, but the proposal has been met with stiff opposition from US businesses and political leaders. A proposal that could fall by the wayside in Europe, due to trade agreements between the US and the UK, could actually prove to be successful in Latin America. According to the…

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French authorities are pushing a 30 percent flat-rate Bitcoin tax

Nov08
by on November 8, 2018 at 10:31 am
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


French regulators are realigning the taxes imposed on hodlers of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The French finance commission supported plans yesterday that will see capital gains tax applied to cryptocurrencies brought in line with other capital gains tax, Reuters reports. Any profit obtained from owning cryptocurrencies is currently taxed at a rate of 36.2 percent. Other non-real estate assets are taxed at 30 percent. The amendment would see capital gains tax on cryptocurrency fall to flat-rate of 30 percent. However, this amendment is not yet legally binding, it’s simply being pushed through parliament in attempt to become law. For this…

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5 crucial lessons learned from 2 years of building TNW’s tech hub

Nov08
by on November 8, 2018 at 10:17 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors, Growth


Two years ago, we opened the doors to TQ — TNW’s first tech hub in the center of Amsterdam. At the time, I was organizing TNW’s conferences but when I heard about the project, I was super excited to be involved. It just seemed like the logical next step for us as a company. In fact, looking back, it’s almost weird we didn’t start TQ sooner. Our media platform was enabling us to reach a lot of people around the world in a short period of time. Our main conference gave us face-to-face contact with a concentrated group of people…

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