Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) has been hit by $140 million in back taxes and interest by the Chinese government, in a rare case concerning cross-border tax evasion in the country. Though the software group disputed much of the news agency’s article, it said it had agreed to pay $140 million as a “bilateral advanced pricing…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) is alerting mobile and desktop users of upcoming privacy changes. The new Privacy Basics feature guides users through steps to tweak privacy settings to their own liking. The interactive guides offer customizable settings in three areas including the following: “what you see”, “what others see about you”, and “how others interact…
Robot security guards are being deployed on the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) campus with the promise of cutting in half the cost of traditional human security guards. Five of the 300-pound, 5-foot-tall bullet-shaped robocops are rolling around Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT)’s Mountain View, Calif. Campus looking for trouble makers, trespassers and keeping employees and their…
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) has reach in almost all parts of the world as it is the most popular social media platform globally. When President Obama had to make a major announcement, he chose Facebook because he felt that his message would reach the maximum number of people. The president needed to make an announcement…
Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) appears to have found an easy solution for a complicated issue with its new crowd-funding tool known as Contributor. The new service charges users a nominal fee, and in return, promises them an ad-free experience. The web gets its funding from advertisements, but people generally don’t like them. This has led…
Unsurprisingly, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg is among the executives who dumped some of the social network’s shares this week. The other six executives who sold shares this week are Vice President and General Counsel Colin Stretch; David Fischer, vice president of marketing and business partnerships; Chief Product Officer Christopher Cox;…
