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20Mar/17

Forbes’ 31st Annual World’s Billionaires Issue

March 20, 2017FinanceAmancio Ortega, Amazon.com, Atlantic City, Berkshire Hathaway, Bernard Arnault, Bill Gates, Billionaire, Billionaires, Buffett, Business, Businesspeople, Carlos Slim Helu, Charles Koch, China, Company: Forbes Media, David Koch, Distribution of wealth, Dolan, Donald Trump, Dubai, Economy, Forbes, Forbes 400, forbes media, Germany, Google, Hussain Sajwani, India, Japan, Jeff Bezos, Jeffrey P. Bezos, Jim Walton, Jose Antonio, jose cuervo, Juan Francisco Beckmann Vidal, Kuwait, L'Oréal, Larry Ellison, LENS TECHNOLOGY, Life extensionists, Liliane Bettencourt, Luisa Kroll, Macau, Manila, Mark Zuckerberg, Mexico, Mexico telecom, Michael, Microsoft, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Phil Ruffin, Philip Day, Philippines, Robbie, Russia, S. Robson, Sergey Brin, Sheldon Adelson, Slovakia, Tanoesoedibjo, Temp Holdings, The World's Billionaires, Tokyo, Trump Worth Now, u.s. led, United Kingdom, United States, Vancouver, VietJet Air, Vietnam, Wal-Mart, Warren Buffett, Yoshiko Shinohara, Yvon Chouinard, Zhou Qunfeismbale

Record Number of 2,043 Billionaires Made the 2017 List of the World’s Richest People

PLUS: President Trump’s Current Net Worth — $3.5 Billion – And The Global Web of Partners Cashing in on the 45^th President

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20Mar/17

Google’s Project Sunroof shows huge solar potential of U.S.

March 20, 2017InnovationArticles, Boston, Company: Google, Country: United States, Digital media, energy, Energy conversion, Environment, Fresno, Google, Houston, Los Angeles, NEXT MEDIA, Outline of solar energy, Phoenix, Photovoltaics, Project Sunroof, Renewable energy, Solar panel, Solar power by country, Solar power in the United States, Technology, Technology/Internet, United States, World Wide Web, Zero-energy buildingsmbale

Google launched a project called Project Sunroof in 2015, which measures solar potential of individual homes in the U.S. The result of the project shows most U.S. homes have great solar viability.
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19Mar/17

EU demands changes from Facebook, Google, Twitter

March 19, 2017InternetBlog hosting services, Ciara, Ciara lee, Company: Facebook, Company: Google, Computing, Consumer protection, Consumer protection law, Facebook, Facebook like button, Germany, Google, HARGREAVES LANSDOWN, Internet privacy, Social information processing, social media, Social networking services, Software, Technology/Internet, Terms of service, Twitter, United States, Universal Windows Platform apps, World Wide Websmbale

European consumer protection authorities are taking aim at media companies Facebook, Alphabet and Twitter, asking them to amend their terms of service or possibly face fines. Ciara Lee reports. Continue reading →

17Mar/17

Texting your smart home appliances

March 17, 2017InternetAmazon, Computing, Cross-platform software, GE Appliances, Google, Google Allo, Home appliance, Human geography, Instant messaging, Instant messaging clients, Kamsinah, Major appliance, Online chat, Operating systems, Political geography, Sara Hemrajani, Singapore, social media, Software, Technology/Internet, Text messaging, Toby Ruckert, Unified Inbox, WhatsApp, Worldsmbale

A Singapore firm working with the big tech companies and manufacturers has come up with a service that allows people to text their household appliances. Sara Hemrajani reports. Continue reading →

13Mar/17

Intel to buy Israeli driverless car-tech firm Mobileye for $15 bln

March 13, 2017FinanceAmnon Shashua, Asia, Crowdsourcing, Fisher, Ford, General Motors, Geography of Asia, Google, Intel, Israel, Israel Fisher, Jerusalem, Mobileye, Uber, United States, Volvo, Warning systems, Waze, Western Asiasmbale

U.S. chip giant Intel has agreed to buy Israeli driverless technology firm Mobileye, Israeli media reported on Monday.

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26Feb/17

LG Electronics launches G6 phone at the Mobile World Congress

February 26, 2017MobileBarcelona, Business, Chaebol, China, Company: LG Elec, Consumer electronics, Economy of Asia, Economy of South Korea, Google, Home appliances, Huawei, Ken Hong, LG Corporation, LG Electronics, LG G series, LG G6, mobile phones, Smartphones, Spainsmbale

LG expects the new water resistant G6 to stand out from Chinese competition.

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24Feb/17

Google’s Waze to compete with Uber – WSJ

February 24, 2017InnovationAlphabet Inc., Companies, Crowdsourcing, Fred Katayama, Google, Israel, Location-based software, Lyft, PAUL LIENERT, Route planning software, Self-driving cars, Software, Transport, Uber, United States, Waymo, Waze, WAZE-TVsmbale

Google’s carpool service Waze plans to expand onto Uber’s territory, according to The Wall Street Journal. Fred Katayama reports. Continue reading →

06Feb/17

Big tech files opposition to Trump’s ban

February 6, 2017ImmigrationAmerican television, Apple Inc., Business, Climate change skepticism and denial, Donald Trump, Donald Trump presidential campaign, Economy, Executive Order 13769, Foreign relations of the United States, Google, Iran–United States relations, Iraq–United States relations, Law/Crime, Linda, Microsoft, New York, Politics by country, Presidency of Donald Trump, Reactions to Executive Order 13769, Right-wing populism in the United States, San Francisco, Technology, The Apprentice, Twitter, United States, WWE Hall of Famesmbale

Top technology giants, including Apple, Google, and Microsoft are banding together and have filed a legal brief opposing U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration ban. Linda So reports. Continue reading →

30Jan/17

Silicon Valley puts money and muscle into fighting Trump immigrant curbs

January 30, 2017ImmigrationAlbert Wenger, American people of German descent, Apple Inc., Business, Businesspeople, Climate change skepticism and denial, Company: Union Sqr Ventrs, Country: United States, Dave McClure, Donald John Trump, Donald Trump, Economy of the United States, Ellis, Elon Musk, Ford, Fred Wilson, Google, Harrison Metal, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Iran–United States relations, JASPER LAWLER, John Zimmer, Logan Green, Lyft, Michael Dearing, Microsoft Corp, Mountain View, Netflix, Political positions of Donald Trump, Politics of the United States, Reactions to Executive Order 13769, Sam Altman, San Jose, Silicon Valley, Stewart Butterfield, Tesla, The Apprentice, Travis Kalanick, Uber, Union Square Ventures, United States, WWE Hall of Fame, Y Combinatorsmbale

Silicon Valley took the lead over the weekend in corporate resistance to President Donald Trump’s clampdown on immigration, financing legal opposition, criticizing the plan, as well as helping employees ensnared by his executive order.

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28Jan/17

Trump travel ban sparks panic abroad, lawsuits at home

January 28, 2017ImmigrationAbdelhakim Kiwan, ALPHABET, Asia, Climate change skepticism and denial, Conservatism in the United States, Country: United States, Donald Trump, European migrant crisis, Executive Order 13769, Forced migration, Google, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, New York, Political positions of Donald Trump, Politics, Politics by country, Presidency of Donald Trump, Presidents of the United States, Refugees of the Syrian Civil War, Social Issues, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Syrian diaspora, The Apprentice, United States, War/Conflict, Washington, Western Asia, WWE Hall of Fame, Yemen, Zachary Goelmansmbale

U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily barring visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries and banning Syrian refugees indefinitely will likely land his administration in court. Zachary Goelman reports. Continue reading →