Monday, 31 July 2017 11:07
EU increases pressure on US technology firms over user terms
The European Union has increased pressure on US technology leaders Facebook, Twitter and Google in relation to its user terms. The EU has requested that they amend their user terms in order to make them compliant with current EU law - after EU lawmakers deemed the proposals submitted by the technology giants as ‘insufficient’. In June, the European Commission (EC) and consumer protection authorities in the EU wrote directly to Facebook, Google and Twitter in which they stressed to the…
Monday, 31 July 2017 10:34
Orange hosts Egypt’s Minister for ICT to reinforce its ties with Egypt
French telecom giant Orange hosted the Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology, HE Eng. Yasser ElKady, at its facilities in Paris, France, from July 17-18. Orange hosted the Minister to reinforce its presence in Egypt – a presence of “utmost importance” for Orange’s future development in Africa and the Middle East. The Minister was welcomed by the Egyptian Ambassador in Paris, Ehab Badawi and by Jean-Marc Harion, CEO of Orange Egypt. He also met with several members of the…
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Sunday, 30 July 2017 11:43
EU looking into ways Europe should promote digital innovation in health
The European Commission has launched a public consultation on how Europe should promote digital innovation in health and care, for the benefits of citizens and health systems in Europe. The input will feed into a new policy Communication to be adopted by the end of 2017, as announced in the recent review of the Commission's Digital Single Market strategy. “We are dedicated to improving European citizens' quality of living by improving Europe's health, care and research systems by using digital…
Wednesday, 26 July 2017 11:47
Dubai moving toward becoming world’s first blockchain powered government by 2020
Dubai is fast moving toward achieving its goal of becoming the world’s first government to execute all implementable transactions on blockchain by 2020, an international expert on blockchain has said. “Private sector enterprises, which stand to gain due to potential synergies with the government, are also gearing up and early adopters and first to market with this technology will have definite first mover advantages,” Dan Frankel, Blockchain City Adviser to the Emirate of Dubai, ConsenSys, told Chief Information Officers (CIOs)…
Wednesday, 26 July 2017 08:07
BlackBerry announces sale of its messaging tools to US government
Canadian multinational firm BlackBerry has officially announced it has sold its messaging tools which can be used for encrypting phone calls and text messages to the US federal government – following an endorsement from the National Security Agency (NSA). BlackBerry confirmed that it received notification from the NSA’s National Information Assurance Partnership which reviews commercial technology products to see if they meet enhanced security standards for governments use. There fear that eavesdroppers are listening in to government communications continues to…
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Thursday, 20 July 2017 06:33
US technology firms issue appeal to FCC to retain net neutrality rules
A group which represents a number of major US technology firms has appealed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to retract its proposed plans to reverse a landmark decision taken in 2015 which prohibited internet service providers from blocking or slowing consumer access to online content. The Internet Association which represents companies such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, Netflix and Microsoft has filed a complaint to the FCC in relation to the reversal on the decision made in 2015. It cited…
Thursday, 13 July 2017 10:52
Austrian government introduces legislation which allows police to access WhatsApp messages
The Austrian government is set to introduce controversial legislation which would grant police authorities in the country the ability to access encrypted messaging services such as WhatsApp and Skype. The government has claimed that the legislation has been drafted in an effort to ‘crackdown’ on criminals who are increasingly avoiding the use of communication via telephone. Austria’s Justice Ministry said that government officials has consulted with political, technology, civil rights and legal experts to review its draft legislation - that…
Monday, 10 July 2017 13:07
Trump admits he discussed prospect of forming cybersecurity unit with Putin at G20
US President Donald Trump has admitted that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the prospect of forming a cybersecurity unit at the G20 summit which was held last week in Hamburg, Germany. The scrutiny over cybersecurity has intensified following the recent ransomware attack which destabilized hundreds of businesses and institutions like the NHS in the UK. The attack only served to indicate further that it doesn’t matter what size your organization is, every entity it seems is extremely…
Sunday, 09 July 2017 11:57
US government set to intervene in Apple’s on-going tax row with EU
US government is set to intervene into the long-running saga between technology giants Apple, the EU and the Irish government. The EU ordered the iPhone maker to pay back €13 billion in taxes it claimed it owed Ireland. However, in a bizarre turn of the events the Irish government rejected the EU’s ruling that it was owed €13 billion in back taxes and said that Apple hadn’t breached any tax laws in Ireland. The EU insisted that Apple had secured…
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Thursday, 29 June 2017 06:37
Australia to implement 10 percent ‘Netflix Tax’
Australia is introducing a 10 percent goods and services tax (GST) for the streaming service Netflix which will come into effect from July 1. It’s the first time such a tax will be applied to digital products and services purchased in Australia from overseas companies. Netflix confirmed to The New Daily in May that it would be adding the charge. A spokesperson said: “We collect and remit tax wherever we are legally obligated to do so.” The company hasn’t specified;…
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Wednesday, 28 June 2017 11:14
US President meets with tech leaders to encourage innovation
US President Donald Trump recently met with tech leaders at the American Leadership in Emerging Technology event which was attended by executives from the country’s leading operators such as AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson and Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure. Trump said he will give US companies the competitive advantage they need to lead the way in new technological development. The White House event, which is part of FCC chairman Ajit Pai’s Tech Week in the US, centered on discussions about emerging…
Tuesday, 27 June 2017 12:50
US government to focus on innovative technologies to drive economic growth
The US government has announced that it is set to refocus its efforts on examining ways in which it can help speed up the process of taking new technologies to the marketplace. The Trump administration has announced its intentions to bring together a group of drone makers, wireless companies and venture capitalists to explore practices that will enable the commercialization of these technologies in a much more streamlined fashion. It has been confirmed that President Donald Trump will meet with…
