How remote working and schooling drive IT spending
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Worldwide IT spending is projected to total USD 3.9 trillion in 2021, an increase of 6.2% from 2020, according to a forecast by research and marketing firm Gartner. Worldwide IT spending
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EU invited big IT CEOs to a hearing
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EU has invited the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google-owner Alphabet to a hearing in Brussels on February 1. The European Parliament will in the coming month discuss proposals
Was it right to ban Trump from Facebook?
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Facebook blocked Trump’s access to his Facebook and Instagram accounts over concerns of further violent unrest following the Jan. 6 storming of the US Capitol by the former president’s supporters.
Google threatens to stop search
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Can Google stop search? The company has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia protesting against a proposed law that would force IT giants to pay for using publishers´
Alliance supporting tech entrepreneurs
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Referring to International Monetary Fund´s (IMF) statement that women are more likely than men to run businesses affected by the pandemic, tech communities WomenTech Network and Founder Institute are joining
Reuters joining Google Showcase
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Google announced that Reuters news agency and close to 450 publications in a dozen countries have agreed to contribute content to the company´s recently announced service called Google News Showcase
Facebook stressing civil rights
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Roy L. Austin, Jr, civil rights attorney and advocate, has joined Facebook in Washington as VP of Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel to establish the company’s new civil rights
US and web guru siding with IT giants against Australia
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World wide web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and US government are siding with Facebook and Google against the proposed Australian law meant to make IT giants pay for using publishers´ news
Going to social media for shopping
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Instagram is further diversifying its revenue and has rolled out its shopping Reels and Shop tab around the world after test in October. The idea is that businesses can tag
The successful free encyclopedia turns 20
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Can you trust it or can´t you? Wikipedia turns 20 and the discussion about the free encyclopedia written by its users, is still ongoing. The site was launched by entrepreneurs