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MasterCard to Bring Android Pay to Cardholders in the UK
March 28th, 2016
Millions of MasterCard cardholders and Android device owners in the UK will soon have additional safe and secure ways to make mobile payments and purchases, as Google today announced it will launch Android Pay in this market. HSBC, Lloyds, MBNA and M&S Bank ...
How Satisfying Millennials Could Save PwC $850 Million
March 25th, 2016
Consulting firm’s U.S. workforce is 80 percent under age 36 Flexible hours let employees manage family, go to yoga class PricewaterhouseCoopers had a big, expensive problem. Turnover, especially among younger employees, was “dreadful,” says Carol Sawdye, the company’s vice ...
Apple preps one-touch shopping for the mobile Web
March 25th, 2016
Apple is preparing to bring one-touch online shopping to the mobile Web later this year, enabling consumers with Safari browsers running on the consumer electronic group’s phones and tablets to use Apple Pay and TouchID to make a purchase. ...
U.S. top court agrees to hear Apple and Samsung patent fight
March 22nd, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday stepped into the high-profile patent fight between the world’s two fiercest smartphone rivals, Apple and Samsung, agreeing to hear Samsung’s appeal of what it contends were excessive penalties for copying the patented designs ...
Amazon’s Italy Chief Says Company Under Probe for Tax Evasion
March 16th, 2016
Amazon.com Inc. is under investigation in Italy for alleged tax evasion, Francois Nuyts, Amazon’s chief for Italy and Spain, said in an interview Tuesday. The Seattle-based online retailer is cooperating with the probe, Nuyts said. “Amazon pays all applicable ...
Apple ‘raised technological barriers’ to stop warrant in iPhone case: U.S. government
March 11th, 2016
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday said Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) rhetoric was “false” in a high-profile fight over the government’s bid to unlock an encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the San Bernardino shooters. Last month, the Federal Bureau ...
Investing in Technology: Outlook and key themes for the technology sector in 2016
March 7th, 2016
Technology was one of the clear winners in 2015, amid a generally lacklustre year for stock markets. The Nasdaq finished the year nearly 6% ahead of the wider S&P 500 index. However, the strength has been confined to a ...
Innovations in Malaysia’s legal scene
March 7th, 2016
With most everyone plugged into the Internet these days, it was only a matter of time before the legal profession climbed aboard the technological train to promote their services with the ease of a click or swipe of a ...
HMRC: Government names new bosses at tax authority
February 25th, 2016
The government has appointed new bosses at the UK tax authority HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). Jon Thompson has been appointed chief executive; he is currently Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence. Edward Troup, who has been responsible ...
MWC 2016: Mastercard rolls out selfie ID checks
February 25th, 2016
Credit card firm Mastercard has confirmed it will accept selfie photos and fingerprints as an alternative to passwords when verifying IDs for online payments. It follows a trial of the software carried out in the US and Netherlands last ...
