Google will not add facial recognition software to its futuristic-looking computerized eyeglasses at this point due to privacy concerns. The company announced late Friday that Glass won't include facial recognition technologies. Google ...
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APPLE chief Tim Cook says he sees promise in computers shrunk down and worn like watches or other accessories, but drew the line at internet-linked eye wear such as Google Glass. Google Glass is "not likely to be a mass market item" but ...
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Google chairman Eric Schmidt has stated his firm would pay more taxes if future changes to British tax law required it to do so. Schmidt also told BBC Radio 4 that he is "perplexed" by the ongoing corporate tax debate, which includes ...
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Google is reportedly squaring up to Facebook in a $1bn (£660m) bidding war for Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze. According to Bloomberg, the internet giant has expressed an interest in buying up the start-up ...
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GOOGLE boss Eric Schmidt has insisted his company is trying to do the "right thing" as it faces criticism in Britain over the amount of tax it pays, saying it is for countries, not companies, to decide tax policies. Schmidt was ...
Swiss supplier of polyacrylonitrile co-polymers INEOS Barex has signed an agreement to acquire the Polyacrylonitriles Business from Mitsui Chemicals for an undisclosed value. The agreement, which is expected to bring together ...
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Just a month after a top Google executive said Glass wouldn't be officially released for another year, sources say the computerized eyeglasses actually should ship by the end of this year. One source inside Google and another close to ...
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Amazon Web Services has finally received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, which the company said will lower the cost of implementing its cloud services among government organizations and agencies in ...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has slammed Google's tax arrangements at Google's Big Tent event today. Google had denied accusations from MPs that it minimises the amount of tax paid in Britain. Its sales in the UK are worth £3.2bn, but ...
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Swisslog, a global provider of integrated logistics solutions, and Power Automation Systems (PAS), the leading provider of cart-based, deep lane automated warehouse systems, today announced they have formalized a cooperation agreement for ...
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Eight members of Congress have written an open letter to Google CEO Larry Page that outlines privacy concerns about the Internet vendor's computerized eyeglasses, Google Glass. In the letter, the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus ...
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Widespread tornado warnings issued throughout the Plains states over the weekend became reality Sunday across parts of Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Several small and three large tornadoes touched down Sunday afternoon, injuring more than ...
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Google chairman Eric Schmidt has encouraged the UK government to open up a debate about reforming international tax laws, a week after the firm had been heavily criticised for "doing evil" by the chair of the public accounts committee, ...
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Spirits volume has surpassed wine and beer with sales exceeding 200 million cases in 2012, according to 2013 Spirits Trends in Adult Beverage (TAB) report from Illinois-based Technomic. The spirits volume has increased by 3.2% or 6.3 ...
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Eric Schrag (left) and Kelly Merrell both spent time at Google I/O getting accustomed to wearing and using Google Glass eyewear. Computerworld - A software engineer for Comcast got his early version of Google Glass last weekend, grabbed ...
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