A step in the right direction for PalmSource?

Google to pay €500 million fine and €465 million in backdated taxes to France

Wraps up a French investigation into Google's tax activities that started back in 2016.
Google and Facebook have a new friend: The Koch family

As two of tech's biggest companies face antitrust investigations, a surprising defender emerges.
The irrelevant iPhone 11: Apple will crush Android with services, bundling, and cheap devices

For those obsessed with the annual refresh of shiny devices, this week's Apple event appeared to be an iPhone 11 device roll-out. But that's not the big story. ...

Internal protests could ban Google from next SF Pride march

Google is unable to escape internal criticism for practices that appear to discriminate against LGBT communities.
51 tech CEOs send open letter to Congress asking for a federal data privacy law

CEOs who signed: Amazon, AT&T, Dell, IBM, SAP, Salesforce, Visa, Mastercard, and JP Morgan Chase.
Microsoft's top lawyer: Trump's Huawei ban makes no sense

Huawei ban is like preventing a hotel chain from buying beds, says Microsoft president Brad Smith.

Internal restructure costs hurts DXC Technology Australia's FY18 results

The Australian arm of DXC Technology is still feeling the effects of Computer Sciences Corp and the enterprise services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise merging. ...
ProtonMail pushes back against claims it is partnering with Huawei

Publishing in an app store is not a partnership, Swiss email company states.
KT rolls out epidemic prevention app in Laos

Following launches in West Africa, the South Korean telco is set to expand the rollout of its epidemic prevention platform to Southeast Asia as well.

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