Hints and tips:
...It would seem sensible for the UK to pass legislation requiring Airbnb to pass info on hosts’ income to HMRC.” An HMRC spokesperson said: “We do not comment on identifiable taxpayers....
...While he is not opposed in principle to Big Tech’s business models or deal making, he is concerned about abuse of a dominant position....
...“Nature is quantum mechanical so, if you have a computer that worked on quantum principles, it would be mapping apples to apples,” says Bob Sutor, a researcher at IBM....
...A similar principle was established for utility patents by the Supreme Court in the case of Markman v Westview Instruments in 1996....
...Netflix: $4.4bn in 2013, up 21 per cent *PROFITS HBO: $1.7bn in operating income in 2013, up 8 per cent Netflix: $228.3m in operating income, up 356 per cent *Companies likely use different accounting principles...
...These heroes, Morrison suggests, may have their greatest value in a high-tech near-future “where real superhuman beings are searching for role models”....
...That is the animating principle behind both Cisco and Microsoft’s view of the digital home....
...There have been many complaints over the years but the 1996 Shetland Times v Shetland News case sticks in the memory....
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