Alphabet is breaking up Nest, its standalone smart-home gadgets company, and moving Nest’s software group back into Google. Nest Labs will continue to exist as a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet, but it will be limited to selling Nest-branded hardware, like its internet-connected thermostat. Nest’s programmers, meanwhile, will go ... Read More »
Alphabet Inc’s Google is close to winning PayPal Holdings Inc as a client for its cloud business, potentially beating out Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp, CNBC reported on Tuesday. While Google is the front-runner, the online payments processor is evaluating the other providers and hasn’t made any decision yet, CNBC ... Read More »
Google’s aggressive push into cloud computing, where it trailsAmazon.com and Microsoft, has put the internet giant in the lead position to land a marquee client: PayPal. While Google is the front-runner, according to people familiar with the matter, PayPal is evaluating the other leading providers and hasn’t made any final ... Read More »
The decisions reached at the recent Coag energy council meeting are reminiscent of a long series of failures to understand the impacts of powerful business on the health of the community. The failures extend historically from tobacco, to asbestos to the health scourges of coal, and now to the health ... Read More »
This piece originally appeared on BillMoyers.com. Cash and carry has become nothing more than standard operating procedure in politics and government, and it’s wrecking the republic. The whole system is rotten to the core, corrupted by big business and special interests from the seventh son to the seventh son. Or ... Read More »
Florian Hense, economist at Berbenberg, says low eurozone inflation of 0.2% in August is concerning for the European Central Bank: August, just like the first seven months, does not provide much evidence for a material shift in price dynamics. This remains an ongoing source of concern for the ECB. But ... Read More »
The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, is ordering Apple to pay $14.5 billion in taxes to Ireland. But Ireland doesn’t want the money, and Apple says it shouldn’t have to pay. And the kind of tax breaks that the EU accuses Ireland of offering Apple are similar to the ... Read More »
The co-founder of a classic car restoration company in Shropshire has given the business to its 60 staff. Peter Neumark, who has owned and chaired Classic Motor Cars since it started in 1993, has turned it into an employee ownership trust, which means the staff own and run the business ... Read More »
When the Asian love towards sophisticated minimalism entwines with contemporary ingenuity and elegant functionality, the result is unique and quite intriguing. Is it possible to have a charming home that is so small – only 37 square meters, but still possesses all the features for comfortable urban lifestyle? The architects ... Read More »
Architect Silvia Allori has overhauled a 1970s flat in Florence to create her home and workspace, featuring furniture that folds down from the walls and a shiny gold curtain that hides the mess. Allori integrated furniture and storage into walls and platforms to maximize space in the 42-square-metre apartment, which is ... Read More »
Art, luxury and eclectic mixture of historical heritage and trendy modernism – an amazing renovation of Italian apartment – a project by Key Cucine, in collaboration with Benedini Associati. The magnificent arches, frescos, columns and gallery-like exposition of Palazzo Ducale a Mantova historical building are undoubtedly the first impression and focal ... Read More »
A cool simple product that is easy to use and does the job – resolves meeting room squatters. It connects to WiFi, existing calendars and is so energy-friendly you can use it for months on a single battery charge. Joangives you the meeting information you need when you need it ... Read More »
