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Former Google Exec Turns Whistleblower On Company's Tax Avoidance Machinations In The UK

Google is under fire in the UK for its tax practices in the country, and a new key witness (who spoke to The Sunday Times) might put them in deeper hot water when he hands over a reported 100,000 emails and documents to the British Revenue & Customs (HRMC) services.

The After Math: Google I/O 2013, BlackBerry World and Nokia's Lumia 925

A new Lumia phone from Nokia, this year's Google I/O and BlackBerry World -- yep, it was a pretty hectic week for us, but also a good seven days for tech news.

Google chief Eric Schmidt criticises politicians over tax row

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has urged the Chancellor to lead reform of the international tax system after his company was savaged by MPs for avoiding billions in British taxes.

Smart High Schooler Is Smarter Than Google, Wins Intel Science Fair

Ionut Budisteanu is smart, really smart. Through his wits and hard work, he's created a system for self-driving cars that not only competes with Google's, it's also a whole lot cheaper. For his efforts, he's just been awarded a $75,000 scholarship from Intel.

Amazon, Google and Apple Won't Need To Pay Tax, Despite Goverment Threats

girlmad writes "Despite moves by government to get Google, Amazon and Apple to admit they make sales in the UK and US, and therefore should pay tax on these earnings, this article argues these are empty threats and that any taxes paid will get returned to the tech giants in governme

Cracking The Case Of The Missing Google Gadgets

Despite persistent rumors that Google would debut an updated tablet or a phone or even some surprise like a smart watch at its I/O developer conference last week, the company ended up unveiling only a single piece of hardware: a $649 unlocked version of the existing Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone.

Miliband promises action on Google tax avoidance

Labour leader Ed Miliband has said he will write new rules to tackle corporate tax dodgers if he wins the next election even if there is no international consensus for action.

Google engineers talk fragmentation, how to make Android work for emerging markets

This week's Google I/O saw no announcements of any new versions of the company's mobile operating system, Android, and that may be because the team that is building the system is working to address the platform's biggest problem: fragmentation.

Ex-Valve Engineers' Crazy AR Glasses Put Tiny Projectors On Your Face

Want some more tech to put on your face? Neither full-on goggles like the Oculus Rift nor slender no-AR-yet specs like Google's Glass, CastAR takes a whole different approach to modified-reality tech by slapping tiny projectors on your face, and The Verge got to take a peek.

Google Hangouts Has a Weird, Fun Multi-Cam Trick

So, Google's new Hangouts app keeps all of your chats in sync across all of your devices. Cool, right? But what if you're in a video call on your phone, and then open the same video call on your computer. Boop! Suddenly there's two of you, as I just discovered when chatting with my friend Bay.