

Peter Sayer
Senior Editor
Peter Sayer covers enterprise applications for CIO.com.


EU plans special tax on digital services revenue
The European Union plans to make cross-border digital service providers pay tax in the countries where they do business, a move that will affect not just Google and Facebook but European companies too.

SAP settles licensing dispute with AB InBev
SAP wanted US$600 million in damages, both companies are keeping quiet about whether AB InBev paid.

IBM wants to open up the deep learning expertise bottleneck
With a new offering, Deep Learning as a Service, IBM aims to help businesses use deep learning techniques to automate key business processes, even if they lack deep learning expertise

Latvian mobile operator invites cyber attackers to have a go
Security researchers wanting to test the kind of malware that could break public networks now have a place to do so in safety

SAP turns to prepay and iOS to mobilize SAP Cloud Platform usage
SAP is looking to tried-and-tested methods from the mobile world to boost usage of its platform-as-a-service offering.

Share your earbuds to hold a conversation in a foreign language
Waverly Labs has added a new conversation mode to the software driving its Pilot earbuds

Nokia expands home networking reach with mesh Wi-Fi product
Nokia wants to help carriers upgrade their mobile networks to 5G -- but it also wants to give home Wi-Fi a boost

Mobile apps: You use, you lose, warn campaign groups
The Center for Humane Technology and Common Sense want to warn kids about mobile apps they say are addictive

Broadcom raises its offer for Qualcomm to $120 billion
Broadcom upped its takeover bid for smartphone microprocessor maker Qualcomm on Monday, saying this is its final offer.

Facebook must face privacy lawsuit in Austria, EU court rules
Facebook must defend its privacy policy against a consumer lawsuit in an Austrian court, the European Union’s highest court has ruled. Its judgement has consequences for all businesses handling the personal information of consumers in...

Self-driving vehicles head for Las Vegas consumer electronics show
If you want to see the future of self-driving vehicles forget the auto shows, head for CES

Supercomputing is becoming super-efficient, Top500 list shows
The highest climber in the latest Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers is also one of the highest scorers on the Green500 ranking of the world's most efficient.
EU wants more complaints about Privacy Shield deal with US
European Union officials want more people to complaint about Privacy Shield, the exemption to European Union data protection law that allows businesses to export personal information to the U.S. for processing.

Nvidia wants enterprises to join it in Holodeck VR environment
Nvidia is inviting 3D designers aboard its Holodeck, a high-resolution collaborative environment that businesses can use to design, develop and demonstrate their products in virtual reality.

Nvidia asks enterprises to join it in Holodeck VR environment
Nvidia is inviting 3D designers aboard its Holodeck, a high-resolution collaborative environment that businesses can use to design, develop and demonstrate their products in virtual reality.

Facebook tests stand-alone Workplace Chat app
The social network has quietly published a standalone Workplace Chat app to complement its existing browser-based Workplace enterprise networking service.

EU wants all online businesses to pay their taxes
Corporations can escape death for as long as they make a profit -- but they still have to pay their taxes, the European Commission has ruled in two cases involving Apple and Amazon.com. At the same time, the Commission has unveiled...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise opens app store for factories
Hewlett Packard Enterprise wants to make it almost as easy for production managers to deploy new software to the factory floor as to their mobile phone.

Google has changed its Shopping ads after an EU antitrust ruling
What could be the world's most expensive store redesign opens for business today: Google's comparison shopping service. It offers online businesses new opportunities -- and new costs too.