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India: Digital transactions will increase soon, says Finance Minister

ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,September19(APD)--TheIndianfinanceministerArunJaitleysaidonMondaythatcashlesstransactionswillincreaseagain,eventhoughtheyhaved

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EU members agree on developing digital taxation

ThefinanceandeconomicaffairsministersoftheEUmembercountriesSaturdayagreedtodevelopnewdigitaltaxationrulestotaxdigitaltechnologyenterprises."Forus,itisimportantt

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Fintech pushes EU to explore changes to bank software rules

EuropeanUnionbanksfacingincreasingcompetitionfromfinancialtechnologyfirmscouldfinditeasiertoinvestinsoftwareunderrulechangesbeingdiscussedwithregulators.EUbanki

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Bitcoin climbs to record, nearly three times the price of gold

Bitcoin'sjumptorecordhighsthisweekputthedigitalcurrencyclosetobeingtriplethepriceofgold."Ourinitialbitcoinreportviewedbitcoinasa'storeofvalue'andovertimewouldbe

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U.S. city bans viewing mobile phones when crossing roads

Honolulu,capitaloftheU.S.stateofHawaii,haspassedalawtobanpedestriansfromlookingatmobilephonesorusingotherdigitaldeviceswhilecrossingroads,U.S.mediareported.This

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Visa cards could soon help Bitcoin work in the real world

Arecurringchallengeforbitcoinandothercryptocurrenciesishowtomakethemworkintherealworld.ASingapore-basedstartupsaystheanswerisitsVisacard.TenXispitchingitsdebitc

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China's digital economy surges 18.9% in 2016, drives growth

China'sboomingdigitaleconomyisoneofthecountry'smajoreconomiccontributors.Itsurged18.9percentin2016to22.6trillionyuan(around3.35UStrilliondollars),accordingtoawh

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Stanford researchers help digitize Rome's historical images

A team of researchers, including some from Stanford University, have created a new archive of almost 4,000 digitized drawings, prints, photographs and sketches of historic Rome from the 16th to 20th centuries.

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China testing digital version of national currency: report

Manyarguethatcryptocurrencies,suchasbitcoin,maybecomethemoneyofthefuture,andChinaseemstobetakingitupanotchbyworkingonturningeCurrenciesintoalegaltender,accordin

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Canada to teach computer coding starting in kindergarten

Canadian schoolchildren will soon start learning computer coding and other digital skills from kindergarten through to high school, the government announced Wednesday.

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Canada to teach computer coding starting in kindergarten

‍Canadianschoolchildrenwillsoonstartlearningcomputercodingandotherdigitalskillsfromkindergartenthroughtohighschool,thegovernmentannouncedWednesday.About500,000s

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Asean internet economy worth $50B, home to 230M digital consumers

SoutheastAsia'sdigitaleconomyisnowworthmorethanUS$50billion,butremainshighlyfragmentedwithmultipleplayersbattlingfortheincreasinglylucrativeregion.Fuelledlargel

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Google poised to roll out arsenal of services, gadgets

Googleisabouttoprovidethelatestpeekatitsdigitalservicesandgadgetsasitseekstobecomeanevenmoreinfluentialforceinpeople’slives.TheoverviewwillcomeWednesdayduringGo

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GE's Immelt bets big on digital factories, shareholders are wary

AtaGeneralElectricCofactoryinthisruraltown,KeithSpahn,60,usedtotakemeasurementsofpartsfromrailroadlocomotivesthatareinforrepairbyhand.Nowheusesatoolthatreadsthe

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Digital subscriber gains help News Corp results

RupertMurdoch'sNewsCorponTuesdayreportedsomepositivesignsforitsglobalnewspaperoperations,asthenumberofdigitalsubscribersfortheWallStreetJournaltoppedonemillion.

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China upholds open environment for digital economy, Vice Premier

China is committing to creating an open environment for digital economy and is willing to work with international community to discuss rules for digital economy-related issues, said Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang on Tuesday.

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Tencent’s Joox music streaming service proves a hit across Asia

The Chinese internet giant’s digital music app tops the charts in Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia with 50 million downloads, says McKinsey