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Germany, Japan, US, UK, Canada, … China is #13. http://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/entrepreneurship-full-list https://x.com/wef/status/774294061356384257
#ElonMusk having a bad week, #SpaceX Explosion + 5% fall of Tesla stocks. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37247077
#Google to take on #Uber and #Lyft? Or just another project they will kill off in a few years? Just buy Lyft.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/google-takes-on-uber-with-new-ride-share-service-1472584235
#Guardian on #Apple EU tax issue. Maybe out of jealousy? Making huge losses even as a big innovator in news sector. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/30/the-guardian-view-on-tax-and-ireland-apple-pay-your-way
#Apple ordered to repay €13B in tax by the EU. How many years will this case drag on before they see the money? http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37220799
#Uber taking on taxi sector is proving difficult enough to not lose billions of dollars, now they take on transit? http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/25/technology/uber-plus/index.html?iid=SF_River
Obvious why #Uber had to quit #China, they are trying so hard to keep the losses under 2015’s record of $2B a year. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-25/uber-loses-at-least-1-2-billion-in-first-half-of-2016
I like how #WhatsApp said they have a partnership with #Facebook. You don’t have a partnership with your owner. https://blog.whatsapp.com/529/Setting-the-record-straight
#Facebook paid $16B for #WhatsApp, anyone silly enough to believe they won’t rip value (users and data) out of it. https://blog.whatsapp.com/529/Setting-the-record-straight
Easy to blame #Apple for the prices, but is it surprising a smaller company like #Spotify pays more for licenses? http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-contract-three-major-labels-wants-pay-less/
Well, just like my UK boarding school days then. Buy for 50p from #Chinatown and sell for £1. #Ramen #Nissin http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37162373
#AI is saving #Google $16m+ electricity bill a year. When we get it to save 15% global energy use? http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-07-19/google-cuts-its-giant-electricity-bill-with-deepmind-powered-ai