Apple must pay milliardbot in Italy – ITavisen.no

accused of tax fraud.

Italian official bodies have banquets researched Apple tax payments from 2008 to 2013.

Three billion
According to Italian official bodies had Apple 1 billion in inntekter in løpet av period of five years, but paid only 30 million euros in skatt. Etter researchers uttaler that Apple should have paid $ 880,000,000 in skatt.

Well, Apple pay Italian skattemyndigheter 318 million euros, corresponding three billion crowns on grunn av skatteunndragelser.

Apple Italia’s headquarters is built around Ireland, which has an av lowest skatteratene for businesses in Europe. In Italia is selskapsskatten 27.5 prosent while in Ireland stands at 12.5 prosent.

Les also: Well they may lose skattefritaket.

Brunettes researcher
Earlier this month we wrote that the EU kommisjonens spruce king av Apple trekker ut. Årsaken to granskingen is that Apple locks inntektene utenfor USA gjennom Ireland, and pay only a fraction av skatt. In 2013, Apple paid only 3.7 per cent by skatt on its inntekter utenfor USA.

According to the impact from the Swedish IT analyseselskapet Radar Ecosystem Specialists, Apple traded for 3.5 billion kroner in Norway in 2012. In 2011 paid Apple 7250000 skatt in Norway, NRK writes.

Sources:
Neowin,
BBC,
NRK

Reminiscent of security when using fireworks – Avisa More

But from a information pamphlet reminds municipality that ward off the use of fireworks is carefully regulated in regulations. Storage and hall hosted annually inspected by the fire protection and shall, among other things only happen during Christmas and to persons over 18 years.

Naturally launch is the user as responsible for and only allow between at 18 New Year foetida and at 02 New Year’s Day.

annually there are several accidents, and especially eye injury looks ein several of.

fetch rules has been developed to give a least possible danger full use of fireworks.

Follow fireworks rules for a safe and accident-free New Year juice.

1. Schedule fyrverkerioppskytinga in good time

Find ein pass ande city and rig for firing. The fireworks of the reach of children and unauthorized persons.

2. Read the Operating Instructions carefully before use

Put yourself in the manufacturer’s recommendations, noting the age limits. There are 18 years of age for use of most types of fireworks. Children using star shots should always take good care of an adult.

3. Make sure fireworks are not harmed

Make sure fireworks are completely and without any visible injuries. Skada fireworks shall not be used or thrown in the trash, but be returned to retailers can.

4. SYT that fireworks not overturn

Ground Battery must place raged on flat surfaces and often bumps key up.

5. Use spark spelling

Not using lighter, matches or other open flame. Fuse is short and ein flame can set fire to the ground battery directly. Instead use a spark rod, it gets you generally a purchase in which you buy fireworks.

6. Use goggles

To reduce eye injuries should wear safety glasses. There you get a hold of where you buy fireworks.

7. Never lean over the fireworks that are lit on

Inside the fireworks are often a hurtiglunte burnt very quickly. Therefore, fireworks fired abruptly and unexpectedly. Once you have lit the fuse, you should quickly turn his face away and get a safe distance away.

8. Not spark fireworks again if there is no teeth at the first attempt

Even if the fuse appears to have died down, there may be a small ember that ulmar. Fireworks that do not light at the first attempt shall be 30 minutes or soaked thoroughly in lakes before it hosted removed. It shall not thrown in the garbage, but be delivered back to the dealer. Remember, children love to spend New Year’s Day to collect the fireworks, so clean up after you.

9. Keep away from launch

Fireworks contain explosive that can give serious injuries.

10. Alcohol and fireworks do not belong together

With alcohol in the blood reacts you later. You get and poorer judgment.

Apple pays billions in penalty tax – OBI Online

Apple in Italy and company commanders in the country has been under investigation for, among other things to have given insufficient information about earnings between 2008 and 2013.

According to the newspaper La Repubblica owe Apple 880 million euros, but Wednesday was it is known that the company and the government have reached a settlement to pay a penalty tax of 318 million euros.

The case comes up while criticism increases against multinational companies which have made use of sophisticated tax planning. The European Commission is in the process of examining whether the company has availed itself of the tax holes in an unfortunate and illegal manner.

Companies like Apple, Ikea and Pepsi has saved billions of dollars in tax after entering into special and very favorable tax treaties including Luxembourg authorities.

An American group dishes mass lawsuits against Apple. – ITavisen.no

An American group dishes mass lawsuits against Apple.

It’s not just Spotify goes into the new year with a lot of litigation hanging over it.

Require replacement
A group led by Chaim Lerman, with over 100 members, claiming that Apple deliberately destroyed older iPhone models with iOS 9. The group requires $ 5 million, some 40 million in damages.

According to Lerman, who has an iPhone 4s , was not Apple clear enough on what negative consequences it would have to upgrade older devices.

Also read: Now addressed the mass lawsuit against Apple.

Was going to have to replace
group writes in the lawsuit that the units were significantly slower after the upgrade. They report on delays in touch response, slow startup apps and general problems in all aspects of mobile performance data.

In addition, they claim that Apple knew about the problems of this upgrade, but continued to advertise the upgrade as significantly better than previous iOS version.

“Plantiff and other members of the mass action was forced to buy new smart phone as the only alternative to a slow and destructive device,” writes the group.

Sources:
Neowin,
MacRumors

Should instead use an open source variant of Java. – ITavisen.no

Should instead use an open source variant of Java.

Google has decided to get rid of Oracle’s Java API’s.

Open Source
Instead, they will replace with OpenJDK – an open source variant of Java. Google hopes that having a common code base for Java will make it easier for developers

VentureBeat believe that the ongoing trial between the two companies may also be a contributing factor to Google rid of Oracle’s proprietary solution .

Also read: – E-mail betrays you.

Trial
> The dispute between Google and Oracle began in 2010 when the latter sued the other for infringement of copyright.

Google argued that Java APIs in the lawsuit was essential for software innovation and thus could be covered by copyright protection.

In May 2012 came a jury determined that Oracle’s Java APIs can not be copyrighted, but a federal court reversed the verdict in 2014. The US Supreme Court refused to take the case in 2015, and sent it back to a lower court.

Sources:
Venture Beat,
Engadget,

Apple accepts kjempebot – E24

(NTB) Publisert: 13:41 – 30.12.2015, Oppdatert: 14:41 – 30.12.2015

Teknologigiganten Apple har godtatt å betale en bot på 318 millioner euro, tilsvarende drøyt tre milliarder kroner, i forbindelse med en skattesak i Italia.

Apple i Italia og selskapets sjefer i landet har vært under etterforskning for blant annet å ha oppgitt mangelfulle opplysninger om inntekter mellom 2008 og 2013. Ifølge avisen La Repubblica skylder Apple 880 millioner euro. 

Saken kommer opp samtidig som kritikken øker mot multinasjonale selskaper som har benyttet seg av avansert skatteplanlegging. EU-kommisjonen er i gang med å undersøke om selskapet har benyttet seg av skattehull på en uheldig og ulovlig måte. Selskaper som Apple, Ikea og Pepsi har spart milliarder av dollar i skatt etter å ha inngått spesielle og særdeles gunstige skatteavtaler med blant annet luxembourgske myndigheter.

This was the most popular audio on Amazon at Christmas – ITavisen.no

Another comeback for vinyl?

Amazon is the largest US online store and one of the largest in the world, and they have a huge range of products.

Turntable
In connection with the Christmas shopping they have released some statistics on the best-selling products. Earlier today they announced that Prime Service had shot into the air and the Fire tablet was the most sold in total.

By audio products was perhaps a surprising winner, namely an affordable turntable from Jensen with built-in speakers. It has 3.5 mm headphone jack, USB connection and software that can do the LP records to MP3 files. All this for the tidy sum of $ 54.98.

Other top sellers
It was not only the LP player to Jensen that sold well. In the other products we find the following:

• Camera: Fujifilm INSTAX Mini Instant Film Twin Pack – White.
• Headphones: Panasonic RPHJE120K In-Ear Headphone – Black
• PC: Toshiba C55 Laptop
• Tablet: Fire
• TV: Samsung UN32J5205 32 inch 1080p Smart LED TV
• Games: Call of Duty: Black Ops III

Sources:
The Verge,
Amazon

Millions have seen the picture of Stian – now also country star Kenny Rogers – Nordlys

In January 2013 took Stian Klo (35) from Harstad this magical image. Since it has gone wildfire online.

– There are up in double figures million views on Google +, where I can measure such things, says the photographer.

And the picture is still seen and shared, almost three years after it was taken. Monday afternoon discovered the American country star Kenny Rogers, best known for the mega-hit The Gambler, picture.

Kenny Rogers poses backstage after Accepting the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement award at the 47th Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee November 6, 2013. REUTERS / Eric Henderson (UNITED STATES – Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (Photo: ERIC HENDERSON )

countrty: Kenny Rogers.

Country singer from Texas has shared the photo on Facebook, where he has well over 2.2 million followers worldwide.

– Damage the not

More than 21,000 of Kenny Rogers followers have pressed “like” on the image to Stian Klo – and soon 5500 has divided it further via country star’s profile.

– I see that he has a few million followers, so it does not hurt. There is plenty of Norway Advertising, says inhabitants of Harstad with a smile.

The popular image was caught on the way to Nusfjord in Lofoten.

– There were strong winds up against the storm. I got a small opening where there was clear sky. Then came the Northern Lights. It was a special moment. I never managed to find similar design page.

– Why do you think this photo has become so popular?

– It’s raw and has a special mood, I think. There is much Northern Norway and the Arctic in the image.

Purchased by Apple

The image has helped the careers of claw, who works with photography full time.

SET OF 70 MILLION: From Høyvika at Stave on Andøya in Vesterålen. Photo: Stian Klo

Another picture, taken in 2013 – the beach Høyvika at Stave on Andøya in Vesterålen, was acquired by Apple and used in launching Macbook. Since the launches of Imac 5K Retina and Ipad pro this September.

This picture is seen over 70 million times last Stian checked. Most have been exposed to photo via Instagram.

Also giants Lonley Planet and National Geographic has published his images.

– Northern Norway, the Arctic and northern lights are blazing hot at the moment . My paintings have been dispersed and popped up with Apple and others. I’ve had a little golden hair a certain space, as we say in North Norway. And as it grew, says Claw.

Along with photo pairmate Arild Heitmann he runs the company Discover North, offering photography courses to tourists

– We fly them Lofoten and Svalbard and teach them to take pictures, from A to Z, says Stian Klo.

LIVES OF PHOTO: Stian Klo (35) from Harstad. Photo: Manager

Would you like to collect wolverine skit? – Work Straight

Norwegian Nature Inspectorate (SNO) welcomes hair and dung locally.

– The monitoring of wolverines in Scandinavia get important information from DNA analysis of wolverine skit. In the New Year you can help in monitoring by collecting hair and dirty samples for wolverine and deliver them to the Norwegian Nature Inspectorate in the area, says Rovdata in a newsletter.

The analyzes can according Rovdata including acts of samples from wolverine, which individual it is, if the wolverine is known from earlier, the habitats it has and whom it is related.

Rovdata denotes this as an important way to monitor wolverine population in Scandinavia, alongside the annual registrations of litter.

The collection period for DNA samples from 1 January to 1 June each year.

– SNO does every year an important job in collecting wolverine skit. We hope as well that the audience will help in monitoring the wolverine in the country. If someone comes across a glutton skit they can pick it up with a plastic bag and deliver it to the SNO, which will forward it to us in Rovdata. The method makes it possible for us to follow individuals over several years, and to monitor population development and size over time, says Jonas Kindberg, leader in Rovdata.

The call to collect dirt and hair from Wolverine goes to walkers , hunters and other interested parties.

Large white sausages

Rovdata states that Wolverine skit found in many forms. It can take the form of large white sausages when wolverine has eaten a lot of bone, or it may look like dark, smeared traps. These are often small.

Those who wish to contribute to the collection, must take into account several things.

It should only be picked up skit that you find beside a wolverine tracks, and where there is no trace for other species.

It is also important not to mix your own DNA with wolverine DNA, therefore, do not accidentally shit when to pick it up.

– We encourage the who will pick skit to bring a plastic bag in his pocket during the trip. This lends itself well to pick wolverine skit. When you find a skit, take one bag around his hand, twists it around the sample and tie again. Also make sure not to get in too much snow or ice, says Kindberg.

The sample must be frozen as soon as possible. Carnivore contacts in SNO ensure labeling and forwarding to Rovdata.

– All samples must be labeled with the name and address of the person who found daylights, in addition to the discovery place, discovery date, municipal and map reference, says Kindberg on.

He added that if the information is not included, the specimen is not analyzed.

The results from samples analyzed is entered in ROVBASEN. ROVBASEN is open to all. The analysis takes time and Rovdata stated that all findings from the annual collections are usually in place in ROVBASEN at the beginning of December each year.

Celebrity Immigrant’s death

Went from Kiruna to Alvdal

Long Distance Wolverines in Alvdal

Facts about the monitoring of wolverines in Norway:

• Rovdata is responsible for the monitoring of wolverines in Norway and for that track of how many people there are in the country’s best.
• The monitoring is carried out through the national monitoring program for large carnivores, on behalf of Environment Directorate.
• wolverines in Norway are monitored by counting how many litters born each year and by analyzing DNA from collected scats and hair of the species.
• The results will be used by to calculate the size of the population and how it evolves over time.
• Norwegian Nature Inspectorate (SNO) controls the old and new den locations in search of litter from February onwards spring and summer every year.
• SNO is also responsible for the collection of excrement and hair in the field, and receives and sends also samples that have been collected by others.
• The samples collected in northern Norway each year are analyzed by laboratory the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) in Trondheim. Samples from the rest of the country are analyzed by Uppsala University in Sweden.
• Analysis goods from the two laboratories are compiled and reported in a joint report from Rovdata. (Source: Rovdata)

This technology involves “a paradigm shift” – Dagens Næringsliv

Entrepreneur Eric Benz believes attitudes have changed over the past two years. Evry director Jarle Holm think development means “a tremendous efficiency.”

Published: 12/27/2015 – 11 32

LONDON. – Three years ago, I was greeted with much skepticism, says founder Eric Benz to DN.

From an office in 39. floor in East London, he runs block chain company Credits. The company is still in the startup phase, but according Benz future looks very bright.

Block Chain is technology behind such so-called virtual currencies, as Bitcoins. Director Jarle Holm for “Innovation and Business Development” in Evry is no doubt:

– Block Chain is a fundamental shift – a paradigm shift – in production and distribution of financial services, Holm says to DN.

Value Exchange

Evry “Innovation Lab” follows today following developments closely, says Holm.

– We provide us insight and to apply it gradually. The purpose is for us to stay ahead: how developing financial services forward and what is customer demand, he said.

– Why are block chain so interesting?

– This is about the way values ​​are exchanged, Holm says and explains:

FOLLOW DEVELOPMENTS. Director Jarle Holm for” Innovation and Business Development “in Evry. PHOTO: Press photo

– The Internet is a way to exchange information. In order to exchange values, one has had to have intermediaries to conduct a transaction. Block Chain enables a direct transfer of values ​​between two “nodes” in a networks that do not necessarily trust each other. They have no contract between themselves, but they are part of a network which together agree on what has happened. This is a kind of “crowdmåte” to verify on.

“Tremendous efficiency”

He believes technology involves “an enormous efficiency” for the banking and finance sector.

– If for example, send money to a friend in the United States, need you know the account number and the bank money to it. Then you have to make sure you transfer money through a swift network at a time. It is an expensive way to do it. A block chain technology makes money transferred directly from you to the person you are going to have money, Holm says and adds:

· 2014 bet Silicon Valley ten billion US dollars (almost 85 billion) that finance is the next big thing, according to Accenture. The past year has investments in so-called financial technology exploded, according to figures from the consulting firm.

· The term refers to technology that challenges traditional financial services for loans, payment, financing and trade.

· The question many are asking is whether the traditional banks and financial institutions will consist in the face of what some call a finance technological revolution.

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– This allows you to apply the a very large area – not just banking.

DN has recently written a series of articles about the explosion of investments in the financial technology (see fact box). Holm emphasizes that companies that deal with block chain currently “exploring the possibility space”.

– Many talk about that banks will disappear, but we do not think so. We believe that the block chain technology might make the production of financial services very much cheaper, easier and efficiently, he said.

Base in London

In the office of Eric Benz and rest the team behind Credits, does not founder hide that block chain in some cases have been associated with risk and crime. This is totally changed today, he claims.

According Benz receives more and more international investors aware of the technology. His company – Credits – advertises itself as Europe’s largest private block chain company.

The entrepreneur is even American, but very pleased to have laid the base for the British capital.

– In London, there has been very much in finance technology in recent years, he says and continues

– Silicon Valley and the United States are very good, but probably not as good as people think. I think there is a bubble there, and want to keep me as far away from it as possible.

– Will you take over for the banks?

– No, we offer banks “software” – block chain – making sure they can do their jobs better responds entrepreneur.

Klarna has 40 percent of the Swedish market and now goes by the United States. – We have no clear targets but we will become a significant player in the US market, says Yuval Samet in Klarna. Photo: Leif Rosas

See DNtv: How to succeed as an entrepreneur?

The police hope DNA answers – BergensAvisen

Across New Year police may be closer to a solution in search of Reidar Osen robbers.

Criminal Police hope that they may have secured DNA traces in pursuit of the three men who assaulted, robbed and abducted the 67 years old businessman 8 December. He was held captive for over two hours.

When Osen would sit in his own car in Kong Oscars gate, he was assaulted and received a plastic strung over his head. In addition, he strips on the hands and feet and his mouth was taped.

Found shoe and shattered mobile

A few days before Christmas, police found parts of Osen cell phone and a shoe in terrain Hausdalen in Fana.

For the investigators, it was important to get localized place where Osen at some point was dragged out of the car.

There is little hope that traces of these objects can bring police any closer perpetrators. Due to heavy rainfall in December is footprint and biological material probably washed away for good.

Investigators, however, has greater hope that the robbers may have laid down DNA traces in the businessman’s van. It was combed by crime technicians for several days after the event, and some of the material shall be submitted to DNA experts at Folkehelseinstitittet.

DNA profiles takes time

– It made a Many studies. Overall I can say that it takes some time before we get an answer if we have secured DNA profiles, and so it is a question of whether we have something to compare them with, said police inspector Jannike Bremen Johannessen by violence section of BA.

In the second profile criminal cases have often taken 2-3 weeks before police received a reply from the NIPH. Now in Christmas has been somewhat quieter activity in Osen investigation.

But over the New Year can investigators be closer to a solution if the technical tracks are good enough.

- North Korea’s proprietary operating system marks and tracks all files that … – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): It looks like any other operating system, but works definitely different.

This is the conclusion to the data experts Florian Grunow and Niklaus Schiess in the German IT company ERNW North Korea egenutvklide operating system “Red Star”.

Paranoid operating system

During a conference in Hamburg in Germany this week, got the audience a description of how North Korea’s operating system works in practice by the two experts over longer have analyzed the coding system is built on.

And the conclusion is perhaps not very surprising: North Korea’s operating system is as paranoid as the state itself.

The news agency Reuters in an article that is reprinted in its entirety in the British newspaper The Guardian.

Selects all files

In a State where everything you see and hear tentatively being controlled, is perhaps the most sensational, a Norwegian perspective, North Korea makes absolutely all files that go into the computer, according to the two experts.

In this way the country the opportunity to track every file being connected computers.

– It is clearly a violation of privacy. It is not visible to the user. It is made hidden and limits files you do not even have opened, said Grunow.

And it is done according to Reuters as a result of North Korea’s growing underground market for foreign film and music. This is distributed via USB sticks and are traditionally difficult to trace. Now therefore be possible for the authorities of the dictator-state to do.

Fearing foreign intelligence

– This is an operating system where they control most of the code itself, said Grunow during the conference.

The reason for this, told the experts who examined the operating system, is that North Korea fears that their system can easily be hacked by foreign intelligence agencies.

– It is perhaps driven by fear. They want to be independent from other operating systems because they fear that it might be a backdoor into the system, he said further.

Intranet, not the Internet

North Korea’s intranet is not connected to the world internet. It therefore allows only access to state media and some approved sites.

For over a decade they have developed their own operating system at the request of the deceased dictator Kim Jong-il, father of the current dictator Kim Jong-un. The latest version should have been designed in 2013, and is based on the open system Linux. How many computers in North Korea who use the system, and are connected to the intranet, is not known.

Kjell Arnesen from Unit Five is death – Aftenposten

Både Hammerfest og store deler av det nordnorske musikkmiljøet er i sorg over Arnesens bortgang, skriver Nordlys.

- Det er trist at han har gått bort. Det tror jeg hele byen og hele Nord-Norge og store deler av landet synes, sier ordfører Alf E. Jakobsen i Hammerfest til avisen.

Jakobsen forteller at han mottok dødsbudskapet på ettermiddagen 1. juledag.

- Etter at den mest aktive perioden i Unit Five var over, brukte han veldig mye tid på å spille rundt på sykehjem, frivillighetssentralen og i mange andre sammenhenger helt gratis. Han var en kjent og kjær kar i bybildet i Hammerfest, sier Jakobsen.

Unit Five-vokalist Tore Hansen døde i 2013, mens trommeslager Rune Akselsen gikk bort i 2007. Gitarist Tore «Totto» Knudsen» døde i 2003.

Bandet ble dannet i 1970 under navnet Tass, men ble oppløst i 1986 før medlemmene ble gjenforent noen år senere.

Bandet er blant annet kjent for storhiten «Æ e’ nordlending æ!», og har gitt ut fem album. (©NTB)

Scientists have tested the North Korea’s own operating system – VG

North Korea’s internal operating system is closed to the outside world and users are monitored, according to two German scientists.

Researchers Florian Grunow and Niklaus Schiess has investigated North Korea’s Red Star operating system OS. Operating does not give users access to the Internet outside the country, only to state media and some public approved sites.

Background : It is North Korea’s own operating system

The two Germans obtained the software from a website outside of North Korea and say they do not know how many North Koreans who use the system.

Red Star is according to researchers difficult to tamper with. Users who attempt to change the basic settings or disable the firewall are greeted by an error message or the computer restarts by itself.

Prohibited material dispersed happily in North Korea through the use of USB memory stick. Red Star handle it at all files or documents in a PC being tagged so that it is possible to track who has opened or created them.

Read also : Here is Kim Jong-uns new girl band

Tomb Raider coming to PC next month, but Uncharted 4 is postponed to April – ITavisen.no

Spill: Overraskelse for PC og skuffelse for PS4 spillere.

For Tomb Raider gjelder dette altså PC versjonen, Xbox-fans har kunnet glede seg over denne tittelen i over en måned. Fortsatt er en slippdato for Playstation ubekreftet og en mer presis slippdato for PC er dessverre ikke oppgitt på Steam sine sider, det står kun Januar 2016.

Tomb Raider eksklusivt for Xbox
Rise of the Tomb Raider kom i oktober i år, og var da tidsekslusiv for Xbox plattformen. Det ser nå ut til at tiden er løpt ut og at spillet kommer for PC i januar 2016. Eksakt dato vil nok fremkomme ganske snart siden vi allerede er inne årets siste uke. Det ser fortsatt ut som at spillet vil komme til PS4 i løpet av andre halvdel av 2016.

Se trailer for Rise of The TombRaider:

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I tillegg til å måtte vente langt ut i 2016 på Tomb Raider, må PS4 spillere belage seg på å vente også på Uncharted 4. Denne tittelen ble først utsatt ut 2015, så skulle den komme i mars neste år. Nå ser det ut til at Naughty Dog ser for seg å komme med spillet i april 2016, nærmere bestemt den 26. april.

Det fjerde Uncharted spiller kommer til å være det siste med Nathan Drake i hovedrollen og følger historien den orginale trilogien, The Nathan Drake Collection, nylig utgitt til PS4.

– Etterhvert som vi nærmet oss endelige deadlines så innså vi at flere viktige nøkkelsekvenser i spillet trengte ekstra ressurser for å komme over mållinjen.

– Vi vet at dere har ventet lenge på Nathan Drake sitt siste kapitell, men vi ber om dere har litt tålmodighet til, sier skaperne av spillet til The Verge.

Se trailer for Uncharted 4:

Kilder:
The Verge
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