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Tomer Sofinzon: Blockchain will change the way we live
Blockchain technology is going to change the world and potentially could have as big effect on our lives as birth of the Internet. Still, since it is relatively unknown, the perception of it is that this technology has been created to serve only the cryptocurrencies, let’s mention the Bitcoin. The Lithuania Tribune spoke with Tomer Sofinzon, the founder of the Pillar Project and member of the 2030 project, about the technology and how Blockchain is going to change our lives. […]
Society
Court rules to extradite Google, Facebook fraud suspect to US (Updated)
The Lithuanian Court of Appeals on Friday ruled to extradite Evaldas Rimašauskas, a Lithuanian national accused of swindling US tech giants Facebook and Google off 100 million US dollars via an email fraud scheme, to the United States. […]
Society
Lithuanian court to rule on fraud suspect’s extradition to US Friday
The Lithuanian Court of Appeals on Tuesday heard an appeal filed by Evaldas Rimašauskas, a Lithuanian national accused of swindling US tech giants Facebook and Google via an email fraud scheme, against his extradition to the United States and should hand down a ruling later this week. […]
Economy
Lithuanian startups ‘can be global pioneers’ – former Google employee
Debu Purkayastha, a representative of UK-based investment fund Octopus Investments and a former employee of Google, believes Lithuanian tech entrepreneurs have what it takes to become global pioneers. […]
Economy
Economy
What are Lithuanians’ favourite brands?
A new survey by TNS Emor has revealed that Lithuanians’ favourite brands are those of global internet giants. […]
Economy
CORPORATE
How much tax are Google, Facebook paying in the Baltic States?
International companies like Google are making deeper inroads into the economies of the Baltic states, but they still choose to pay taxes in European Union countries with more favourable tax conditions. […]
Society
Google congratulates Lithuania with Gediminas Castle logo on February 16
Internet giant Google painted its logo in the Lithuanian flag colours with Gediminas Castle at the centre its logo on February 16th to congratulate Lithuania with its Independence Day. […]
Economy
Vilnius public transport on Google Transit
Google has included Vilnius into the coverage of its world-wide Google Transit service, a trip planner on public transport. […]
Economy
Google marketing manager: Business must understand how technology changes customer expectations
Marketing manager at Google Regimantas Urbanas says that internet enables direct service sharing; customers can get the necessary service from other customers. In this sense technology coerces businesses to improve, make creative decisions and communicate with their customers personally. Urbanas shared his insights on changes of customer‘s and entrepreneur’s behaviour in Vilnius Innovation Forum ‘Innovation Drift’ last week. […]
Economy
The rise of Lithuania as a force in IT: Why Google and Nasdaq are investing here
The tech sector thrives in this Baltic state, and education in the STEM field is at the core of its growth. […]
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Economy
Economy
More details about Google expansion plans in Lithuania
Talks have been around for some time now that US internet giant Google is looking into expanding in Lithuania. At the moment, however, the company is only looking for a Lithuanian-speaking finance specialist for a job in Dublin and does not reveal any details about possible plans to settle in Vilnius. […]
Economy
Opinion
Opinion: Breaking up Google at European Parliament
Picking a fight at such a high level with Google would damage the reputation of the European Parliament, writes Estonian MEP Kaja Kallas. […]