House Republicans appear to have largely given into their Senate colleagues on a tax cut bill, news reports suggest. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg) You might have thought that when it comes to the competing tax cut bills that have been duking it out behind closed doors at the Capitol, advocates for small business would feel like they’re living in Read More

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau on Wednesday released new rules to clarify how family members will be treated under tax changes for small businesses. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press) The federal government has unveiled its new proposal to curb “income sprinkling” by some small business owners to family members, with substantive changes to a much-criticized initial proposal unveiled in the summer. But Read More

It’s important to make sure your apps stay up to date — especially considering how much we rely on apps in our daily lives and how often those apps require security updates to keep our information safe. Luckily, some apps make it easier than to stay up to date than others. iTunes is an app that regularly gets updated, and with the Read More

Mount Agung is no longer sending volcanic ash into the air but white smoke China’s aviation authority has suspended all flights from the Indonesian holiday island of Bali to Chinese cities until the threat of volcanic ash clears, the state-run People’s Daily newspaper reported. Clouds of volcanic ash from Bali’s erupting Mount Agung volcano disrupted flights to and from the Read More

Amazon Cloud Cam. Post updated below with correct information about the new audio features. Amazon is releasing the first major software update for its Cloud Cam today, addressing some of the biggest user complaints about its new indoor security camera. The app update will start rolling out today via the Cloud Cam app for iPhone and Android. It will let users disable Read More

HIGHLIGHTS Mohit Goel said that had govt been supportive, he’d have delivered units Freedom 251 maker’s MD was arrested in February this year He was later granted bail by the court Mohit Goel, the maker of the controversial Freedom 251 smartphone which became the talk of the town last year, resurfaced on Sunday, saying that if he gets support from the government, Read More

Samsung Electronics’ $8 billion purchase of automotive and audio electronics company Harman has given the technology conglomerate confidence to chase more big deals, its strategy chief said on Friday. Young Sohn, the South Korean company’s Silicon Valley-based president and chief strategy officer, said he was keen for world’s top maker of memory chips, smartphones and televisions to expand in automotive markets, digital health Read More

HIGHLIGHTS OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition announced for India New Limited Edition to go on sale in the country on December 15 It’s expected to sport specifications identical to original OnePlus 5T Celebrating its third anniversary in India, OnePlus on Monday announced the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition in association with Star Wars: The Last Jedi that is due to Read More

HIGHLIGHTS Stephen Hawking’s thesis has been made available online now The Cambridge University website is hosting the thesis It got a huge traffic, so much so that the website crashed Demand for acclaimed British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking’s PhD thesis intermittently crashed part of Cambridge University’s website as physics enthusiasts flocked to read his work, the media reported on Tuesday. Hawking’s Read More

HIGHLIGHTS It can majorly improve energy-storage devices called supercapacitors The design doubles the amount of electrical energy the device can hold Supercapacitors are a promising, green alternative to regular batteries You may soon be able to charge your smartphone within seconds, thanks to a novel technology developed by researchers that can significantly improve energy-storage devices known as supercapacitors. The design Read More