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In Russia, the state company Rusnano has posted an online store with a catalog of products based on nanotechnology. The infinitely small opening its doors wide. The state company has posted Rusnano late May a catalog of products based on nanotechnology. The portal Solutions.rusnano.com was nicknamed “the online store Nanotechnology” by Russian media.

In fact, it looks like an online exhibition of innovative products and technologies rather than a virtual supermarket. It provides a detailed catalog of over 323 references exploiting nanotechnology devices developed by companies financed by Rusnano.

It is possible to make selection criteria (type of products, applications, manufacturers, regions. The primary objective of this website is to promote innovative technologies for both domestic and foreign markets, according to Alexander Morozov, program manager “in charge of stimulating demand” (Head of Demand Stimulation Programs) in Rusnano.

The portal is available in both English and Russian. Eventually, it could be enriched by e-commerce features, as the media site ICT-Online.ru. The amount of the investment to develop this high-tech portal would be 170,000 dollars (5 million rubles).

In 2010, the purchase invoice semiconductor Apple has been estimated at $ 17.5 billion (79.6% in one year). These components are primarily intended to equip the iPhone and iPad. Apple has a new record: it was in 2010, the largest buyer of semiconductors, according to the classification established by the IHS firm iSuppli.

Among the manufacturers and suppliers listed, Apple raises so on top of the podium, with 17.5 billion electronic components purchased last year: enough to develop many of iPhone and iPad … This corresponds to an increase of 79.6% compared to 2009. And 61% of the “semiconductor” is reserved for Apple’s mobile devices.

Recall that in the first quarter of 2011, just on the mobile market, Apple has become the fourth largest manufacturer worldwide with a market share of 3.9% and 16.8 million iPhones sold. HP is second on the area of the largest buyers of semiconductors last year, with a bill for $ 15.2 billion (82% of its expenditures are devoted to PCs and servers), followed by Samsung (13.9 billion).

Major players in the high-tech arrived right behind, like Nokia and Sony, who have respectively spent $ 8.3 billion in 2010 and 8.1 billion in electronic components, nearly twice as Apple. For 2011, iSuppli predicts that IHS spending in this area of ​​the Cupertino Company would peak at 22.4 billion, against “only” $ 14.8 billion to 14.3 billion HP and Samsung.

French banks continue to invest electronic payments: Credit Agricole launches its platform Kwixo based on its service FIA-Net (certification of e-commerce sites). In the field of electronic payments, the response of French banking groups organized to address pure players such as PayPal (Group eBay ).

But the field of competition is intensifying at national and global levels. Associated with BNP Paribas and Atos Origin, the French mobile operators want to impose Buys.

While Google remains in the area of payments: After Google Checkout, it has just launched the platform Google Wallet, which explores the NFC. This week, the Credit Agricole – LCL launched its own solution “e-Wallet” Kwixo who works on the same principle as PayPal.

Once registered the account number or credit card is debited, the customer will be prompted to choose Kwixo an identifier (mobile phone number or email address) and password. It will allow users to make purchases on the Internet since its Smartphone (via an application iPhone for example) or make a money transfer for a relative. And, without systematically disclose their bank details.

Client side, the prices shown for the use of the service seems reasonable for now. Lever by which the Credit Agricole has developed Kwixo? The banking group has relied on Fia-Net, a French specialist in electronic payments linked to Sofinco (also a subsidiary of consumer credit Credit Agricole).

Historically, Fia-Net is known for its certification of e-commerce sites (one thousand references). This is a first outlet for Kwixo must now concentrate its efforts for online merchants to adopt the platform of electronic payment.

In the National Assembly, the tax has been removed Google within the last touches of the Finance Act 2011. The member of the UMP Require Laura is thrilled to bury. Abandoning the “Fee Google “, a victory by knockout. The National Assembly finds it difficult to get. Friday evening and at night, it was still reviewing the final draft supplementary budget for 2011.

As a tweet, Laure Raudiere of MP and UMP National Secretary in charge of Digital, said that his amendment to delete the tax known as Google has been adopted.”Thanks to my colleagues! No Votes # cons. whew, “she says.

By way of security, tweet stimulus few minutes later. “I can confirm that we have eliminated the tax charge known as Google. # Direct A “So it’s a relief for Web players who saw a dim view of this new tax. Based interventions, the National Council of Digital leaning between a simple deletion of the device or a profound modification of the device intended.

In November 2010, the “Google tax” had been an amendment by Philippe Marini, the general reporter of the UMP in the Senate Finance Committee. It should be the basis for establishing a 1% tax “on the purchase of online advertising services performed by professionals under French law.”

A tax malnommee “Google” as the group escaped to U.S. Internet playing on tax efficiency within the European .After the first heated parliamentary debate in the context of its consideration of the Finance Act 2011 the decision was made ​​to postpone the introduction of this tax Google e from 1 July 2011.