* Posts by stitch

3 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Sep 2011

Google: Thanks for the billions in revenue, UK. Here are your taxes, that's ... £11m

stitch

"When payroll taxes and VAT are included, Google has claimed its total contribution to the UK last year stood at £156.1m"

If Google are paying VAT, that means they're not VAT registered and their turnover must be less than £79,000.

If that's the case I should think they're paying rather too much corporation tax. HMRC should leave the little guy alone.

Eric Schmidt: Ha ha, NO Google maps app for iPhone 5

stitch

"Google has not made a maps app for the iPhone 5"

No, but it has one that works on every other iPhone and version of iOS. It will work on iPhone 5/iOS 6.

The two questions are "Does Google want submit its existing app?" and "Would Apple approve it if they did?"

Self-planting plant discovered in Brazil

stitch

Peanut

Is this not the same behaviour as the common-or-garden peanut, otherwise known as the _groundnut_ ?