Breana Noble The Detroit News Published 10:33 p.m. UTC Aug 13, 2018 Those days of avoiding Michigan state sales taxes by shopping online soon will be largely gone. The Michigan Treasury Department says that mail-order and online retailers — even those with no physical presence in Michigan — must pay a 6 percent sales tax on all transactions on taxable sales in the state starting Oct. 1. The Treasury estimates the change will bring in $203 million in the first year, and $248 million in 2021. "This is something many Michigan businesses and associations have wanted for years," Michigan Treasurer Nick Khouri said. "If you wanted to buy a table in Michigan, you'd have to pay the 6 percent tax, but if you were selling it on the internet, you were exempt. There was this unfair price advantage that we can now equalize." The U.S. Supreme Court's South Dakota v. Wayfair decision in June opened the way for the … [Read more...] about Mich. Treasury to enforce sales tax on online, out-of-state retailers
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Say happy birthday to Detroit with fun city-inspired decor, accents
Maureen Feighan The Detroit News Published 9:33 p.m. UTC Jul 19, 2018 I’ll say this, Detroit. Three hundred and seventeen looks good on you. As the city celebrates its birthday on Tuesday, it’s hard to imagine what French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac must’ve seen when he first set foot in this area. He named it “Detroit” which means “strait” in French. The city has changed dramatically over the last three centuries, for better and for worse. And as its latest renaissance continues to gain steam with new businesses and restaurants opening up all over – construction has even started on the old Hudson’s site downtown – Detroit love is spilling into our home decor. From accents and art to tableware and pillows, there are endless ways to infuse a little bit of the Motor City into your home. City Bird, an adorable gift and home decor store on Canfield in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood, offers a … [Read more...] about Say happy birthday to Detroit with fun city-inspired decor, accents
Vietnamese rush to make nano simcards for their iPhone 5
VietNamNet Bridge – On technology forums and Internet users’ forums, members have been forwarding the articles that guide how to cut the existing simcards to create the simcards fitting iPhone 5s. iPhone 5s have been available in Vietnam for the last many days, but a lot of people still cannot use the super product because of no nano-sim. Telecom groups, the official distributors of iPhone 5, have promised to provide nano-sim, but Vietnamese people seem to run out of patience to wait for the products. They venture to have their simcards cut to create the new ones fitting the new products. The salesmen at hi-tech shops specializing in providing Apple products said a lot of people have come to have their simcards cut. The simcards most popularly used now have the size 25x15x0,76mm, or micro-sim (used for iPhone 4/4S, iPad) with the size 15x12x0,76mm. Meanwhile, people now want the simcards with the size 12,3x8,8x0,67mm. The problem is that though all shops advertise … [Read more...] about Vietnamese rush to make nano simcards for their iPhone 5
Why Flappy Bird was just the start for Vietnam’s startup scene
Road Trip 2015: The first in a two-part series on Vietnam's startup scene and how the government is trying to rev up investment and interest in businesses that hope to be the next viral hit. HANOI and HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, and SAN FRANCISCO -- It was just supposed to be a casual cocktail meetup. Before embarking on a 19-hour trip to Vietnam, I headed over to the Vietnamese General Consulate, a mere 15-minute cab ride away from the CNET offices in San Francisco. I imagined it as a fun way to ease into my assignment -- a few good drinks and conversation with folks who knew a thing or two about the country I was about to visit. Instead I arrived at what appeared to be a formal business meeting between two-dozen or so black-suited Vietnamese ministry officials, Vietnamese startup types and Silicon Valley angel investors. My only drink: A mini bottle of water. At first, I wasn't sure what I had wandered into. But it quickly became clear that I had been invited to observe a … [Read more...] about Why Flappy Bird was just the start for Vietnam’s startup scene
Some Yahoo users close accounts amid fears breach could have ripple effects
Many Yahoo users rushed on Friday to close their accounts and change passwords as experts warned that the fallout from one of the largest cyber breaches in history could spill beyond the internet company's services. After Yahoo disclosed on Thursday that hackers had stolen the encrypted passwords and personal details of more than 500 million accounts in 2014, thousands of users took to social media to express anger that it had taken the company two years to uncover the data breach. Several users said they were closing their accounts. "We're probably just going to dump Yahoo altogether," said Rick Hollister, 56, who owns a private investigation firm in Tallahassee, Florida. "They should have been more on top of this." Due to the scale of the Yahoo breach, and because users often recycle passwords and security answers across multiple services, cyber security experts warned the impact of the hack could reverberate throughout the internet. Several users said they were scrambling to change … [Read more...] about Some Yahoo users close accounts amid fears breach could have ripple effects