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Google makes its e-mail the most secure on the planet, LinkedIn aims to make business chat snappier, a new digital bank for small businesses, and other new technology developments for you and your clients.

On the last page of a nine-page tax plan that calls for slashing business rates, President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans proposed a little-noticed, brand-new tax that may hit companies like Apple Inc. and Pfizer Inc.

The European Commission will outline on Thursday different options for taxing digital companies as the 28-nation bloc seeks to raise money from an industry that it says provides less than it should to public coffers.

The search giant won its fight against a 1.12 billion-euro tax bill after judges rejected claims it abused loopholes to avoid paying its fair share.

Google will find out this week if it owes 1.12 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in back taxes to France, just days after it was slapped with a record antitrust fine by the European Union.

Google should be let off the hook from a 1.12 billion-euro ($1.3 billion) tax recovery order in France even though fiscal authorities in the country are seeking to recoup that amount, according to an adviser at the Paris administrative court.

Google’s helping with hiring; Microsoft’s getting rid of passwords; and eight more developments that matter to your firm and your clients.

The close management software company has partnered with Microsoft, Egnyte, Google and Okta.

Facebook is integrating Instagram and Messenger for business; Microsoft builds a CRM tool for small businesses; and more tech developments.

Alphabet Inc.’s search engine company saved billions worldwide taxes by moving 14.9 billion euros ($15.5 billion) to a Bermuda shell company, new regulatory filings in the Netherlands reveal.