Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook company, is further expanding into podcasts with the addition of approximately 100,000 podcasts (totaling 5 million episodes) to its service. The shows will be offered for free streaming to Audible members and non-subscribers alike, Audible says. Included in the new lineup are top podcasts like “Pod Save America,” “You’re Wrong About,” “This American Life,”...
Day: <span>29 October 2020</span>
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Facebook Aims to Avoid Election Fiasco Repeat by Implementing New Tools
Facebook is leveraging its vast resources to help protect the 2020 election against the kind of massive manipulation and disinformation efforts that the platform failed to act on in 2016. The moves come with Facebook taking intense criticism from the Cambridge Analytica scandal in which the British consultancy hijacked personal data from tens of millions...
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Porsche Design Launches a Carbon-Detailed i7 Laptop in Collaboration with Acer
After a three-year hiatus in its venture into the laptop market, Porsche Design has now teamed up with Acer to launch the Acer Book RS i7, boasting a perfect combination of aesthetics and performance. Designed with the brand’s usual minimalist sensibilities in mind, the new laptop is constructed with a sleek silver body carrying carbon detailing on its back surface, paired...
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MTN Announces new MTN Group chief risk officer and MTN Nigeria CEO
MTN Group on Monday announced two important new appointments: that of chief executive officer of major subsidiary MTN Nigeria Communications Plc and that of MTN Group chief risk officer, a new group executive committee (exco) position. Both are effective from 1 March 2021. Karl Toriola, current vice president for MTN Group’s West and Central Africa (WECA)...
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Harley-Davidson Expands its range & Move into the Electric Bicycle Business
Harley-Davidson has spun out a new business dedicated to electric bicycles and plans to bring its first line of products to market in spring 2021. The new business called Serial 1 Cycle Company started as a project within the motorcycle manufacturer’s product development center. The name comes from “Serial Number One,” the nickname for Harley-Davidson’s oldest...
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Capitec Bank Partnered with EasyEquities for their Customers to Invest
Who is EasyEquities? EasyEquities is a company that runs an online investment platform. They make it easy and more affordable to buy shares in local and international stock markets. We’ve partnered with them to deliver on our purpose of helping you improve your financial life – by providing simple access to easy investing. What are...
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Lessons from Outsurance and the Katlego Maboe debacle by Josephine Sebesho
Katlego Maboe and Outsurance have been jubilantly gracing our home TV screens with their #chenchadaideng campaign, which features satisfied Outsurance clients, who enthusiastically sing and talk about the excellent service that they have received from the insurer, and the money they’ve saved by switching to Outsurance. Katlego is a celebrated South African TV presenter, singer-songwriter...