TikTok is testing a new feature that allows users to directly from their TikTok profiles raise funds for causes and charities they care about. Those who are in the test group will find a new option when they click “Edit Profile” directing them to choose a nonprofit from a list of vetted organizations and charities, like...
Year: <span>2020</span>
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Apple Mac Line, Once Dubbed ‘Dinosaur,’ Gets New Life in Pandemic, In-House Chips – WSJ
While excitement for Apple Inc.’s new iPhones has helped boost the company’s share price to record highs, a nearly 40-year-old workhorse with stagnating sales in recent years is notching impressive growth: the Mac. Sales of the computer line rose 29% in the past quarter to a record $9 billion. Apple has seen huge interest in many...
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SuperSport Extends Premier League Partnership Until 2025
SuperSport International announced the renewal of its broadcast relationship with the Premier League in a deal for a further three seasons. The deal ensures that SuperSport will be an official broadcaster of the Premier League until 2025. These rights extend across the entire broadcast territory of Sub-Saharan Africa (including South Africa) in all languages and...
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Bloomberg Media Launches Bloomberg Quicktake Streaming News Network
Global news network built for today’s generation of leaders and professionals launches with ten original series and four live daily news shows covering global stories across business, technology, politics and culture Bloomberg Quicktake will launched a 24/7 streaming news network on Monday, November 9, 2020 at 9 am EST with 10.5 hours of programming featuring ten original series...
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Spotify Buys Podcast-Tech Firm Megaphone to Expand its Advertising Revenue
Spotify Technology SA has agreed to acquire podcast advertising and publishing firm Megaphone in a deal that will help the streaming giant ramp up its ad business. The transaction values Megaphone at $235 million, according to its parent, Graham Holdings Co. Formerly an audio-content producer known as Panoply, the company has been operating as Megaphone...
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Women Can Change The World: Isabel dos Santos, Businesswomen and Entrepreneur
Women can change the world. It was with this conviction that more than 200 people linked to the business sector, gathered in Lisbon around the issues of mobility and innovation. A reflection promoted by the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs of the CE-CPLP, which was attended by Eng.ª Isabel dos Santos. Zap Viva: How have women broken the paradigms...
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Entertainment platform Monsooq launches in Mzansi (SA)
Mobile technology company Mondia recently announced the launch of entertainment platform Monsooq in South Africa. Monsooq is a platform where time is the currency and users pay only for the time they spend consuming content. The platform does not require contracts or subscriptions. Instead, new visitors to monsooq.com will receive 60 minutes worth of free...
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Telkom Join Forces with SABC to Launch a Streaming Service
Telkom has partnered with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to launch a new streaming channel, TelkomONE. The mobile operator channel will house the public broadcaster’s free-to-air radio and TV channels. The new service will stream live SABC’s television channels 1, 2, Sport and Education as well as all 19 SABC radio stations under a...
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WhatsApp Users in India can Now Send and Transact Money Through the Platform
Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp will let users in India send money through the app starting Friday, as long as they have a bank account and debit card in India. India is one of the largest markets for WhatsApp with more than 400 million users. WhatsApp said in a blog post that it is working with five...
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Businessman and Art Collector Sindika Dokolo has Died Aged 48
Sindika Dokolo, the Congolese businessman and owner of one the world’s most important African art collections, has died aged 48.According to a tweet posted to Dokolo’s verified Twitter account, he died on October 29 in Dubai. The post went on to say that his family had made the announcem ent with “the deepest sorrow and immense sadness”...