Alphabet Inc owner of Google on Tuesday reported higher than expected third-quarter ad sales, a sign that the business is overcoming new limits on tracking mobile users and that online shopping is as popular as ever heading into the holiday season. Through its search engine, YouTube video service and partnerships across the Web, Google sells more...
Month: <span>October 2021</span>
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TikTok tells Lawmakers it Doesn’t share Info with Chinese Officials
TikTok executive faced tough questions on Tuesday during the video-sharing app’s first appearance at a U.S. congressional hearing, saying it does not give information to the Chinese government and has sought to safeguard U.S. data. Senators at the hearing also voiced concerns that TikTok, owned by Beijing-based internet technology company ByteDance, and rivals YouTube, owned...
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Billionaire and Alibaba founder Jack Ma touring Dutch research institutes
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been touring Dutch research institutions to pursue his interests in agriculture technology, Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post (SCMP)reported, quoting people familiar with his trip. The Chinese billionaire has largely been out of public view since he publicly criticised China’s regulatory system in a speech last year. His empire...
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Opinion | Shame on Nando’s! As for Gareth, I have added him on the list of my national heroes writes Phumlani M. Majozi
John Adams, was the President of the United States of America (USA) from 1797 to 1801. He once remarked, “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” How true, from President Adams. You see, facts can...
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F1 Review | Formula One Grand Prix in Austin USA 2021 and F1 Ramblings
We outline the recent American Formula One Grand Prix in Austin, Texas in this report F1 Review USA 2021. The Circuit Of The Americas is situated in Austin, Texas, and is an undulating and extremely bumpy circuit. It is a challenge to drive, however, the circuit is highly regarded by the F1 drivers. Max Verstappen recently announced...
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Tesla Record Quarterly Profit of $1.6 billion – Report
Tesla continued its profitability streak, reporting net income of $1.62 billion in the third quarter, a nearly fivefold increase from the $331 million it earned in the same period last year. The record-setting profit came thanks to record sales and despite a global chip shortage and supply chain constraints that have affected the industry. Notably, Tesla was able...
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Stripe Acquire Recko an Indian Fintech Platform that Track and Automate Payments
Stripe a Payments Solutions is buying Recko, which has built a platform that lets businesses track and automate payments reconciliation. The platform covers both outgoing and incoming payments and the full ecosystem of inbound and outbound payment sources and receivers. Unlike Stripe, Recko is heavily more about APIs integration and working with different data sources. ...
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Google Meet Rolls Out New Audio and Video locks to give Hosts Power
Google Meet rolls out a new audio and video feature called audio and video locks. The new feature let hosts to turn off the microphones and cameras of other participants. The new feature essentially lets you mute a user and prevent them from unmuting themselves until you unlock them. The new feature essentially lets you...
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Twitter Allows Everyone to Host a Space
After almost a year of testing and experimenting with audio chartroom, Twitter space is now available to anyone who wants to host a Space on both Android and iOS. Prior the current launch of Twitter Space, the company made hosting Spaces only available exclusively on few flowers. Now the company is opening the flood gates...
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Nigeria Launches Digital Currency eNaira to Enhance Payments
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will launch a digital currency aimed at improving the payments system in the West African nation, according to the central bank. The eNaira, which took several years to develop, will “make financial transactions easier and seamless for every strata of the society,” the Central Bank of Nigeria said in emailed statement...