The new South African online marketplace Everyshop has officially launched, offering delivery across Mzansi, this comes after a month of public testing in March. Everyshop is part of Pepkor’s JD Group, the operator of local retail chains like Russels, Bradlows, HiFi Corporation and Incredible Connection. The marketplace has been described as a likely Takealot competitor, with an...
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Fintech service Stripe Open Middle East office
Digital payments giant Stripe on Tuesday announced the opening of an office in United Arab Emirates financial capital Dubai, its first expansion into the Middle East region. The company was founded in 2010 by entrepreneurs and Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison, Stripe is used by more than 50 companies, each processing over $1 billion...
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Clubhouse Add payments Feature for Creators
Audio-chat app Clubhouse has launched a monetization feature for its creators on the platform. The company adds, “this will be the first of many features that allow creators to get paid directly on Clubhouse.” The users will be able to send payments through the platform, Clubhouse mentioned. The feature to receive payments will initially be...
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to Release their 1st Project with Netflix
Prince Harry will produce a documentary about the Invictus Games for disabled military veterans — the first series under a lucrative deal he and wife Meghan Markle signed with Netflix after moving to California last year. Harry, who served with the British military in Afghanistan, will appear on camera and executive-produce “Heart of Invictus,” a...
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Jeff Bezos & Elon Musk top Forbes Billionaire list
Forbes’ annual world’s billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year, the media company said on Tuesday. The ranks of the ultra-wealthy are expanding after a year in which the coronavirus pandemic upended world economies and threatened the livelihoods of people across the...
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LG Close Down its Mobile Business Worldwide
LG electronics said it will close its loss-making mobile phone business unit worldwide as the once pioneer brand looks to focus its resources in “growth areas” such as electric vehicle components, connected devices, smart homes, robotics, AI and B2B solutions, and platforms and services. The South Korean firm said in a statement that its board of directors...
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Tik Tok’s parent firm, ByteDance says India’s freeze on bank accounts is harassment – court filing
China’s ByteDance has told an Indian court that a government freeze on its bank accounts in a probe of possible tax evasion amounts to harassment and was done illegally, according to a filing seen by Reuters. ByteDance in January reduced its Indian workforce after New Delhi maintained a ban on its popular video app TikTok,...
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Apple wants to use AR to make Conversations Better – Tim Cook
Apple CEO Tim Cook rarely provides details on unannounced products, but he offered some hints about Apple’s thinking on augmented reality and cars in an interview with Kara Swisher for The New York Times. When it comes to augmented reality, he agreed with Swisher’s framing that the tech is “critically important” to Apple’s future and said it...
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The fashion world reimagine itself by shifting to digital world
“Acceleration” is the hot topic when it comes to discussing how businesses will be impacted by the coronavirus and fashion is no exception. For high-end and designer brands, traditional fashion week promotion and classic in-person retail experiences have been the norm for decades. And while many have hesitated to make a deep dive into e-commerce,...
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SABC to Launch Standalone Sports Channel on Openview
South African Broadcast Corporation (SABC) sports fans have been asking for a sports channel for many year, finally their prayers have been answered. The national broadcaster will be launching a stand alone sports channel in the coming few months including other new channels. This comes after eMedia Investments, the parent company of Openview, a satellite...
