An indictment has been ordered against the chief executive of a company that manufactured some of the highly-secure smartphones which were allegedly made use of in crimes by some of the most noted criminals of the world. Investigators said that criminal organizations such as the Sinaloa Cartel used the modified Blackberry smartphones that were sold…
Facebook stresses that the m issue of 50 million users’ data was not a breach. While acknowledging that rules were violated when Cambridge Analytica laid its hand on the 50 million users’ data of Facebook, the company says that the data originated form an individual who had not hacked the social media’s data base. The…
A list of U.S. products that can be put on the list that the European Commission wants to subject to import tariffs on was asked for from the industry on Friday by the Commission. The tariffs would only be imposed if the U.S. includes the European Union in it list of countries to bear the…
Booker Software which is a cloud-based business management platform catering to salons and spas and the owner of Fredrick which is an automated marketing software created for the wellness business sector was announced to be acquired by Mindbody Inc. which is a technology platform used by the wellness services industry. a definitive agreement for a…
The first consecutive loss in two years in its 71-year old history was noted by Cathay Pacific Airways after the airways posted losses of HK$1.25 billion (US$160 million) in 2017 which is double that of the previous year. Cathey Pacific is the largest international airline of Asia. Analysts however said that the results were better…
Americans were identified to be a less happier lot despite their economy now doing well while the happiest country in the world was adjudged to be Finland according to an annual survey issued on Wednesday. Based on parameters of absence of corruption, generosity, social freedom, healthy life expectancy, GDP per capita and social support among…
A genetic link that binds insomnia with psychiatric disorders have been found by scientists along with the identification of genes that could be responsible for triggering the development of sleep problems. The psychiatric problems include ones like depression. The scientists have also claimed that insomnia can also be linked physical problems like type 2 diabetes.…
A new study from DRG Digital | Manhattan Research shows that the manner in which patients and physicians look out for and find medical information in Europe is to be changed drastically by voice assistant programs and voice search. Doctors and patients are surprisingly the early users of this technology in Europe and there is…
A study that was recently published in the journal Chem shows that a new process for manufacturing of color-changing windows that would save energy have been developed by Canadian scientists. They have claimed that the technique is simple and cost-effective. According to researchers, the needs of the occupants of a building would dictate the color…
The chief executive of Best Buy Co Inc Hubert Joly says that his company is ready to show that the U.S. retail is not a “winner takes all” situation and for this the company is ready to compete with the market leader Amazon Inc. as it has now managed to complete its turnaround that took…
