Facebook is exploring ways to tap blockchain technology across apps on its platform. In one of the biggest management shakeups in the history of Facebook Inc, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg ordered one of its biggest management overhauls and handed over more responsibility to its chief product officer. Facebook also announced the launch of a blockchain…
Tim Stones had played a key role in integrating Amazon.com’s market shaping acquisition of Whole Foods. Snap Inc, Snapchat’s parent, has disclosed, Tim Stone, the Amazon.com veteran who had led the integration of Amazon.com’s $13.7-billion acquisition with Whole Foods, will replace Andrew Vollero as its chief financial officer (CFO). Stone, 51, is currently vice-president of…
The update to the U.S. Congress by the credit monitoring firm sees hackers gaining access to 38,000 driver licenses and 3,200 passport details on top of the millions of private information harvested by them in the September 2017 cyber attack. Continuing its disclosures stemming from the cyber security incident which saw hackers gain access to…
The most cited source on Wikipedia is decade ago academic paper that was written by three Australians and is related to global climate zones. It has bene cited and referenced over 2.8m times. But it was not until recently that the wider impact of their paper was known at all to the three authors of…
The deal will see America Tower Corporation rise to the top 5 players in the African continent, with Kenya alone having 41 million mobile subscribers. The deal appears to be long term cost synergies. On Monday, America Tower Corporation stated it will acquire Telkom Kenya’s transmission towers business for an undisclosed amount. The deal, expected…
Although Cognizant reported a revenue rise of 10%, its net income for the first quarter fell to $520 million compared to $557 million from a year ago. On Monday, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp, an IT services company, stated, its revenues have risen by 10% stemming from higher spending by clients in the healthcare and financial…
Egypt has been identified as the world’s third fastest growing economy – trailing only India and Uganda, by a recent Harvard report. The annual economic growth of Egypt is expected to reach 6.63 percent by 2026 according to the Global Growth Projections report unveiled by the Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University. Uganda…
Anheuser-Busch, the largest beer manufacturers in the world has reportedly placed order for “up to 800” electric trucks with Nikola Motor Co. – a Arizona-based electric truck producer, the auto manufacturer announced recently. Nikola said that the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show would be the occasion when it would unveil its a final production version of…
The deal essentially acts as a point of entry for Wal-Mart into India’s highly competitive e-commerce market. Flipkart and Wal-Mart can finally level the playing field against Amazon.com, the world’s biggest online retailer. On Friday, as per a Bloomberg report citing anonymous sources, Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has agreed to sell an a 75% equity…
The European Bicycle Manufacturers Association (EBMA) has alleged that Chinese e-bike exports are, at times, below the cost of production. On Thursday, the EU official journey stated the European Commission has subjected the import of electric bicycles (e-bikes) from China subject to registration. This is part of a series of investigations launched by the European…
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