In a statement Volkswagen’s CEO said, the company must change its approach to how it sells electric vehicles (EV) in China, in a response to dismal EV sales there. “Sales are picking up but it requires focus and different approaches as the customers for the EVs are much younger and different to our customer base…
On Thursday, Estonia-based ride-hailing service provider Bolt stated, it has decided to invest $118 million in 2021 and has set a goal to become the biggest e-scooter rental company in Europe. The development comes at a time when cab services have been severely affected by the coronavirus-induced COVID19 pandemic. As part of this strategy Bolt…
On Wednesday, Bloomberg reported that Nissan Motor Co plans on undertaking an annual $2.8 billion fixed costs restructuring as it braces for a drop in sales, which could complicate its recovery from years of poor profitability. Following 3 years of poor profits, Nissan is set to announce its restructuring plan on May 28. It is…
On Tuesday, a senior executive from Airbus SE stated, the airplane maker is confident of selling more than 1,000 A321XLR aircraft over the next 10 years. The Airbus A321XLR aircraft has a longer range than the single-aisle A321neo. Francois Caudron, Head of Marketing at Airbus said, the forecast includes a mix of new orders and…
In a statement, the European Commission said, it is investigating how Facebook collects and monetizes its data. The development signals the opening of a second front, on top of an existing investigation, into Facebook’s marketplace. As part of preliminary investigations into both Facebook and Google, the EU executive said, it had sent out questionnaires to…
Political intelligence gathered from the databases of social media giants are the new tools for campaign strategists. In a first public view of how U.S. technology companies, including Google and Facebook, are yanking advertisements that break their online political ads rules. The duo also provided unprecedented insight into opponents’ online marketing, enabling them to capitalize…
For Adobe the acquisition makes sense since Marketo’s expertise lies in its business-to-business marketing applications which would compliment its own. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Adobe Systems Inc is in negotiations to acquire privately held cloud-based marketing software company Marketo Inc. The deal will boost Adobe’s cloud offerings and improve its…
The acquisition is aimed at bolstering Adobe’s Experience Cloud business. In what is stated to be Adobe Systems Inc’s biggest deal in a decade, the U.S. software company disclosed it would be acquiring Magento Commerce, an e-commerce services provider, from private equity firm Permira for $1.68 billion in cash. Following the news, shares of Adobe…
Here is how Amazon.com is using original video programming as a vehicle to boost its exclusive Prime shopping club. For the very first time, documents from Amazon.com Inc reveal how the world’s biggest online retailer’s bet on original video content has paid off: by early 2017 its TV series have drawn more than 5 million…
McDonald’s new straws hit a new high of perfection. Take a look at the video on how engineers redesigned the humble straw. Of all the technological innovations coming out in this world, would you ever think that the humble straw can be redesigned? Surprise, Surprise. A team of aerospace and robotic engineers did exactly that.…
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