[ad_1] Apple threatened to kick Facebook off its App Store after a 2019 BBC report detailed how human traffickers were using Facebook to sell victims, according to The Wall Street Journal. The paper viewed company documents that show a Facebook investigation team was tracking down a human trafficking market in the Middle East whose organisers were using Facebook’s […]

[ad_1] Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) shares rose 1% in early trading on Wednesday after the company announced a $60 billion share repurchase plan, its biggest ever. The announcement comes just days after two U.S. Senate Democrats unveiled a proposal to tax corporate stock buybacks to help fund President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion investment plan. The senators […]

[ad_1] Apple has unveiled the iPhone 13 range, which will come with bigger batteries and better cameras, and boss Tim Cook hailed them as the “best iPhones we have ever created”. After a major redesign of the popular smartphone last year, Apple has instead made a series of incremental changes across the four versions of […]

[ad_1] The WSJ story focused “on a limited set of findings and casts them in a negative light”, it said, but the issue was far more complex. “We’ve done extensive work around bullying, suicide and self-injury, and eating disorders, to help make Instagram a safe and supportive place for everyone,” the company said in its […]

[ad_1] Facebook unveiled its long-awaited smart glasses in partnership with Ray-Ban, entering a nascent wearables market with a focus on capturing photos rather than augmented reality. The social network on Thursday showed off the glasses, called Ray-Ban Stories – a direct rival to Snapchat’s Spectacles. The $299 (around R4 200) Facebook glasses, which use EssilorLuxottica […]

[ad_1] Volatility in bitcoin eased on Wednesday, a day after El Salvador adopted the crypto asset as legal tender, but the threat of a U.S. lawsuit against crypto exchange Coinbase Global Inc underscored the rocky road ahead for cryptocurrencies. The Securities and Exchange Commission issued Coinbase (COIN.O)with a Wells notice, indicating the U.S. regulator will sue […]

[ad_1] Australia’s biggest news publishers including Rupert Murdoch’s the Australian are responsible for comments that readers post on their corporate Facebook pages, the High Court ruled on Wednesday. The court dismissed an appeal against a previous ruling that found in favour of a defamation suit by Dylan Voller, a young man who had been the […]

[ad_1] App users in the UK and US are spending more time on TikTok than on YouTube, a new report suggests. Data from app monitoring firm App Annie indicates that average time per user spent on the apps is higher for TikTok, indicating high levels of engagement. App Annie characterised TikTok as having “upended the […]

[ad_1] Four years ago, I sat next to music mogul Lyor Cohen in Austin, Texas at the annual South by Southwest festival to discuss YouTube’s plans for a new paid music service. I really only had one question. How was YouTube going to get anyone to pay to use a product they already get for […]

[ad_1] It is now easy to pay Nyaradzo funeral policy premiums on Techzim websites. Techzim is a media technology company with a special interest in innovation. Techzim provides three options for policy holders to conveniently pay, avoiding the hustle of joining long queues and the risk of exposing themselves to Covid19. They can either use […]

[ad_1] Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the apps market by forcing developers to use its proprietary in-app purchase system, according to a source and documents seen by Reuters. The allegations are similar to a case Apple faces in the European Union, where regulators last year started […]

[ad_1] When new, the Internet was a restricted environment between coders and their computer terminals. “We’ve come a long way, baby.” Today we are all composers and recipients of content and information, with friends and strangers. We have an ocean of web-based content to access within seconds and to which we can respond. And that […]

[ad_1] A Russian court on Thursday fined Twitter (TWTR.N) 17 million roubles ($229,730), Facebook (FB.O) 15 million roubles and WhatsApp 4 million roubles over their refusal to localise user data as required by Russian law, Interfax news agency reported. – Reuters [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Western Digital (WDC.O) is in advanced talks for a possible $20 billion stock merger with Japanese chipmaker and partner Kioxia, a person familiar with the matter said, a move that would create a NAND memory giant to rival Samsung Electronics (005930.KS). The companies could reach an agreement as early as mid-September, and Western Digital […]

[ad_1] A South Korean parliamentary committee voted on Wednesday to recommend amending a law, a key step toward banning Google and Apple from forcibly charging software developers commissions on in-app purchases, the first such curb by a major economy. Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google have faced global criticism because they require software developers using their app […]

[ad_1] By Online ReporterIt is now easier to get all the news you need to know on-the-go with NewsDay and The Standard new-look websites. With the number of internet users rising around the globe, the new look websites are designed to be mobile friendly, offering an integrated approach and functionality. This makes navigation easier for […]

[ad_1] TikTok unveiled plans to allow users to buy products while using the video-sharing app in a partnership with e-commerce platform Shopify. The fast-growing social media app said it would begin pilot-testing TikTok Shopping with a group of Shopify merchants in the United States, Britain and Canada in the coming weeks. “TikTok Shopping will bring […]

[ad_1] The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) region plans to increase its solar and wind power capacity in 2021 to help meet the state’s target of 50% renewable generation by 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday. The CAISO plans to add an additional 1.6 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale solar capacity and […]

[ad_1] Some 38 million records stored on a Microsoft service, including private information, were mistakenly left exposed this year, security firm UpGuard said Monday. The data, including names, addresses, financial information and Covid-19 vaccination statuses, was made vulnerable – but not compromised – before the problem was resolved, according to the digital security company’s investigation. […]

[ad_1] Facebook Inc (FB.O) has chosen 25 local independent journalists to be paid out of a $5 million pot to write for its newsletter site Bulletin through multiyear deals, the company told Reuters on Thursday. Facebook launched Bulletin in June as a standalone newsletter subscription service with free and paid articles and podcasts. It is the […]

Bitcoin, and cryptocurrency in general, are taking the world by storm. As society continues to demand more flexibility from their services, the same applies to currency. In Zimbabwe, the thirst for Bitcoin, or BTC, is only growing ever more rapidly. In fact, Africa as a continent is starting to wake up to crypto more and […]

The shine and growth of cryptocurrency in Africa are driving the financial crypto market insane. Whoever trader understands cryptocurrency well and plays it smartly, they make hundreds of profitable crypto trades. In addition to this, cryptocurrency is maintaining the world’s economy in this COVID-19 pandemic. All the developed and developing countries are striving for the […]

In the recent period, several virtual currencies are evolving the advanced world with their ultimate features. Many people and many traders are heading toward live digital platforms to collect and store their personal information. Well, blockchain technology is greatly involved in the invention of those live trading platforms. This blockchain technology is mostly adopted by […]

Zimbabwe is an underdeveloped country that is suffering from the last few years due to the destructive condition of its economy. If we take a brief review of the last few years of the Zimbabwean economy then it can be seen that the main source of income of the country is its agricultural output which […]

The Best iPhone Apps in January 2020 It is undeniable that the Apple iPhone ranks amongst the top smartphones globally as the product has high quality hardware, magnificent designs and great performance. It doesn’t really matter what type of app you’re looking for; the iPhone has millions of apps to assist you attain the desired […]

Facebook at Work, Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) professional version of its social network, is expected to launch in the coming months, after spending a year in tests, a company executive said.