Apple Sets Record as World’s First Public Company Worth $1 Trillion
Apple has become the world’s first public company to be worth $1 trillion (£767bn). The iPhone maker’s market value reached the figure in late morning…
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Huawei Finally Beats Apple in Smartphone Sales
Huawei is the world’s second best-selling smartphone brand, overtaking Apple for the first time ever. Samsung still holds the top place, despite reporting slow sales…
Twitter Blocks 143,000 ‘Suspicious’ Accounts in Latest Spam Crackdown
Twitter is doubling down on its crackdown of spam accounts. The company announced on Tuesday it had deleted more than 143,000 “malicious” apps from using…
Facebook’s Stock Plunges and Mark Zuckerberg Loses $16 Billion
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune took an almost $16 billion hit on Thursday, as the social media giant headed for…
Twitter Appoints Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Robert Zoellick to It’s Board of Directors
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced the appointments of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Robert Zoellick to Twitter’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) as new independent…
Egypt Passes Controversial Law to Regulate Social Media Accounts With More Than 5,000 Followers
Egypt’s parliament has passed a controversial law that will allow the state to regulate social media users. Under the law, a personal social media account,…
Ex US President Obama Loses Over 2 Million Followers in Twitter Accounts Cleans Up
Former President Barack Obama lost more than 2 million Twitter followers on Thursday as the social-networking platform launched a new crackdown on fake accounts, according…
IMF Prepare Suit against Facebook Over Breaches of Privacy
Litigation funder IMF Bentham Ltd. (IMF.AX) is preparing to potentially sue social media giant Facebook Inc. in Australia over its sharing of users’ data with…
Volkswagen Opens Rwanda’s First Car Assembly Plant
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — German carmaker Volkswagen opened the first car assembly plant in Rwanda’s capital on Wednesday in a milestone for the East African…
Twitter to Confirm New Accounts in War Against Autobots and Manipulations
Twitter on Tuesday said it will begin asking for email addresses or phone numbers to confirm new accounts as part of a battle against manipulation,…
Google to Set Up Its First Africa AI Research Center in Ghana
Google is getting ready to launch a new artificial intelligence research center in Africa, the company has announced. The lab will be located in Accra,…
World Bank Support Morocco With $125m For Innovative Solar Technology
The World Bank announced today US$125 million in additional support for Morocco’s adoption of innovative solar technology, as part of the national goal of developing…