Apple has launched an aggressive discounting campaign on its official Tmall site in China, offering discounts of up to 2,300 yuan ($318) on select iPhone models. The discounting comes as the U.S. tech giant seeks to defend its position in the high-end smartphone market, where it faces increasing competition from local rivals such as Huawei …
Apple Slashes IPhone Prices In China Amid Fierce Huawei Competition. Read More »
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Monday met Indonesian President Joko Widodo on the sidelines of the World Water Forum being held on the resort island of Bali. Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan the coordinating minister of maritime and investment affairs, told reporters after the meeting that Jakarta has proposed building an electric vehicle battery plant to Musk. …
Indonesia Minister Says Musk To Consider Offer To Build EV Battery Plant In Country. Read More »
The U.S. Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring China-based ByteDance to divest TikTok’s U.S. assets by Jan. 19 or face a ban. TikTok, ByteDance and a group of TikTok content creators joined with the Justice …
US, TikTok Seek Fast-Track Schedule, Ruling By Dec. 6 On Potential Ban. Read More »
Djembe, a consultancy firm focusing on the African and Middle Eastern (MEA) regions, has today announced the launch of Accelerate with Djembe, the world’s first communications-focused accelerator program for scaleups in the Middle East and Africa. Accelerate with Djembe aims to support innovation and entrepreneurship in the Middle East and Africa regions by providing relevant …
Communications-Focused Accelerator Programme Launched. Read More »
As two prominent players in the commercial vehicle industry, Volvo Group and Daimler Truck are united in their goal to lead the digital shift towards software-defined heavy-duty commercial vehicles. To strengthen their efforts, they have preliminarily agreed to establish a joint venture. This venture aims to create a shared platform and specialized operating system for …
Volvo Group and Daimler Truck Partner for Vehicle Software. Read More »
Three decades ago, South Africa stood at a critical juncture. While grappling with the remnants of the past, it also stood on the edge of democracy and a brighter future. Established in the same year that the country embraced democracy, MTN was positioning itself to be a key player in introducing the transformative power and …
African e-commerce giant Jumia is betting on Nigeria despite the country’s economic challenges, aiming to steer itself toward profitability. Francis Dufay, CEO of the Nasdaq-listed company, outlined plans to streamline operations in Nigeria by consolidating its three warehouses into a single, expansive 30,000-square-meter facility in Lagos. This move aims to reduce expenses while extending its …
Jumia Bets Big on Nigeria Despite Economic Challenges in Bold Restructuring Move. Read More »
Twitter is officially gone from all corners of the app and even the website. If you visited Twitter.com on early Friday, you might have come across a small pop-up box which said the X.com domain change has been completed. This was the last change that needed to remove the legacy of Twitter and it has …
No More Twitter.com: Elon Musk Finally Changes To X.com Domain For Website. Read More »
On Global Accessibility Day, Google unveiled new accessibility features across a wide range of products like Maps, Lookout, Android and more. The Google Lookout app, which helps blind people or those with low vision get more information about their surroundings is getting a new functionality that allows users to search for specific objects like bathrooms, …
Google Adds New Accessibility Features To Lookout, Maps, And More. Read More »
Tesla is pushing ahead with plans to power the global development of its self-driving system with data from China that could be processed within the country, part of a strategic shift by Elon Musk, according to people with knowledge of the work. As part of that effort, Tesla has been developing plans for a data …
Musk Pushes Plan For China Data To Power Tesla’s AI Ambitions. Read More »
