At an ad industry conference in New York this month, one of the key architects of Spotify’s podcasting strategy outlined what she saw as the biggest challenge facing platforms: how to moderate content. Chief Content and Advertising Business Officer Dawn Ostroff, the television veteran who had helped bring U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan and other top […]
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Huawei Technologies will spend 4 billion yuan ($632.52 million) to build a new headquarters and R&D centre for its digital power unit, according to local media reports, as the Chinese telecoms giant diversifies amid U.S. pressure. Huawei Digital Power signed an agreement on Thursday with the local government of the southern metropolis of Shenzhen, where […]
Famous music streaming platform, Spotify, is seeking the expansion of its podcast branch with the acquisition of two podcast tech platforms, Chartable and Podsights, in an announcement made on Wednesday. While the final acquisition price has yet to be released, the acquisition step marks as a first towards the first significant buy-out the Swedish company […]
Amazon.com Inc has reached agreement with Visa Inc to accept its credit cards across its network, ending a standoff between the two that threatened to disrupt e-commerce payments and deal a blow to the U.S.-based payments processor. Details of the deal were not disclosed but Visa and other payments cards have faced increased pressure about […]
SoftBank Group Corp shelved the sale of Arm Ltd to U.S. chipmaker Nvidia Corp due to regulatory hurdles, the companies said, and Arm named a new CEO who it said would help the British firm seek a public listing before March 2023. The cash-and-stock deal was announced in 2020 and would have been worth as […]
In its plan to pump investments into the Middle East, Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei revealed Tuesday plans to create a cloud region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The move, which will play a fundamental role in expanding the company’s influence in the Middle East, will bring forth more support to local businesses and […]
Semiconductor company Qualcomm Inc. revealed one of its most robust quarterly earnings for 2022’s first quarter (Q1), showing high demand for smartphones and cars chips. “Demand remains strong across all of our technologies and continues to exceed supply,” Cristiano Amon, Qualcomm Chief Executive Officer (CEO), said during an analysts call, adding that supply shortages are […]
Toshiba Corp said on Friday it will invest about 125 billion yen ($1.09 billion) to more than double production of power management semiconductors, aiming to catch up with power chip giants such as Infineon Technologies AG. The Japanese industrial conglomerate will build a cutting-edge 300-millimeter fabrication plant in central Japan for power management chips, which […]
Shifting straight to eSIMs is a more strategic choice In October 2021, telecom giant and leading global mobile network operator (MNO) Vodafone announced its new Eco-SIM — made from recycled plastic. Any sustainability feat is positive for the telecommunications industry, which contributes two per cent of the global emissions total. But why stop at recycled […]
Three U.S. states, Washington, Texas, Indiana, and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., for “deceptive” location-tracking misconduct, embarking into users’ privacy. “Google falsely led customers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect their privacy and control what personal data the company […]