What are NFTs, and why do people sound so smart when they talk about them? Non-fungible tokens, but what does that even mean? And why would someone even buy NFTs since they are already up there on the web for all to see? The rise of blockchain technology, and consequently cryptocurrency and others such as meme stocks, God help […]
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No one likes to feel like a number — and good customer service can change that. In fact, 84 percent of consumers say being treated like an individual, not a number, is critical to preventing customer attrition. In the hypercompetitive telecoms industry, this ethos is even more important. So how can telcos make their services personal […]
British lawmakers grilled Facebook on Thursday over how it handles online safety as European countries move to rein in the power of social media companies. Facebook’s head of safety said the tech giant supports regulation and has no business interest in providing people with an “unsafe experience.” Representatives from Google, Twitter and TikTok also answered […]
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously on legislative approval to halt Huawei and ZTE’s plans from obtaining additional equipment licenses from watchdogs. Chinese tech firms Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp took their latest punch from regulatory authorities in a supplementary attempt to impose harsher legislation on Chinese operations in the U.S., under […]
The rippling effect the global chip shortage inflicted on Big Tech firms manifested into Apple’s fourth quarter (Q4) revenues, reporting in a $6 billion loss that could potentially delay manufacturing plans, according to CEO Tim Cook. The Big Tech titan revealed Thursday its financial report for the fiscal year 2021, failing to accommodate Wall Street expectations, an outcome heavily attributed to […]
The global financial sector is witnessing an ever-growing change shaping Europe’s banking infrastructure into an increasingly competitive market. Open banking proved to people how it can alter financial services to accommodate their needs; all while fostering a continuing digitalization of modern life as Fintech companies set the stage for simplified yet optimized solutions to deliver […]
Like many companies in trouble before it, Facebook is changing its name and logo. Facebook Inc. is now called Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, to reflect what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday is its commitment to developing the new surround-yourself technology known as the ” metaverse.” But the social network itself will still […]
The small, four-seat pod glides above the sands of a test track in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, a futuristic transit solution promoted by a Belarusian firm that hopes to secure contracts here in the near future. Inviting journalists to see their test track Thursday, firm uSky showed off what they described as an […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, what Zuckerberg calls the “metaverse.” Skeptics point out that it also appears to be an attempt to change the subject from the Facebook Papers, a leaked document trove so dubbed by a […]
Qatari telco, Ooredoo Group, released on Wednesday its 2021 third quarter (Q3) revenue report, marking a 3 percent increase in a fiscal year. The Qatari multinational telecom firm reported a rising revenue margin touching an estimate of $6 billion for the nine months ending in September, an augmentation referenced to increasing growth in the country’s […]