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India’s Foxconn iPhone facility to reopen Jan 12

Foxconn, Apple Inc’s supplier, announced it would reopen its iPhone facility on January 12, in Southern India, according to Reuters. Late Friday, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin informed the state assembly for the area that the plant will resume work on Wednesday of this week, according to K Selvaperunthagai, a member of the assembly. […]

Meta prepares to appeal UK order for Giphy acquisition

Facebook’s parent company, Meta, submitted an appeal to the UK competition watchdog ruling forcing the tech giant to sell the recently acquired company, Giphy, under the pretense that it removed a potential advertising rival. In December 2020, the Big Tech giant appealed against the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for prohibiting the acquisition, after it […]

The Ascent of Apple’s $3 Trillion Valuation

In its intraday trading on Monday, Apple became the first to reach a $3 trillion valuation when its shares hit $182.86 per share, followed by a dire drop below its milestone, as the company seeks out to fortify its capital reign on the market. The Big Tech giant welcomes the new year with hopes of […]

How to use Apple Pay: Your Simple Guide

As one of the Big Tech giants, Apple has delivered its user-base with a way to make payments in payments in person, in iOS applications and Safari. Here, we deliver a simple guide as to how to use Apple Pay. Technology has reshaped how we live our lives, taking a new venture every day to […]

EXPLAINER: What caused Amazon's outage? Will there be more?

Robotic vacuum cleaners wouldn’t start. Doorbell cameras stopped watching for package thieves, though some of those deliveries were canceled anyway. Netflix and Disney movies got interrupted and The Associated Press had trouble publishing the news. A major outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network on Dec. 7 severely disrupted services at a wide range of U.S. […]

Microsoft to acquire Digital Ad Platform from AT&T

AT&T announced plans to sell its online advertising platform Xandr Inc. to Microsoft, a move that will welcome the Big Tech giant into the digital marketing field. The tech titan stated that Xandr’s digital ad marketing strategies would fundamentally heighten advertising and retail media capacities. Only last year, AT&T disclosed plans to put on the […]

FCC probs Meta’s acquisition of VR startup, Supernatural

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will launch a thorough examination into Meta’s scheme to acquire the famous Virtual Reality (VR) fitness platform Supernatural, according to The Information. The investigation highlights only one aspect: antitrust watchdogs have officially initiated their scrutiny on Meta – formerly known as Facebook – for its heavy investments into its latest […]

UK antitrust watchdog investigates Microsoft's Nuance deal

British antitrust regulators are opening an investigation into Microsoft’s $16 billion acquisition of speech recognition company Nuance in the latest sign they’re tightening scrutiny of big technology deals. The Competition and Markets Authority said in a brief statement Monday that it’s looking into the purchase because of concerns that it could result in a “substantial […]

Report urges UK government to beef up online safety measure

Proposed British rules aimed at cracking down on harmful online content should be beefed up with tougher measures like making it illegal to send unsolicited graphic images, requiring porn sites to ensure children can’t gain access and moving faster to hold tech executives criminally liable for failing to uphold the regulations, lawmakers said in a […]