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The music industry and COVID-19 - a lost battle?

There isn’t a business in the world that hasn’t felt the wrath of the pandemic so far, and the music industry is no exception. After riding high on strong revenues prior to the pandemic, coronavirus hit full force, causing streaming numbers to decline and live revenue streams to become almost non-existent as social distancing, lockdowns and quarantines […]

2020 racks up highest number of cyberattacks to date

In a year where companies far and wide shifted their business to remote operations due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it comes as no surprise that cyberattacks and data breaches have drastically increased during 2020. According to a report published by Kaspersky there have been almost 726 million confirmed cyberattacks since the beginning of the year; […]

Andrew Yang takes lead in California data privacy measure

The Fitbits on our wrists collect our health and fitness data; Apple promises privacy but lots of iPhone apps can still share our personal information; and who really knows what they’re agreeing to when a website asks, “Do You Accept All Cookies?” Most people just click “OK” and hope for the best, says former Democratic […]

FinTech: giving global merchants greater access to emerging markets

Unsurprisingly, for a country with a market size of 3.5 million people, Uruguay has a small number of fintechs with only 13 – one less than at the beginning of 2020.  The major subdivision of the countries’ fintech industry comprises five parts: fintech enterprise services (FES), payments, exchange, open banking, and investments. Digital payment services […]

Kosovo wants Apple to correct country's borders on its maps

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s foreign minister said that she asked Apple to correct her country’s borders in its maps. Meliza Haradinaj posted in her Twitter page on Sunday that she had written a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook “to take immediate steps to correctly present Kosovo’s internationally recognized borders in its AppleMap Service.” […]

Tech facts you need to know this week

Facebook announced the first 20 members of its oversight board, which will decide what controversial content is permitted on both Facebook and Instagram. The board will make rulings over what content will be allowed on the social network. Tesla is apparently preparing to restart operations at its factory in California which could be a possible violation […]

7 ways tech has changed how we experience music

We have for some time, been able to listen to experience music anywhere we want. This could be at work, home or running along to your favorite tracks on the beach. Granted, 30 years ago you’d have had the weight and bulkiness of a Sony cassette Walkman, but today we live in the era of […]

The Internet of Things is fueling business transformation

The Internet of Things (IoT) is fueling the transformation for enterprises, consumers, and governments. Emerging and evolving tools and technologies such as smart speakers, machine learning, and 5G are ensuring increased efficiency and more control within the home and in places of work. The continued growth and development of the Internet of Things (IoT) industry […]