By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers investigating the market dominance of Big Tech are asking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to testify to address possible misleading statements by the company on its competition practices. In a letter to Bezos on Friday, leaders of the House Judiciary Committee from both parties are […]
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Aladdin.Life has recently launched the beta version of the world’s first telecom marketplace app in the UAE, combing search, marketplace, and customer community that will aid uses in discovering, comparing and making informed decisions about broadband, mobile and home services. Aladdin.Life users will have the ability to connect to a marketplace and will also be […]
Reports have shown that, IoT market size in Europe is estimated to reach €242,222 million by the end of 2020, with forecasts also predicting that this form of technology (IoT and end user solutions) in the global market, will grow to an estimated $1.6 trillion by 2025. While there is no doubt, advanced technology of […]
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Retail Writers Amazon has spent years honing the business of packing, shipping and delivering millions of products to doorsteps around the world. Now it has a captive audience. With much of the globe in various stages of a lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, the world’s largest online […]
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Google reported its weakest revenue growth in nearly five years as the pandemic-driven recession began to shrivel its advertising sales in the first quarter. The January-March earnings for Google parent Alphabet offer a first look at how the digital ad market has fared amid widespread […]
Contact tracing via smartphone is an innovative and powerful way to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 however, it should not be done at the cost of individual human rights. This dilemma seems to be in the middle of all attempts to use mobile technology for epidemiological good around the world. Fortunately, there is a growing […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed how reliant we are on the vital infrastructure of national broadband. In recent months, the internet has seen an increase of millions around the world who now need fixed broadband to work, learn and play from our homes. The UK government introduced ‘Delivering Gigabit Britain: Broadband for all, just before […]
Across the world, many of us are in lockdown, which either means that we are working from home or not working at all. Inevitably, this has an effect on our mental health. 46% of people in a recent survey say that their mental health is now worse than it was pre-coronavirus. Another thing indicated by […]
Based on evidence, it seems fairly safe to say that IoT technology has been integrated in many industry sectors. In today’s world of uncertainty and risk for individuals, IoT technology has the potential to significantly improve services by providing an efficient method of delivery of that service whilst providing new business insights and better customer […]
SK Telecom this week, announced the Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with Ariacare Korea and Happy Connect to recognize the importance of social connectedness and technology for elder care. The MOU signing ceremony took place in SK Telecom’s HQ, located in Jung-gu, Seoul. Guests included Lee Joon-ho, Vice President and Head of Social Value Group at […]