Apple launches red iPhone 8 to support fight against AIDS April 9, 2018 American tech giant Apple today announced it is launching a new red version of its iPhone 8. The red phone will be available in both the standard iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus models. Proceeds from the sale of the phone will support Product (RED), an organisation that supports the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa. [...]
Facebook’s Icarus needs to come down to earth before it’s too late April 9, 2018 Mark Zuckerberg is facing his Icarus moment. The tale of the boy who flew too close to the sun would make uncomfortable reading for the Facebook founder. “Move fast and break things” was the mantra that made Zuckerberg such a totem of sky-high success. But lax privacy controls and the leaking of the information of [...]
Crypto-phobia risks tarnishing blockchain with the bitcoin brush April 9, 2018 Bitcoin, the most well-known cryptocurrency, has been associated with dark and unsavoury topics such as human trafficking, money laundering, and most recently indecent image transfer. As such, cryptocurrencies, and their foundational technology blockchain, have been negatively tainted in the public eye. While we cannot shy away from confronting this dark side of cryptocurrency, there remains [...]
Millennials are killing the TV licence April 6, 2018 Millennials are constantly being accused of “killing” things. Not people, thankfully, but the auto industry, lunch, marriage. Here’s another for the ever-growing list: in between never owning a home, avocados on rye, and leeching off my parents, somehow I find time to not watch the BBC. An Ipsos MORI poll for the Beeb warns that [...]
Facebook may shared personal data of 87m people with Cambridge Analytica – not the 50m previously thought April 4, 2018 Facebook today admitted almost 30m more people than previously thought may have had their personal data handed over to Cambridge Analytica. Some 87m, most of which were from the US, may have had information improperly shared. Previously, the social media giant estimated a figure of 50m. Chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer revealed the increased numbers [...]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify before US congress in Washington April 4, 2018 Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is set to testify before the US House Energy and Commerce Committee next week. The committee said it will be examining the misuse of data by political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica during the US 2016 election. The social media giant has come under fire after it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica [...]
Spotify share price drops on first day of trading on Wall Street April 4, 2018 Shares in music streaming service Spotify dropped off in its second day of trading on Wall Street, following a strong opening performance yesterday. Spotify shares opened at $165.90 (£118), but by early this afternoon, the price had dropped 15 per cent to $140. Spotify’s opening listing was 34 per cent higher than its initial set [...]
Should Mark Zuckerberg step down? April 4, 2018 THE CEO HAS changed. That’s no longer a secret. For the first time in history, chief executives and business leaders are virtually expected to be in the public eye, communicating with the customer and offering opinions on social and political issues. This can have commercial benefits. People buy from other people: therefore if organisations leverage [...]
Mark Zuckerberg hits back at Tim Cook after Apple CEO criticises Facebook’s data collection April 2, 2018 Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has pushed back against Apple CEO Tim Cook’s latest criticism of the social media giant, calling the critique “extremely glib and not aligned with the truth”. The comments come after Cook called out the Facebook’s business model as a scheme to monetise users. Zuckerberg made the comments in an interview with [...]
Spotify float still set to top Snap and Twitter amid tech sell-off March 28, 2018 Spotify is expected to be worth $26bn (£17bn) at the end of its first day of trade next week, more than social media platforms Snap and Twitter, according to IG client accounts. IG’s grey market, which allows traders to speculate on the music streaming giant’s market capitalisation at the end of its first day of [...]