Spotify IPO Expected To Be At $25 Billion
Apr 05, 2018 10:07 am UTC| Technology
Spotify is set to debut as a publicly traded company today and the value of its IPO is expected to be anywhere from $20 billion to $25 billion. Shares to be sold are those held by private investors already and no new...
Will Amazon be your next bank and health insurance?
Apr 03, 2018 07:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology
One of Mr. Rockefellers most impressive characteristics is patience. This 1902 assertion by pioneering journalist Ida Tarbell described John D. Rockefeller, one of the wealthiest men in the world in the early 20th...
Why the business model of social media giants like Facebook is incompatible with human rights
Apr 03, 2018 07:24 am UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
Facebook has had a bad few weeks. The social media giant had to apologise for failing to protect the personal data of millions of users from being accessed by data mining company Cambridge Analytica. Outrage is brewing...
Fortnite Mobile Is Now Available For Everyone On iOS, Android Version Is Coming Soon
Apr 03, 2018 06:43 am UTC| Technology
The wait is over and Epic Games has now decided to stop making the mobile version of its hugely popular 100-player PVP game Fortnite Battle Royale feel like an exclusive club with invitation-only membership. All iOS users...
Amazon Predictably Cancels MOBA Title ‘Breakaway’
Apr 03, 2018 06:42 am UTC| Technology
As part of its efforts to have a piece of every single pie that there is to cut, Amazon has been trying its hand in video game development with a fantasy brawler MOBA title called Breakaway for some time now. Considering...
Fabled Video Game SpyParty Is Finally Arriving On Steam
Apr 03, 2018 06:42 am UTC| Technology
Literally, dozens of games are added to Steams extensive selection of titles every single day and hardly any of them are worth noticing. With a game called SpyParty coming to the platform, however, things are a little...
Intel Stocks Plummet Following Apple’s In-House Chip Manufacturing Announcement
Apr 03, 2018 06:42 am UTC| Technology
Intel just saw its biggest drop in stocks in two years following the reports that Apple was planning to start manufacturing its own chips for its computers. The iPhone maker has been getting its processors from Intel for...
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