In 2015, the total value of e-commerce in China was US$603bn. Of that, $485bn, or 80%, went through Alibaba. The scale of the company’s dominance in the country is quite staggering, and speaking at the Consumer Goods
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Both Apple and Google use their developer conferences to introduce updates to their mobile operating systems. Google IO, held last month, introduced Google’s latest version “N” of Android, along with new apps. Apple has done the
Volkswagen will seek redemption in electric cars, autonomous driving and ride-sharing after its cheating on diesel-emissions technology led to the biggest scandal in its history and hastened a corporate overhaul
Apple’s new artificial intelligence capabilities may help it protect its software and services businesses from incursions by Alphabet’s Google – and cut the Internet giant out of lucrative search roles on its devices. At Apple’s Worldwide Developer
Yesterday was the start of Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference, and Wall Street analysts seemed to emerge pretty optimistic on the changes that were announced to the company’s products. While new devices are not typically
Microsoft has provided the first hints about why it’s prepared to stump up a massive US$26,2bn to buy LinkedIn, the social network for professionals. The software giant said on Monday that
To defend sailing’s oldest trophy, billionaire Larry Ellison’s Oracle Team USA is enlisting help from European plane maker Airbus. The pairing isn’t as unlikely as it might seem. The catamarans facing off this weekend at a preliminary
SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng announced last month that 80% of all films broadcast on one of the public broadcaster’s channels, SABC3, will from July be locally made
When Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko took the helm three years ago, the South African company was struggling with record losses and a share price close to all-time lows. Now, the phone operator is
After a Herculean victory over telecommunications giant Vodacom for being the rightful inventor of “please call me”, Nkosana Makate has yet again been dragged back to court. A fresh legal battle