Facebook’s self-regulatory contortions in the wake of fake news and trolling scandals have gone on, with little visible effect, for months. Now Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey has announced
Earlier this year, when bitcoin’s price fell by more than 60% from its record close, a less-noticed bitcoin figure also plunged: the number of daily transactions. There are many explanations for the fall-off in trading, from
Last week’s annual Mobile World Congress comes at a turning point for the industry: 2017 was the first year in four that mobile phone sales fell. The action on the convention hall floor, combined with some nearly buried findings
On TalkCentral this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg are joined by a lively chat room to discuss the best new phones from Mobile World Congress, including the new models from HMD Global, Sony
Over the past decade, British author and commentator Chris Skinner has become one of the most influential voices in the world on the future of financial services. He has advised the White House, the
Helios Towers, one of the largest sub-Saharan telecommunications tower operators, plans an initial public offering in early April to allow shareholders such as Soros Fund Management to reduce their stakes. Helios Towers plans
Jaguar offered an online preview of its fully electric I-Pace sport utility vehicle as the UK luxury car maker pushes forward with plans to challenge Tesla and offer a battery-powered line-up by the end of the decade
A bright future lies ahead for OLED. When that starts, and how long it lasts, is less clear. Organic light-emitting diode screens have been touted as the future of smartphones because they’re crisper and easier on
A Chinese company that dominates the African smartphone market is preparing for a backdoor listing that will make it one of the Asian country’s biggest publicly traded mobile device makers. Shenzhen Transsion Holdings
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