China Introduces new anti-trust rules for non-bank payment industry Anti-trust, “The finance industry is becoming more and more dependent on information technology, leading to a growing urgency of ramping up anti-trust efforts in this sector,” Liu Xu, a researcher at the National Strategy Institute of Tsinghua University, said. China’s central bank proposed stepping up anti-trust measures to rein in …
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January, 2021
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19 January
Indian Rules could hit Amazon
Indian change of Foreign Rules could hit Amazon Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart were last hit in Dec. 2018 by investment rule changes that barred foreign e-commerce players from offering products from sellers in which they have an equity stake. India is considering revising its foreign investment rules for e-commerce, three sources and a government spokesman told Reuters, a move …
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15 January
AMAZFIT LAUNCHES NEW FITNESS WEARABLES AT CES 2021
AMAZFIT LAUNCHES NEW FITNESS WEARABLES AT CES 2021 Amazfit theme for CES 2021, “Stronger, Together”, highlights the brand’s unwavering commitment to offering consumers effective products and services in the wearable market. After the wave of cancellations last year concerning all the major conventions like MWC we are finally getting one big event fully. Yes, the CES 2021 is …
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12 January
Huawei’s Under-Screen Camera Surface Online
Huawei’s Under-Screen Camera Surface Online Huawei’s idea has innovatively added a secondary screen to the top frame of the phone. It should display information such as phone signal, time, and power. the past few years, we have seen various approaches for achieving a full-screen design. From the first notch screens to the current hole-punch screens, they all are not …
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9 January
Bitcoin Outburst $40,000 market price
Bitcoin Outburst $40,000 market price Bitcoin now controls $746 billion of the $1 trillion value of the cryptocurrency market. The progress began in December 2020 when it broke the $19,783 price it recorded in 2017. The price of leading cryptocurrency, BTC, has reached a record $40,000 just hours after it sold for $38,000. While bearish traders expected that …
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6 January
INSTAGRAM TESTING NEW STORIES DESIGNS IN THE WEB VERSION
INSTAGRAM TESTING NEW STORIES DESIGNS IN THE WEB VERSION New Stories design is to users, and when the new design will become permanent and stable. The team of the popular social network Instagram has begun testing a useful innovation that will make viewing “Stories” in the web version much easier. The new design of the “Stories” appear in a …
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4 January
OPPO TOPS CHINESE SMARTPHONE MARKET
OPPO TOPS CHINESE SMARTPHONE MARKET IN 51ST WEEK OF 2020 OPPO Reno 5 and Reno 5 Pro phones were officially released on December 10, 2020, featuring video portrait functions and thin and light design. According to a Weibo channel, OPPO smartphone shipments got first place in the domestic market in the 51st week of 2020, reaching 22% of the market share. …
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3 January
Bitcoin hits above $30,000 for first time
Bitcoin hits above $30,000 for first time Bitcoin gained weight more than 300% in 2020, and with the latest leg higher has added more than 50% since crossing $20,000 just two weeks ago. Digital currency Bitcoin extended its record smashing rally on Saturday, beginning the year with a surge over $30,000 for the first time, with ever more traders …
December, 2020
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31 December
SONY PLAYSTATION 5 LAUNCH IN INDIA
SONY PLAYSTATION 5 LAUNCH IN INDIA LATE 2020 PlayStation 5 launch in India has been forgotten by Sony. Long ago, Sony was teasing the PlayStation 5 launch in India. That was way before the global launch of the console that happened in November 12. Several regions received the console on November 19, but India wasn’t among them. Now, it’s the …
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29 December
Bolt Spreads over 21 Cities in Nigeria
Bolt Spreads over 21 Cities in Nigeria Bolt, a private major transportation platform has made its landmark over 21cities across Nigeria. Bolt, a major ride-hailing platform has registered it presence in 21 cities across Nigeria. The expansion move follows its diversification into 10 new cities along with the already existing 11. The move which is in line with Bolt’s …
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25 December
Donald Trump to Loose Twitter Followers
Donald Trump to Loose Twitter Followers before Joe Biden Administration takes over Donald Trump requests in 2016 to inherit Barack Obama’s millions of followers. Twitter has confirmed that the official US presidential accounts will be wiped of their millions of followers before being transferred to the Biden administration. Mr Biden’s team “fought” the plan, but the social media giant …
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22 December
GALAXY S10 LITE NEW UNEXPECTEDLY UI 3.0
GALAXY S10 LITE NEW UNEXPECTEDLY UI 3.0 Galaxy S10 Lite still doesn’t support Samsung DeX mode. Bixby Routines, Samsung Internet, and Samsung Keyboard apps have been improved to offer more features. Samsung unexpectedly began distributing One UI 3.0 firmware based on the Android 11 operating system for the Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite smartphone. The move came as a surprise because the company has yet …
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22 December
SAMSUNG LAUNCHES GALAXY BOOK FLEX 2
SAMSUNG LAUNCHES THREE LAPTOPS, INCLUDING GALAXY BOOK FLEX 2 Galaxy Book Flex 2 flip touch laptops (plus the 5G version), the Galaxy Book Ion 2. Today, Samsung launched three laptops in the Korean market. They include a new generation of Galaxy Book Flex flip touch laptops (plus the 5G version), the Galaxy Book Ion 2, and the Notebook Plus 2. …
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22 December
Nigerian Government extends SIM-NIN deadline
Nigerian Government extends SIM-NIN deadline to February 2021 NIN (The Nigeria National Identification Number telecommunication service has extended the SIM NIN Ban. The federal government has extended the deadline for the provision of National Identification Number, NIN, by telecommunication service subscribers to 19th January and 9th February, 2021 respectively. FG disclosed this in a statement titled: ‘Extension of Registration Period …
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21 December
Mac mini (M1, 2020) Review
Mac mini (M1, 2020) Review Mac mini (M1, 2020) performs well even in heavy content creation apps, marks the beginning of new Era. HIGHLIGHTS Apple is slowing transitioning its Macs over to custom in-house SoCs The Mac mini (M1, 2020) performs well even in heavy content creation apps You’ll need to buy your own monitor, keyboard and mouse The new …
