Big Tech

Alexa Becomes a Shopper’s Virtual Stylist With New Echo Smart Screen
Alexa Becomes a Shopper’s Virtual Stylist With New Echo Smart Screen
September 29, 2022  |  Amazon Technology

In a move aimed at connecting voice-powered shopping, entertainment and information systems via a bigger touch screen, Amazon’s latest wall-mounted iteration of its Echo device...

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Report: Facebook Testing ‘Subscriber Only’ Posts
Report: Facebook Testing ‘Subscriber Only’ Posts
September 28, 2022  |  Facebook

Facebook is apparently testing a new option that would let users limit access to their posts to subscribers only for a set period after publishing....

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Amazon Beefs Up Tech Stable and Digital Ecosystem Ahead of Holiday Sales Event
Amazon Beefs Up Tech Stable and Digital Ecosystem Ahead of Holiday Sales Event
September 28, 2022  |  Amazon

In a flurry of announcements ahead of its upcoming Prime Early Access Sale, eCommerce giant Amazon made clear that its second sales event of the...

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NFT-Personalized Debit Cards Make Debut
NFT-Personalized Debit Cards Make Debut
September 27, 2022  |  NFTs

Mastercard will now let cardholders put their non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on their cryptocurrency debit cards, the company said, bringing avatars like Bored Apes and their...

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Google Exec Comes Out Against Paying For ISP Upgrades
Google Exec Comes Out Against Paying For ISP Upgrades
September 26, 2022  |  Google

A Google executive has said big tech companies shouldn’t have to pay for internet service providers’ (ISP) network-upgrade costs in the EU, a report from...

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EMEA Daily: Irish Life Partners With Stripe for Investment Platform Solutions
EMEA Daily: Irish Life Partners With Stripe for Investment Platform Solutions
September 26, 2022  |  emea

In today’s news from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Stripe announced that will be providing payment solutions for Irish Life’s investment app and...

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UK Scrutinizes Amazon, Google, Microsoft Over Competition in Cloud Market
UK Scrutinizes Amazon, Google, Microsoft Over Competition in Cloud Market
September 25, 2022  |  Big Tech

The U.K. has begun probing the cloud market to see whether Amazon, Microsoft and Google are stifling competition and innovation. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft...

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Flutterwave Adds Google Pay Integration for African Businesses
Flutterwave Adds Google Pay Integration for African Businesses
September 22, 2022  |  emea

Pan-African payment platform Flutterwave has announced a Google Pay integration that will allow merchants using Flutterwave for business, the San Francisco-based firm’s eCommerce platform, to...

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Facebook Parent Meta, Google Quietly Reduce Jobs
Facebook Parent Meta, Google Quietly Reduce Jobs
September 21, 2022  |  Big Tech

Two of the world’s largest tech companies have begun to quietly eliminate jobs as they endeavor to cut costs. Facebook owner Meta Platforms has begun...

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