TikTok is a Chinese-owned app that has fascinated hundreds of millions of teens in just a few years with its entertaining dance videos, lip-syncing performances and comedy routines. But analysts who have seen the meteoric rise of social commerce in China – a mash of activity on social media and …
Read More »SoftBank gets even more defensive with $ 14 billion in asset sales
Masayoshi Son’s SoftBank Group said Friday it was selling its stake in its Japanese subsidiary, SoftBank Corp. SoftBank (SFTBF) will own more than one million shares in SoftBank Corp. sold for a value of 1.47 trillion yen (almost $ 14 billion). The offer would reduce SoftBank Group’s stake in the …
Read More »The hidden danger in Apple’s latest MacBook Pro success
Updated 27 aug. Article originally posted on 25 Aug. With twenty percent sales of the MacBook, Apple has a wonderfully small problem at the heart of the laptop’s success. Just before macOS moved to an ARM-powered future, the audience for the older Intel standard flourished, Apple CEO Tim Cook Presents …
Read More »Microsoft Word can now transcribe lectures and phone calls
With the latest Microsoft 365 update, subscribers can upload an existing audio recording to transcribe or record a live chat inside Microsoft (MSFT) Word. The program can also detect when different people are speaking during a conversation, and it will make a transcript with timestamp of what was said. If …
Read More »Instacart sues DC Attorney General over alleged fraudulent customer service charges without paying taxes
The complaint points to a since changed Instacart policy in place from September 2016 to April 2018, in which, in addition to a delivery fee, the company charged its consumers a 10% “service” fee that could be increased, decreased or dismissed. “For a reasonable consumer, these service charges looked like …
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