Apple will get a taste of whether upgraded features on the new iPhone 11 are enough to lure shoppers to retail stores around the world as the new smartphones officially hit shelves Friday. At the Apple flagship store on Regent Street, a handful of diehard iPhone fans started waiting in line to purchase the new[...]
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The August 2019 Business Expectations Survey (BES) has identified insufficient power supply (65.9 points), high interest rate (56.5 points), financial problems (53.7 points) and unfavourable economic climate (53.5 points), as major factors constrained businesses in the month under review. It also identified unclear economic laws (50.8 points), unfavourable political climate (47 points), insufficient demand (46[...]
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Microsoft and Nvidia announced a tie-up Monday that will give the former’s popular world-building game “Minecraft” more realistic graphics. The partnership means “Minecraft” players using personal computers powered by Nvidia’s RTX chips will start seeing the effects of a technology called real-time ray tracing, both companies said in a statement. Nvidia’s graphics cards will essentially[...]
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U.S. President Donald Trump is set to decide Monday on whether to extend a temporary agreement allowing Huawei to do business in the U.S. — and Washington’s decision will likely be influenced by American tech firms, according to research firm International Data Corporation. The U.S. Commerce Department placed the Chinese tech giant on a blacklist[...]
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Building a high-value business takes patience and entrepreneurs shouldn’t believe that start-ups reach multi-million-dollar valuations overnight, a successful Danish businesswoman has warned. When it comes to growing a start-up, Mette Lykke, CEO of food waste organization Too Good To Go, speaks from experience. She co-founded fitness app Endomondo in 2007, developing the company for almost[...]
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The Daily Show is an American late-night talk show that piques on satire and self-deprecatory humour to discuss socially and culturally relevant stories. It airs each Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. The show is currently hosted by South African comedian, Trevor Noah and it has won 24 Primetime Emmy Awards. Burna Boy will make[...]
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Dr. Joe DeSimone took his own path to entrepreneurship. His latest venture, Carbon, is changing the way things are made. He’s assembled one of the most impressive Board of Directors and line up of investors to transform the $300 billion manufacturing industry. Joe recently appeared as a guest on the DealMakers Podcast. During his exclusive[...]
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Uzoma Dozie, the last Group Managing Director of Diamond Bank, has announced that he is launching a new financial technology community and ecosystem, Sparkle; a mobile-first platform focused on the country’s retail sector. Sparkle will tackle how retailers can achieve their daily objectives and scale their businesses, providing a suite of innovative lifestyle services, in[...]
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According to Small Business Trends, a third of small businesses get started with less than $5,000, and 58% got started with less than $25,000. 26% of business owners started because they were willing to be their own boss; 23% because they wanted to pursue their passion and 19% because the opportunity presented itself. Other reasons[...]
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Victor Femi-Fred, Managing Consultant of Ventra Consult, a fast-growing business consultancy business on sales and leadership, has spent almost all his youthful life selling ideas to marketers. A Certified Sales Learning Consultant, Facilitator, speaker and author, Femi-Fred gets excited at telling marketers what to do to sell their products. He describes himself as a performance-oriented[...]
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Ayman Hariri has lashed out on Facebook and similar social media platforms for "building addiction into their design" by mining people’s data and insights, affecting their privacy, mental health and even national elections. Hariri, son of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri and brother of current PM Saad Hariri, is a prominent investor in tech,[...]
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India's GIFT City could be a game changer to India's economy Gujarat -- the home state of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- houses an empty land 886-acre, in it is a small collection of buildings that India hopes will one day rival financial centers like Singapore, Dubai and Hong Kong. It's called Gujarat International Finance-Tec[...]
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