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Photo: UnsplashAmazon Music has done what other major streaming services are yet to do; the inclusion of an “HD” subscription option into its streaming service. Now Amazon Music is in the league of streaming platforms like Qobuz, Tidal, and Deezer, which can boast of high-quality audio options, though these platforms are “smaller” when compared to Amazon Music. The streaming services that are actually comparable to Amazon Music like Apple Music and Spotify are yet to join the high-resolution...

Photo: ComcastNBCUniversal which is a United States media giant and Subsidiary of media conglomerate Comcast (CMCSA) is set to launch its streaming service named Peacock which of course is in tandem with its logo. Following NBC’s traditional content which comprises of NBC’s legacy content which has spanned the greater part of three-plus decades with sitcoms, original shows feature films and even fresh content and the unscripted ones will be made available for the new streaming service.The...

Things aren’t so great in the FedEx camp at the moment as the express shipping and logistics firm fell short of expectations on Wall Street for its first fiscal quarter of the year, which ended in August. This has led the firm to also lower its general expectations for its possible earnings for next year to between $10 and $12 in earnings per share. Due to this, FedEx stock’s (FDX) after-hours trading fell more than 9%.Based on the report posted for the quarter, the company reportedly pulled...

Photo: CoinspeakerTechnology innovation startup GitLab which operates fully remotely has raised $268 Million in series E funding ahead of the planned IPO. This was revealed on Tuesday the 17th of September by the company. This brings to $426 Million the total amount invested since 2015 and the $2.75 Billion the total valuation of the company which is more than twice the valuation when last year’s $100 Million series D funding took place. It was led by Goldman Sachs and Iconic...

Principal Founder of the Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates, has been very popular for many years not just for his contribution to the tech space but is also known far and wide for how much wealth he’s been able to amass over the years.Gates who is also known for his many humanitarian efforts including consistent philanthropy, gave away more than $35 billion of his wealth to charity in 2019 alone, according to Bloomberg. Regardless of this, Gates still added $16 billion to his net worth in...

The long-awaited launch of arguably the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange for the American market, Binance US is finally here. Binance US opens today Wednesday the 18th of September, and promises to deliver world-class digital trading technology with great speed, ensuring a remarkable experience for all of its customers. Before now, the crypto exchange had its services restricted in the US and later announced that it will open a more American specific platform to cater to the...

Finally, after much expectation that it would occur, it is hoped by the investment and venture capital community that the We Company owners of corporate space company WeWork would put its plans for its Initial Public Offering on hold. This comes after serious doubt existed as to the original valuation of the company which went down sharply from $47 Billion to less than $15 Billion in recent weeks.The Wall Street Journal reports that investors had already started to query the initial valuation...

One of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency exchanges Binance has made its first strategic investment in China. The company has invested in Mars Finance, a news platform that focuses on the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector.As has been reported by Bloomberg, the investment is a part of Mars Finance’s funding round that valued the platform at about $200 million. According to the co-founder of Mars Finance Wu Jihan, investors in the round included Ceyuan Ventures and Matrixport, the...

In recent news, Nissan has come out with a new crossover EV which is reportedly going to launch in the second half of 2021. The new electric vehicle will have a driving range of 300 miles and it will accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just under 5 seconds, which is remarkably fast.While Nissan hasn’t specified any details on how the car would look, experts haven’t wasted any time and already have speculated that the new EV will probably be based on the iMx Concept in 2017. However, the thing...

Fintech startups across the globe are making massive inroads in the global payments industry. As per the Accenture report titled Banking Pulse Survey: Two Ways To Win, non-banking financial startups will eat 15% share in global payments revenue by 2025. As per the estimates and the growth projections, this share translates to a massive $280 billion.As per the report, the global payments revenue is expected to grow at an annual rate of 5.5%. In 2019 itself, the global payments market is...