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Even though the world of social media is a global affair, all fingers are certainly not equal and like any other consumer market, various platforms fight for dominance among users with some faring better than others. Facebook, in particular, has been a mainstay within the social media market for over a decade and this includes Facebook itself as well as Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp and so on. However, there is a new crop of social media platforms that threaten its dominance and are reaching...

For the first time in the upcoming United States Presidential elections, a hopeful is paying attention to technology in general and cryptocurrencies in particular. Andrew Yang, who is planning to contest on the platform of the democratic party, has revealed plans to create a Federal Regulatory Agency for cryptocurrencies.He made this disclosure in a blog post which was published last week. He indicated the propensity for fraud within the crypto space due to a dearth of regulatory cover within...

Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company SoftBank has announced its decision to unite its search engine Yahoo Japan with a popular chatting app Line owned by Naver Corp. Within the agreement, Yahoo Japan and Line will merge and create a joint business to develop new opportunities for protecting themselves against competitors.According to the announcement, SoftBank and Naver will each hold 50% of a new holding company that will operate both Line and Z Holdings (Yahoo Japan’s...

As an automobile, Ford’s Mach-E comes with the style, logo, and design of the famous Mustang but everything else under the hood makes it seem more like a Tesla or another electric vehicle. With a range of 210- 300 miles at full charge and accelerations that range from beating high-end sports cars to mid-level sedans, the first set of Mach-Es will be available in late 2020 to the spring of 2021.Although pricey with the cheapest one starting at $43, 895 which is a little bit more expensive than...

Ever since Facebook announced its Libra project in June 2019, it has been knocking the doors of regulators for approval. Over the last few months, the social media giant had a tough time dealing with global regulatory authorities.But this has not deterred Facebook from furthering its development for its native cryptocurrency Project Libra. Last week, the Libra Association released a developer update. The update announcement mentioned that the Libra Project is running for five months and...

Late last month, the United States Department of Defense announced that the much-discussed Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, had been finally awarded to Microsoft. After the announcement, many including Amazon itself seemed sincerely surprised that the contract didn’t go to Amazon. Now, Amazon has decided to officially challenge the contract award.According to a Federal Times report, Amazon Web Services (AWS) officially filed with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims...

Microsoft has hinted that its upcoming game streaming service xCloud, will be officially launched next year. The company has also announced a few new games that will be launched along with xCloud and will also be available on the current Game Pass feature available.At the company’s XO19 Xbox event currently ongoing in London, Microsoft made the revelation about xCloud, adding further details including that all xCloud subscribers will have access to the over 100 games available currently on...

On Wednesday, November 13, Apple lifted the cover off its new precious MacBook offering – the 16-inch MacBook Pro. The new MacBook Pro model comes with some heavily loaded hardware features seen for the first time on a laptop.Besides introducing high-end machine hardware, one of the major changes to the latest MacBook Pro is its keyboard. Apple has finally decided to get rid of the controversial butterfly mechanism keyboard is used in the previous Macs.Instead, the 16-inch MacBook Pro...

Motorola has announced its next smartphone, a rehash of the much older Razr flip phone series which was initially released back in 2003. The new Razr which is scheduled for release next year will be foldable but unlike its ancestors, will have no buttons.For some, it would seem like phone makers are becoming quite reminiscent of the old days when mobile phones came in more shapes and sizes, with some of them designed as foldable flip phones. In late September, Samsung released its Galaxy...

Don’t we all love pets? These little bundles of joy not only spread love and cheer but also enrich our lives with their company and teach us many things. While pets have been part of human society for ages, it is only today that the pet care industry has grown to such a mammoth size.With the internet and social media, more and more people are constantly looking for services for their beloved pet dogs, cats, iguanas (what have you) and entrepreneurs have not failed to meet the growing demand....