Kiev-born, Jan Koum, a Ukrainian-American internet inventor, computer programmer and WhatsApp co-founder revealed he got the WhatsApp’s idea purely by accident after missing calls at Gym, he conceived the idea of creating the messaging app after being annoyed. He wanted to create an app that could communicate to people whether he was free or not.…
Berkshire Hathaway, CEO and Chairman Billionaire Warren Buffett, the second richest person in the world says “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful person say no to almost everything.” Most ambitious people want to accomplish things as we are driven by results, doing more, learning things, getting promoted and…
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick, becomes a billionaire after £6.7bn ($9.3bn) investment deal from a consortium led by Japan’s Softbank. buying a chunk of the company from existing shareholders. Mr. Kalanick, who stepped down as CEO in June 2017, after he was driven out of the top job by a series of scandals, is selling $…
Pope Francis has made history by performing a wedding ceremony for two flight attendants on board a plane between Cities in Chile. Paula Podest Ruiz 39 and Carlos Ciuffardi Elorriga, (41) had been married before a civil service but asked Pope to bless their marriage. The Pontiff asked the couple “Do you want me to marry…
The Insolvency Service PwC has revealed bosses at collapsed Carillion construction firm have had their bonus payments halted amid growing anger at bumper payouts, with debts of £1.3bn and a £600 m pensions deficit. A spokesperson said, “ Any bonus payment to directors beyond the liquidation date has been stopped and this includes the severance…
Ayahuasca. a Halluycinogenic drink traditionally consumed by South American tribes during shamanic ceremonies has attracted backpackers to South America in search of spiritual awakening. This Psychedelic drug brewed by indigenous Amazonian tribes could be used to treat alcoholism and depression, according to new research. Ayahusaca, is an entheogenic brew made out of Banisteriopsis caapi vine…
The Pegasus Airline, flight PC8622 passenger plane skidded off a runaway and was teetering on a cliff edge after skidding off the runway in northeast Turkey narrowly avoided plunging into the sea saved by the mud bank while landing at Trabzon Airport on the Black Sea coast on Saturday night. All 162 passengers and 6…
The UK’s second-biggest Construction giant Carillion has filed for compulsory liquidation, shouldering a £1.5 billion debt pile, as they failed to secure funding to keep operating The government will be providing the funding required by the liquidator to maintain the public services carried on by Carillion staff, subcontractors, and suppliers the company said. Carillion,…
Fast food outlet KFC Canada has rolled out the Bitcoin Bucket, an offering that can only be paid by using Bitcoin. In a Tweet the company said “ sure, we don’t know exactly what Bitcoins are, or how they work, but that shouldn’t come between you and some finger lickin’ good chicken”. The offer, only…
Twenty years after former president Bill Clinton‘s ramping up material prosperity economy, bons mots, the world’s developed economies are wealthier than ever, in real terms more than 70 per cent larger than they were in 1992. But Bill Clinton’s verdict went wrong, as the golden age of popular social and economic analysis explains why an…