England (6) 12 Pen: Farrell 4 South Africa (12) 32 Try: Mapimpi, Kolbe, Con: Pollard 2 Pen: Pollard 6 South Africa beat England with a ruthless display of power rugby to win their third Rugby World Cup. Twenty two points from the bold fly-half Handre Pollard and second-half tries from wingers Makazole Mapimpi and Cheslin…
Alibaba’s sales grew by 40 per cent with profits more than tripling as China’s legions of shoppers kept spending at the online retailer despite a broader economic slowdown. During the three-month period ended September 30, Jack Ma, founder and chairman stepped down from his formal roles at the company, leaving chief executive Daniel Zhang to…
Nintendo stocks rose by 7 per cent yesterday, showing the group’s operating profits soared to Y67bn ( $614m) in July-September 2019 and smashed consensus estimates as the group’s bet on a cheaper version of its Switch console appeared to have paid off. Most analyst were forecasting about Y50m and several were surprised that Nintendo opted…
Google snaps up Fitbit for $2.1bn ( £1.6bn) “ Google is an ideal partner to advance our mission. With Google’s resources and global platform, Fitbit will be able to accelerate innovation in the wearables, scale faster and make health even more accessible to everyone” James Park co-founder and CEO who founded Fitbit 12 years ago.…
Fosun the Chinese conglomerate, is acquiring Thomas Cook’s brand and intellectual property assets, for £11m, which could allow the business to be revived ad an online travel agent months after it collapsed into administration. Fosun was part of the group of lenders and bondholders that sought to put together a £900m rescue package that could have…
Facebook has dropped its year-long appeal against a £500, 000 fine imposed by the UK’s data watchdog for its failure to protect users’ information in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, without accepting any admission of liability. The payment comes amidst intense scrutiny of Facebook’s role in the democratic process, with a fresh dispute emerging over the…
MPs last night overwhelmingly voted to end the Brexit paralysis at Westminster and put the issue back to the people, setting a general election for December 12, 2019. Boris Johnson’s plan to hold a pre-Christmas election was approve by 438 votes to 20, after Labour finally agreed to drop its opposition to an early poll,…
Over 100 Human rights activists, journalists, prominent lawyers, religious figures and political dissidents had their smartphones hacked by spyware that exploited the vulnerability in WhatsApp, according to the Facebook owned messaging service in May 2019. The victims of the attack were only contacted by WhatsApp yesterday. Their smartphones were targeted through WhatsApp’s call function by…
Google’s search engine growth is slowing down at an alarming rate according to the technology company as paid clicks on advertisements –crucial to Google’s revenues- were up just 1 per cent in the third quarter of this year compared with previous three months after decades of double digit growth suggesting that the users are increasingly…