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Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg is planning to integrate the chat tools on the WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger services, a move that could help the social media giant identify users’ identities across all of its properties, and bolster its case against a breakup by regulators. Zuckerberg’s plans, reported
Tencent and Netease got several of their less-important titles approved in China, as the world’s largest gaming market recovers from a months-long shutout that had thrown the industry into disarray. Tencent’s Wood Joints and Folding Fan secured operational licenses on January 13, its first games to win approval since regulators
A Malaysian startup is betting that there’s plenty of pent-up demand for a new browser that’s compliant with Islamic values, at a time of mounting concerns over privacy, bias and online abuse over the internet. SalamWeb, a mobile and desktop browser, is designed to deliver a Muslim-friendly web experience. The app, which includes
Apple Inc. apologised for a bug that let users of its FaceTime video-chat service listen in on people they contacted even before the person accepted or rejected the call. The iPhone maker said it has fixed the flaw on its servers and will roll out an update to Apple’s iOS operating system next week. “We …
Slack Technologies said it has filed confidentially with regulators to list the company’s shares in the US. The messaging platform company didn’t provide details of its plans in a statement Monday. Slack plans to forgo a traditional initial public offering and instead intends to sell its shares to bidders in a direct listing, a
A year after Airbus SE won what appeared to be a lifesaving order for its A380 double-decker plane, the flagship program’s future is once again on the line. Gulf carrier Emirates may convert some or all of its most recent 20 superjumbo orders into smaller A350s, people familiar with the matter said. The A330neo, another …
Facebook faces seven separate data-protection probes in Ireland as the country’s privacy regulator looks to take advantage of new rules that allow it to impose hefty fines. The investigations are among 16 cases targeting big technology companies including Twitter, Apple, LinkedIn, and also Facebook’s WhatsApp and Instagram, Helen
Vodacom [JSE:VOD] has asserted that its group CEO, Shameel Joosub, was not conflicted when he made a final offer of compensation to a former employee who proposed the Please Call Me service. The mobile operator held a conference call with reporters on the matter on Friday. Nkosana Makate, the employee who presented the idea to
Nkosana Makate has hit out at Vodacom for portraying him as “greedy and unreasonable” after the company said it had been generous in its compensation offer to him. “The CEO’s determination considers me as a charity case and ignores the fact that I have a binding commercial agreement with Vodacom as found by the High …
A secret recording, revealing that businessman Dr Iqbal Survé colluded with board members of Ayo Technologies to secure an investment from the Public Investment Corporation, was nothing more than an “informal discussion” and those implicated have nothing to hide. This is according to a joint statement from the boards of
