Friday, 24 January 2020

Vivo beats Samsung for 2nd spot in Indian smartphone market

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Samsung, which once led the smartphone market in India , slid to the third position in the quarter that ended in December, even as the South...

The App Store is down

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Midday on Friday it appeared that Apple’s App Store, a critical piece of the digital and mobile economies, struggled with uptime issues. Ap...
Thursday, 23 January 2020

US regulators need to catch up with Europe on fintech innovation 

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Alastair Mitchell Contributor Share on Twitter Alastair Mitchell is a partner at multi-stage VC fund EQT Ventures and the fund...

US regulators need to catch up with Europe on fintech innovation 

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Alastair Mitchell Contributor Share on Twitter Alastair Mitchell is a partner at multi-stage VC fund EQT Ventures and the fund...

The Apple Watch hits the gym with Connected program

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Wrist-worn fitness trackers tend to do a fine job when exercising outdoors. For those glued to gym equipment, however, things get trickier. ...
Wednesday, 22 January 2020

Opera and the firm short-selling its stock (alleging Africa fintech abuses) weigh in

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Internet services company Opera has come under a short-sell assault based on allegations of predatory lending practices by its fintech prod...
Tuesday, 21 January 2020

Nigeria’s Paga acquires Apposit, confirms Mexico and Ethiopia expansion

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Nigerian digital payments startup  Paga has acquired Apposit , a software development company based in Ethiopia, for an undisclosed amount....