Sony revitalises smartphone franchise with movie-style screens
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Alibaba CEO rules out layoffs this year
This week reports circulated in Chinese media that e-commerce site and Alibaba rival JD.com Inc would lay off 10 percent of its senior executives. The company declined to comment directly on the cuts
Apple teams with Ant Financial, banks for interest-free iPhone financing in China
Apple is offering the plan through Huabei, a consumer credit service run by Ant Financial, the payment affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba, Apple’s China website shows
Samsung announces folding phone with 5G at nearly $2,000
All of the Galaxy series of rigid phones except the 5G will be available from March 8, with the S10+ priced from $1,000, the S10 priced from $900 and the smaller S10e from $750.
Qualcomm urges U.S. regulators to reverse course and ban some iPhones
Qualcomm is seeking the ban in hopes of dealing Apple a blow before the two begin a major trial in mid-April in San Diego over Qualcomm’s patent licensing practices
Global e-commerce sales will skyrocket to $3 trillion by 2022: Fitch Solutions
China is the largest e-commerce market globally with total e-commerce sales forecast at $834 billion in 2019 and projected to further rise to $1.24 trillion by 2022
Software pirates use Apple tech to put hacked apps on iPhones
Apple has no way of tracking the real-time distribution of these certificates, or the spread of improperly modified apps on its phones, but it can cancel the certificates if it finds misuse
Amazon does not have a Pakistan presence. These Pakistani entrepreneurs are selling on it anyway
The global e-commerce giant has ignored Pakistan, but many enterprising individuals and companies have found ways to use the platform to their advantage by getting around the legal hurdles
Two startups willing to bet that more Pakistanis will buy their groceries online
Hum Mart and Mandi Express have both set up online stores that serve the Karachi market, but both are going about their business in a very different way
Active social media users in Pakistan grow by 5.7%: Report
As of January 2019, the total number of active social media users was recorded at 37 million and active social media users as a percentage of the population were 18%
Apple fixes FaceTime privacy bug, will issue update next week
The bug was discovered by 14-year-old Grant Thompson, who, along with his mother, Michele, tried to report the bug to Apple but said they struggled to get the company’s attention until the problem gained traction on social media
Sony, Nintendo seen scoring strong third-quarter earnings as console battle reaches next level
At Sony, analysts estimate operating profit grew 10 percent in September-December versus the same period a year prior to $3.55 billion
Apple opens new chapter amid weakening iPhone demand
The company’s services revenue in the past quarter climbed 19 percent from the prior year to $10.9 billion — more than any other category besides the iPhone
Buzzfeed, Huffpost setback by new wave of lay-offs
Over at HuffPost, about 10 percent of journalists left editorial staff this week or about 20 people in total
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