Apple’s App Store generated a record $64 billion in revenue last year as coronavirus lockdowns saw sales shoot up more than 25 percent from 2019 Analysts estimate gross sales from the amount Apple paid to developers Paid apps earning rose 28 percent compared to a mere 3.1 percent in 2019 Google Play only grossed $38.6 billion, … Read more
Beauty company Coty Inc announced on Tuesday they have completed acquisition of a 20 percent ownership interest in Kim Kardashian’s business for $200M. The strategic transaction was announced in June 2020 and successfully completed on schedule in Q3 fiscal year 2021, according to a press release from Coty. Together, Coty and Kardashian will ‘focus on … Read more
We will ditch Boris Johnson over bike lanes, say 27 percent of Tory voters, as council pays ‘gatekeeper’ van to monitor road barely used by cyclists in Surrey One in four people who voted Conservative say they will not do so next time Public support lost amid anger over the cycle lanes introduced during pandemic … Read more
We will ditch Boris Johnson over bike lanes, say 27 percent of Tory voters, as council pays ‘gatekeeper’ van to monitor road barely used by cyclists in Surrey One in four people who voted Conservative say they will not do so next time Public support lost amid anger over the cycle lanes introduced during pandemic … Read more
The United States has recorded its most deadly week of the coronavirus pandemic with a 44 percent increase in fatalities nationwide compared to last week. In the past seven days, the US set new records in all three metrics that measure the pandemic’s severity, according to the COVID Tracking Project. Deaths rose to 15,966 last week, new … Read more
Facebook has become a go-to source for news among Americans, but a new survey reveals nearly half are unsure to whether the social media firm conducts is own reporting. Pew Research Center found that six percent of those surveyed said Facebook ‘does its own reporting,’ while 42 percent marked ‘not sure.’ The group surveyed more … Read more
More than a third of Americans now want the government to create more of a social safety net – ensuring health and unemployment benefits – an increase of 40 percent since the coronavirus pandemic came to the US. As of April, 60 percent of Americans favored universal health insurance, according to a new Johns Hopkins … Read more
ExxonMobil is planning to increase carbon-dioxide emissions by 17 percent by 2025, according to internal documents obtained by Bloomberg News,. The amount is equal to extra 23 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, or the entire output of Greece – but it only accounts for emissions from Exxon’s oil and gas production. The added emissions … Read more
A new report reveals that robots working in Amazon fulfillment centers are leading to more injuries among human employees – although the e-commerce giant claims the technology reduces incidents. Based on internal records from 150 warehouses, serious injuries were 50 percent higher at facilities with robots than those without, according to the Center for Investigative … Read more
More than half of Americans wants to see the US ditch paper currency and move to cashless payment systems, as survey reveals. The research found 58 percent of participants plan to make the shift once the coronavirus pandemic is over, but one in three said they no longer use physical money due to health concerns. … Read more