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Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei

Clicked: Huawei Prepared for Any Further U.S. “Attacks” Plus More ICYMI Tech Stories

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The World Economic Forum happened this week in Davos where global leaders, corporate titans and thinkers meet and Ren Zhengfei, Huawei's CEO spoke on...

Clicked: Alphabet Joins the Trillion-Dollar Club Plus More ICYMI Tech Stories

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It has been a rollercoaster this past week in terms of what tech giants have been up to and Clicked is here to break...

There Has to Be a Better Solution Than Breaking up Facebook

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Facebook has had a rough couple of years but people calling for the scandal-ridden(data privacy and misinformation) social media giant to break up is...
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Clicked: Facebook, Instagram Privacy Mishap, Apple Settles with Qualcomm as Intel Exits 5G Modem Business

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It has been a rollercoaster this past week in terms of what tech giants have been up to and Clicked is here to break...

Lets Talk About Facebook’s 10 Year Challenge

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The Facebook 10 Year challenged has been trending this past week with people sharing photos from what they looked like in 2009 and now....

CES 2019: The Best, Bad and Weird Tech Products

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CES 2019 wrapped this past weekend and kicked off product launches that ranged from the wild to the weird tech we expect to see...

Apple Stumbles, HTC Struggles and Microsoft Thrives

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Apple revised its revenue guidance for its fiscal 2019 first quarter. This is the first time they're cutting this since 2002. Apple lowered its...

Microsoft Now Neck and Neck with Apple as the Most Valuable Companies

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Microsoft is now neck and neck with Apple. When Big Tech conversations come up, Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook always take centre stage while underestimating...

Apple Is Still the Most Valuable Company, Microsoft Comes Second

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Late last week, it was reported that Microsoft had dethroned Apple to become the most valuable US company. It was just for a brief...

Facebook’s Earnings Call Reveals Stunted User Growth, Shifts Focus to Stories

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According to Facebook’s earnings call this past week, the social network reported less revenue and even fewer new users. Its audience actually shrunk in...
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IBM to Acquire Red Hat, Tim Cook Calls out Tech Giants and Google to Offer Users More Privacy Controls

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IBM is set to acquire Red Hat for $34 Billion in its big leap into hybrid cloud.

Facebook’s Portal is a Privacy Breach in Waiting, Microsoft Declares Love for Linux, We Learn That Google+ Isn’t Really...

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Facebook Portal is the social media giant’s entry into the hardware realm. Facebook launched both Portal and Portal+, their new voice-controlled, video-calling device that...

Amazon, Apple Deny Hacking Claims, Instagram Gets a New Boss and Facebook is Already Sticking Its Dirty Fingers Into...

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Early last week, Bloomberg Businessweek wrote a bombshell report on how Chinese spies had used tiny rogue chips embedded in Super Micro servers that...

Inventor of The Web Fires Cannons Against Tech Giants While Instagram Founders Unfriend Mark Zuckerberg

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Instagram's Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger unfriend Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Kevin and Mike called it quits on the photo-sharing platform which they founded in 2010 and...

Facebook Officially Starts Dating, Instagram Pulls Out on Regramming, Twitter Leaked DMs and Alexa Clearly Has No Type

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Facebook Dating begins testing in Colombia Facebook Dating which was announced in May began testing early last week in Colombia. The online dating product lives...

Apple Has Some Not-So-New iPhones, Google Discontinues the Email App No One Used and EU Wants to Kill the...

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On Wednesday last week, Apple introduced new iPhones - there was no huge announcements as this is the S year from Apple products -...

Twitter Pulls the Plug on Alex Jones as Instagram Turns into an E-Commerce Platform

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Conspiracy theorist, Alex Jones and Infowars get permanently banned from Twitter Alex Jones got axed from Twitter after confronting Oliver Darcy, a CNN journalist who had...
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Twitter Puts a Leash On Third-Party Clients as Founder Mulls Overhaul and Google’s Project Dragonfly Drama Continues

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Twitter CEO is thinking about giving the whole Twitter app an overhaul. After putting both controversial Alex Jones' account and his Infowars account on a...

Facebook Wants Banks’ Customer Data, Google Launches Cameos and Tech Giants vs Alex Jones

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Facebook wants banks to share their customers' data, but would it be safe? Facebook last week announced it was asking U.S financial institutions to share...

Apple Dongles On the $1 Trillion Train, Facebook’s Dating App Begins Testing and Google Ventures into China

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Two decades ago, Apple Inc. was close to bankruptcy - Now, it's worth nearly 7 Jeff Bezoses. Apple just reached the $1 trillion market cap...

Google’s $5bn EU Fine, Android Fuchsia, Editable Tweets and Can Facebook Fix Itself?

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Google So what did Google do, why are they being fined and are they really guilty? Google is a giant tech company and the European Commission...

No. Facebook Isn’t Spying on You, Gmail is

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Who exactly is reading your Emails? So last year, Google said it would stop scanning your emails for ad targeting. But did they? According to the...

Facebook Reverses Ban on Some Crypto-Ads, Updates Stories as It Reaches 400m Daily Users

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Facebook & Co. Facebook relaxed its ban on some cryptocurrency adverts. The company will now allow some preapproved advertisers to promote crypto businesses and services, like...

Senegalese-Born Artiste Akon To Launch Cryptocurrency, Akoin and Other African Tech Stories

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Akon to launch Akoin and is building his own Wakanda The American-based Senegalese artist says the cryptocurrency will be the currency of choice in Akon...

Intel CEO Resigns, IGTV Launches, Facebook’s AI Fight Against Fake News

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Instagram debuts their Youtube competitor, IGTV The long form video platform will allow anyone to upload videos either from the dedicated IGTV app or through...

AT&T-Time Warner Merger now Legal, Net Neutrality Is Dead and Bow to Blockchain Religion

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AT&T now allowed to merge with Time Warner, US Court rules. Last week on Monday, US court judge ruled that AT&T can complete its $85B...

The Startup Ecosystem in Africa Is Thriving – These Tech Stories Are Here to Prove It

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The innovation revolution in Africa is on a rise, from startups that not only bring major impact to the local countries but also cross...
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Microsoft Buys Github, Apple Trolls Facebook, Dramatic Departure of WhatsApp Founders from Facebook

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In this week's Clicked, we cover Github's acquisition by Microsoft, Apple's WWDC and the shade they gave Facebook and the expensive split from Facebook...