Global chip shortage helps push car registrations to lowest level for more than two decadesThe number of electric cars sold in the UK last month neared the figures for the whole of 2019, with panic-buying at the petrol pumps expected to accelerate cons…
Tell us: how were you affected by the Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram outage?
We would like to hear your experiences of when you were unable to access your social media accountsOn Monday and Tuesday, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram experienced an outage that caused the social media platforms to go down globally for nearly six h…
Facebook outage: what went wrong and why did it take so long to fix after social platform went down?
Billions of users were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for hours while the social media giant scrambled to restore servicesFacebook and its other platforms, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, went down globally for close to …
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp hit by outage
Users in UK, US and other countries find services inaccessible as company apologisesFacebook has admitted that its users are having “trouble accessing our apps” after its network of services, including Instagram and WhatsApp, were hit by an outage in s…
Jared Spataro will talk about building Microsoft’s SaaS business at TC Sessions: SaaS
Jared Spataro has been with Microsoft for more than 15 years now, and he has been part of the transition from an on-prem software company to a SaaS business. Today his official title is corporate VP in charge of the company’s biggest SaaS product, Office 365. Spataro is going to join us on October 27th […]
William Shatner confirms he will go into space on Blue Origin rocket
90-year-old actor who played Captain Kirk in Star Trek will become the oldest person to reach spaceWilliam Shatner, who played Captain James T Kirk in Star Trek, has confirmed that he will go to space this month on the second launch staged by the Amazo…
How ‘losing friend to misinformation’ drove Facebook whistleblower
Frances Haugen was frustrated that Facebook was not publicly acknowledging the harm its platforms could causeFrances Haugen, the whistleblower behind a series of damaging revelations about Facebook, is adamant that she wants to help the social media co…
DevOps market demand drives quick Series C turnaround for Esper
CEO Yadhu Gopalan said Insight proactively approached the company, and Esper “jumped at the opportunity to partner with them to accelerate our trajectory and predict market growth quicker.”
Amazon will allow U.S. Prime members to send gifts using only an email or phone number
In preparation for the holiday shopping season, Amazon today convenient a new way to send gifts through its mobile app. Instead of entering in the recipient’s mailing address — a piece of information people often don’t know in today’s age of digital communications — Prime members can now send a gift to a friend via their […]
Facebook putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Frances Haugen
Internal papers show firm is lying about making progress against hate, violence and misinformation, ex-employee saysA former Facebook employee has accused the company of putting profit over the public good, after coming forward as the whistleblower who…