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TIER Mobility buys Ford-owned Spin to expand into US

TIER Mobility, Europe's micromobility provider, has announced it has acquired Ford-owned shared electric bike and scooter operator, Spin, marking TIER's entry into North America. Following the recent acquisition of European bikeshare player nextbike, TIER is already operating in over 410 cities with a fleet of 250,000 vehicles. With the purchase of Spin and its 50,000…

2nd March 20222nd March 2022 Chris Price Electric Vehicles, News

Nearly half of global ransomware attacks targeted US in 2021

Out of 2,845 witnessed ransomware attacks worldwide, cybercriminals launched 1,352 of them at the US last year. Cybercriminals targeted French organizations in 146 ransomware attacks. 1 in 5 ransomware attacks is directed to a European country. The industrial and energy sector suffered 599 ransomware attacks globally in 2021. Threat actors chose businesses in the retail…

14th January 202214th January 2022 Chris Price Cybersecurity, News

Online marketplaces grow 28% in 2020 to $4.28 trillion

According to the research data analyzed and published by ComprarAcciones.com, the top 100 online marketplaces globally posted sales worth $2.67 trillion in 2020. Compared to 2019, that marked a 29% increase in gross merchandise volume (GMV) against 25% for non-marketplace sites. Based on data from eMarketer, total eCommerce sales worldwide surged 27.6% in 2020 to $4.28…

8th April 20218th April 2021 Chris Price Amazon, Internet

China and US generate 65% of Digital Payments

As the largest revenue source of the global Fintech market, digital payments are set to reach $4.4trn transaction value this year, a 5% drop compared to pre-COVID-19 figures. According to data gathered by BuyShares.co.nz, China, and the United States, as the world's two largest digital payments industries, are expected to generate 65% of that value. Transaction…

29th July 202020th January 2021 Chris Price FinTech, News

South Korea launches 5G networks ahead of schedule to beat US

South Korea’s telecoms providers have turned on super-fast 5G mobile networks ahead of schedule in order to ensure the country beats the US to become the first in the world to launch the services. The carriers say 5G-enabled smartphones can download data 20 times faster than existing 4G devices, which in theory would enable users…

4th April 20194th April 2019 Chris Price 5G, News

Facebook hit by "sophisticated" hacking attack

Social networking giant Facebook have been hit by what it describes as a "sophisticated" hacking attack through a previously unknown loophole in its systems. Though the company insists that none of the personal data belonging to its 1 billion+ users…

18th February 2013 Gerald Lynch Computer Security, Facebook, Tech Digest news

Spotify: Everything You Need To Know

It's taken far longer than American music lovers would have liked, but finally Spotify, the world's premier music streaming service, has launched stateside. Fans of the service in the UK, Sweden and across Europe have raved on about how…

15th July 201116th September 2020 Gerald Lynch Digital Music, Features, music, Round ups, Spotify, Tech Digest news

Gmail Motion April Fool's gag turned into real Kinect-controlled hack

Remember last week's Gmail Motion April Fool's gag, where the search giants posted a fake video showing a Kinect-style series of movements with which to control their online email client? Well in case you hadn't figured it out yet, it…

4th April 2011 Gerald Lynch Gaming, Google, Kinect, Tech Digest news

Spotify pass 750,000 paid users mark, US launch still on the way

Spotify have now surpassed 750,000 paid users on their Premium service. Shakil Khan, head of special projects for Spotify broke the news via Twitter, meaning that paid user numbers have almost doubled from the 320,000 noted nine months ago back…

8th December 2010 Gerald Lynch Spotify, Tech Digest news

WikiLeaks hit by hackers

WikiLeaks, the site currently causing quite a stir by revealing US governmental secrets, has reportedly been attacked by hackers. It comes just prior to a planned leak of US communications, containing many thousands of messages, which many publications including the…

29th November 2010 Gerald Lynch Internet, Tech Digest news

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