Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has transferred responsibility for Siri, its voice assistant, from content chief Eddy Cue to operating systems chief Craig Federighi, a sign that the company is looking to embed the voice assistant more deeply into its core systems amid rising competition from Alphabet Inc’s Google and Amazon.com Inc. Apple made the change in […]
Fiat Chrysler (FCA) has not received any offer for the company nor is the world’s seventh-largest carmaker working on any “big deal”, Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Saturday. Speaking on the sidelines of the Italian Formula One Grand Prix, Marchionne said the focus remained on executing the company’s business plan to 2018. Asked whether […]
A dead woman’s bank account received a pension deposit for almost 20 years because city officials didn’t learn of her passing until June 2016. The woman, who was not identified in a July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016, audit that The News Journal obtained, received spousal benefits starting in June 1974. She died in November 1997 […]
United States has been hit by gasoline shortage as the effect of Tropical Storm Harvey and the flood it brought to Texas and environ disrupted production on the Gulf Coast. Retail U.S. gasoline prices rose 2.8 percent from Friday to Saturday as refineries warned customers about the fuel-supply shortage. They were at $2.59 a gallon, […]
China’s new energy vehicle (NEV) industry has seen rapid growth in the past few years, with growing sales and an improved industry ecosystem, according to an industry association. Production and sales of NEVs have surpassed 1 million units so far, with an annual growth rate of over 200 percent, said Dong Yang, vice director of […]
Airopay and Ultima Studio are partnering to return premium game show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Nigeria, WWTBM, on air. The show which was rested following the exit of telecom giant, MTN Communications, sponsor of the show, will resume the airwave Sunday, September 3. Managing Director, Ultima Studios Femi Ayeni, said the new season […]
Media Seal formerly Starcom Media, one of Nigeria’s foremost media specialist companies and her sister agency, Bytesize Limited, a foremost digital company in Nigeria providing end-to-end digital marketing services, have joined Worldwide Partners, (WPI) Worldwide Partners is a global collective of marketing services providers who share an independent spirit and entrepreneurial drive to build commerce […]
Western Lotto has announced a massive winning of N500,000 on its platform by a young player domiciled in Ibadan, Mr Soyombo Qadim. Mr Quadim won on the Euro Jackpot platform with an investment of N100. He won on Friday, August 25, 2017. Western Lotto would formally present the cheque to the winner on Monday at […]
CBS Corp (CBS.N), the United States’ most-watched television network, on Monday said it plans to buy its biggest customer in Australia, Ten Network Holdings Ltd (TEN.AX), and launch its streaming service in the country. Through the deal, Ten’s biggest creditor has thwarted a takeover by a consortium led by Lachlan Murdoch – co-chair of CBS […]
As part of efforts to proffer solutions to the challenges bedevilling Nigeria’s agriculture sector, the Central Committee of the Nigeria Agriculture Awards (NAA), has integrated youth project with essay competition cash awards to attract younger generation into agriculture. The NAA project and essay competition targeting youths in secondary schools and tertiary institutions across the country […]