Google Inc.
When the U.S. Commerce Department added Huawei Technologies Co to its “entity list” in May 2019, the Chinese tech giant retaliated about 3 months later by revealing its own operating system, called HarmonyOS. The blacklist has affected Huawei’s overseas revenue, who was then the world’s No. 2 smartphone maker – ahead of Apple – but […]
... written on Sep 12 2020Since the revelation that Microsoft was exploring an acquisition for TikTok’s American business, the “forced sale” of the Chinese company has attracted not only criticisms from American users and Chinese government, but also invited offers from U.S. companies eager to tap into the mouth-watering 100-million American “Generation-Z” addicted to the app. Donald Trump acted […]
... written on Aug 31 2020On Tuesday (August 18), the S&P 500 closed at a record 3,389.78 points – higher than the previous record of 3,386.15 recorded on February 19, 2020. The benchmark plunged from the Feb’s all-time high to a low of 2,237.40 on March 23, effectively losing 33.9% thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic. It entered a bear market […]
... written on Aug 19 2020The concept of “work from home” or remote work has been in the market for decades – even centuries. Some said working remotely has been around between 1.4 and 1.9 million years ago. Obviously, modern office did not exist back then. Communities would pool their resources to make tools, hunt animals, gather fruits, ground grains, […]
... written on May 14 2020It’s true that the world has evolved immensely. Each passing day, something new is discovered, something different is created. Cities expand and societies multiply. The world we live in is becoming more and more advanced and we continually find ways to make life more convenient (read more). To be extra specific, businesses tirelessly looks for […]
... written on May 01 2020Some 6 months after Trump administration officially banned Huawei, the Chinese tech company is still alive and kicking. Even though the war is not over, the battle has been well fought. During this period, key U.S. components and software like Google’s Android operating system, Synopsys’ semiconductor design tools and Skyworks’ radio frequency chips remain unreachable to Huawei. […]
... written on Nov 12 2019Huawei founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei once predicted the Chinese tech giant would be hit so badly by the U.S. ban that it could earn US$30 billion less revenue for the year. That amount was later reduced to US$10 billion. On Tuesday (Nov 5), some five months after Mr. Ren first made the shocking prediction, […]
... written on Nov 06 2019Apple removed a popular app from its App Store on Thursday (Oct 10), after repeatedly flip-flopped on whether to allow the app to be used by Hong Kong protesters. At first, the iPhone maker rejected the app earlier this month, only to make a U-turn and made it available for download a few days later, before ultimately […]
... written on Oct 11 2019Against the threat of retaliation – even trade war – from the United States, the French have decided to slap a new tax on American companies. On Thursday (July 11), France’s Senate approved “3% digital tax” on the revenues of multinational firms and tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon. Trump administration warned that such […]
... written on Jul 12 2019Former general Prabowo Subianto lost to Joko Widodo in the 2014 Indonesian presidential election, capturing only 46.85% popular vote. President “Jokowi” Joko Widodo won more than 8 million votes. This year, Mr. Prabowo again tried his luck. The voter turnout – 81.93% – the highest in Indonesian presidential electoral history, saw Jokowi slaughtered Prabowo again […]
... written on May 23 2019
