• Apple Made for Business launches for small business owners and entrepreneurs

    Apple has this week announced the launch of its new Made for Business initiative created to support small businesses and entrepreneurs. By providing tailored sessions and resources, Apple aims to empower these businesses to leverage technology effectively, streamlining their operations and fostering growth. The initiative is part of the broader Today at Apple program, which offers […]

  • TikTok quizzed by EU on TikTok Lite launch in France, Spain

    ByteDance's TikTok has been given 24 hours to provide a risk assessment on its new app TikTok Lite launched this month in France and Spain on concerns of its potential impact on children and users' mental health, the European Commission said on Wednesday. The move by EU industry chief Thierry Breton under EU tech rules known as the Digital Services Act (DSA) comes two months after he opened an investigation into TikTok over possible DSA breaches. The landmark DSA requires companies to do more to...

  • Apple launches Made for Business program

    This initiative includes the launch of a special "Made for Business" series within its Today at Apple program, alongside dedicated in-store support and a suite of relevant business tools.

  • TikTok for Business: Everything you need to know

    Find out how to advertise your business on the world’s fastest growing video platform.

  • DeepL launches AI writing assistant for businesses trained on its own LLM

    DeepL, which has been rivalling machine translation giants such as Google Translate and Microsoft Translator, has launched an AI writing assistant tailored for businesses. Dubbed DeepL Write Pro, the product acts as a creative assistant for use during the drafting process. It provides suggestions on word choice, phrasing, style, and tone, aiming to improve the text, while preserving the writer’s own voice. Currently available in English and German, the tool comes with customisation options...

  • TikTok Shop Launches Secondhand Luxury Fashion Category in UK

    TikTok's news features enable U.K. customers to purchase pre-owned high-end clothing, designer handbags, and accessories directly from TikTok.

  • TikTok: Ban Will Hurt 7 Million US Businesses

    TikTok says a ban on its platform in the U.S. hurts free speech and American businesses. The social media platform made this argument Sunday (April 21), one day after the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would outlaw TikTok in the U.S. if the company’s China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t divest its stake within a year. “It is […]

  • Two NASA sounding rockets launch from Alaska during solar flare

    Two Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, April 17, 2024, during an M-class solar flare for NASA's sounding rocket solar flare campaign.

  • GRAHAM GRANT: Businesses up and down the land are sounding alarm over high taxes

    Humza Yousaf promises a socialist paradise in the event of independence - but who would be left to pay for it? After all, many Scots might well have upped sticks long before then due to SNP tax raids.

  • ‘Sound Up for Palestine’ protest livens up Tokyo’s busy streets

    Arab News Japan. TOKYO: A group of young Japanese and other nationalities

  • Sunderland bass guitarist who launched his own business on a £40-a-week Government scheme

    Who remembers the Government scheme which helped Sunderland people onto the business ladder? It was just under 40 years ago when Britain was full of hope for the success of the Enterprise Allowance Scheme. It was no different on Wearside where some interesting new businesses were formed. They included musician Colin Hird, 23, a bass guitarist from the Hylton Lane Estate who hired out his talents for live and studio work and for tuition in 1987. He said at the time: “There are a lot of bands in...

  • Elf Labs launches transmedia business with hundreds of trademarked fairytale characters

    Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. Elf Labs is unveiling itself as a new transmedia business built around its ownership of hundreds of trademarked fairytale characters in zombie form. The Los Angeles company has an Emmy-winning production team,