Franklin Simmons is BusinessPundit's Tech Editor. His life is consumed with a love of augmented reality, mobility, and emerging technology. He extensively covers all areas of technology, including the computing, automotive, and healthcare sectors.
Venmo, the PayPal owned payments app, will delay your payment if you use the popular internet term, “Idek,” when sending your payment. Typically that term translates to “I don’t even know” but it also has a more nefarious meaning. The term also refers to an abbreviation for “Islami Dawat-e-Kafela,” a pseudonym that The Verge, points out is […]
Facebook UK staffers are in for a big treat. The company will pay £280 million ($396 million) to its UK-based staff over the next three years to offset the amount of tax it has to pay to the UK Treasury. Each employee is set to receive £775,000 ($1.1 million), which Facebook will list as a taxable expense. News […]
Bill Gates is the first tech mogul to support the FBIs case against Apple. The government agency has issued a court order demanding that Apple find a way to unlock the iPhone used by deceased San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook. “It is no different than … should anybody ever have been able to tell the […]
Apple is expected to report that iPhone sales increased by only slightly more than 1% during the holiday shopping season. If that number holds true it will mark the slowest period of iPhone growth during a holiday season. Analysts say the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus are facing weak demand, despite a record setting week […]
Twitter is losing four of its top executives. The company announced on Sunday that product chief Kevin Weil, head of engineering Alex Roetter, Katie Jacobs Stanton, VP of global media and Skip Schipper, VP of human resources, were all taking their exit. CEO Jack Dorsey confirmed the departures, saying the four would be “taking some well-deserved […]
