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Issue: 51

Oct 23, 2018

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Social Media as a Customer Care Strategy

Businesses are continuously exposed to different digital and marketing strategies as well as customer relation systems to boost their sales and to generate more clients. But with the immense evolution and rising trend of the internet, business owners have also adopted another strategy to reach out a ... more

   

Digital Transformation: A Forefront in Business

Companies, whether small-scale startups or well-established empires are highly investing towards a set of goals for the growth of their business. Countless employees, marketing and sales teams, and an immense number of business deals are set out to help keep the ball rolling. But times are cha ... more

   

3 Ways to Gain Customers with Data-Driven Digital Advertising

In an age when consumers demand more relevant, personalized brand experiences than ever before, data-driven advertising strategies are key to increasing leads and improving ROI.Digital advertising is the most targetable, measurable, cost-efficient, and quick-to-implement way to do this. Magna G ... more

   

It’s official — Zoho Books is MTD compliant

Making Tax Digital (MTD) goes into effect in April 2019, and this landmark reform will change the way millions do business in the UK. Companies above the VAT threshold of £85,000 must submit VAT returns using MTD-compatible accounting software. HM Revenue and Customs ... more

   

ScotlandPHP 2018 Conference

At the recent ScotlandPHP 2018 conference held in Edinburgh on Saturday October 6th the team from SalesAgilty, who were also one of the event’s sponsors, enjoyed a good day filled with excellent thought provoking talks.Amongst the keynote speakers Nils Adermann co-creator of Composer articulated som ... more


   

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Audi's electric SUV faces four-week delay because of software bug

FRANKFURT/SEOUL (Reuters) - Audi’s first electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) will hit showrooms four weeks later than planned because of a software development issue, a spokesman for the German luxury car brand said on Sunday.The spokesman said Audi’s e-tron midsize SUV faced delay because the carm ... more

   

‘Lots more work to do’: Grab's Singapore head admits need to up transport game, rebuild ties

Mr Lim Kell Jay says the ride-hailing service provider “wants to look forward” after CCCS fined it and Uber over their messy merger, and is introducing new features from user feedback to repair damaged public sentiment.SINGAPORE: “There’s lots more work to do” in the area of transportation, said Mr ... more

   

Facebook's WhatsApp flooded with fake news in Brazil election

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Facebook Inc’s popular messaging service WhatsApp has become a political battleground in Brazil’s most polarized election in decades, raising concerns that it is distorting debate beyond the public eye. ... more

   

Addison Lee and Oxbotica ink self-driving deal, will offer autonomous car services in London by 2021

After undertaking a year-long investigation with Ford and four other mobility specialists on how to build self-driving systems that integrate with London’s existing transport infrastructure, Addison Lee today is announcing the next step in its autonomous strategy.The on-demand ride company — which c ... more

   

Apple CEO urges Bloomberg to retract spy chip story

Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook on Friday told an online news website that Bloomberg should retract a story that claimed Apple's internal computer systems had been infiltrated by malicious computer chips inserted by Chinese intelligence agents.REUTERS: Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook on Friday ... more

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Young Singaporean business owners are more independent than their international peers

Looking at young millennial business owners makes me optimistic about Singapore’s future, says one HSBC observer.While many tend to paint millennials as spoilt and self-entitled, this might actually be a one-sided view of the generation. A recent HSBC Private Banking report, Essence of Enterp .... more

Economists raise PH inflation forecasts up to 2020

Private sector economists polled by the central bank raised their inflation estimates for 2018 until 2020 due to continued elevated inflation expectations, but most were optimistic of easing price pressures if government will not delay anti-inflation measures. Based on the Bangko Sen ... more

United State's Steven Mnuchin says it will be harder for Iran oil importers to get waivers

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday it will be harder for countries to get waivers on Iran oil sanctions than during the Obama administration and dismissed concerns that oil prices could rise, saying the market had already factored in the losses.In an interview with Reuters in Jeru ... more

Petrol, diesel prices cut for fourth consecutive day

Petrol and diesel prices were cut for the fourth straight day Sunday on softening international oil prices, providing some relief to consumers battered by two months of relentless rate hikes. Petrol price was cut by 25 paise a litre and diesel by 17 paise, according to the price notification of ... more

Bombardier sues Mitsubishi jet program over trade secrets

Canadian airplane maker Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) has sued the aircraft unit of Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (7011.T), saying former Bombardier employees passed on trade secrets to help Mitsubishi’s oft-delayed regional jet project. Bombardier filed the lawsuit late Friday in a federa ... more

   

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A ragged, growing army of migrants resumes march toward U.S.

In dozens of interviews along the journey, they have said they are fleeing widespread violence, poverty and corruption in Honduras.  A ragged army of Honduran migrants streamed through southern Mexico on Sunday heading toward the United States, after making an end-run around Mexican agents ... more

Canberra: Prime Minister Scott Morrison issues apology to child sex abuse victims

PRIME Minister Scott Morrison says Australia must acknowledge the long and painful journey of sexually abused children and say sorry. Hundreds of survivors have come to Canberra today to hear a national apology to victims and survivors of child sexual abuse exposed in a royal commission. ... more

THE AFRICAN RISK CAPACITY REPLICA An innovative financial tool for humanitarian aid

Three significant challenges face humanitarian organisations today when responding to disasters: the lack of available funding for sustained responses to protracted crises (e.g. severe drought, famine and conflict); a lack of flexible funding to develop new, innovative approaches to humanitarian dis ... more

The billionaires fuelling a space race

Dubbed "NewSpace", an increasing number of entrepreneurs are joining in the race to create cheap, commercialised space travel. Among these are billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Sir Richard Branson, who all made their fortunes in other industries. Between them, they're posing ... more

Syria war enters its end game, but not the suffering of millions

As the war in Syria comes to its final stages, the future of the country and the whole region hangs in the balance. As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad consolidates his power by defeating all opposition, resistance runs the risk of transforming into a new wave of organised terrorism. My an ... more

   
   

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