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ARTICLES BY ALEX WEBB

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 07, 2018 Kim Kardashian arrives for the 2018 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. - Reality television star, influencer and business owner Kim Kardashian West is officially a billionaire, according to an estimate from Forbes, making her debut on the exclusive global list only one year after her younger sister Kylie Jenner fell off of it. Kardashian West's money comes from TV income and endorsement deals, according to the magazine, as well as her two lifestyle brands. (Photo by Angela WEISS / AFP) (AFP)

The beauty of being an Instagram billionaire

3 min read . 12 Apr 2021

Sundar Pichai has been laying emphasis on Google News Showcase (Photo: Mint)

Google and Facebook should aid a news-business recovery

3 min read . 19 Jan 2021

Signal and Telegram are still too small to worry Mark Zuckerberg. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Want to give up WhatsApp for Signal? Facebook is not fazed

3 min read . 17 Jan 2021

In consumer electronics, the Californian company is used to getting first dibs on the best tech. (REUTERS)

Here’s how Apple can tackle the $230 billion luxury car market

4 min read . 08 Jan 2021

Zuckerberg is in a comfortable position to think of all stakeholdersreuters (MINT_PRINT)

Why Zuckerberg should quit worrying about his investors

3 min read . 08 Dec 2020

Billionaire Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group Corp. Photo: Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

SoftBank’s fire sale doesn’t redeem Masayoshi Son’s strategy

3 min read . 11 Aug 2020

Sadly for Europe, the Americans have all the power but their approach is unlikely to produce radical change. (AFP)

Apple, Amazon and Google are all pretty bulletproof

3 min read . 05 Aug 2020

When iPhone sales stutter, Apple reacts by trying to squeeze even lower prices out of suppliers. Worse, it starts to make the components itself. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Opinion | How to survive an iPhone disaster

2 min read . 17 Oct 2019

England captain Harry Kane takes a penalty during their World Cup round of 16 match against Colombia on 3 July. Photo: AP

Why you can’t buy that Harry Kane World Cup jersey

2 min read . 11 Jul 2018

The fear of US companies under-investing compared to the Chinese may help explain why Donald Trump blocked Broadcom’s acquisition of Qaulcomm. Photo: Bloomberg

Donald Trump is the toast of Scandinavia’s boardrooms

1 min read . 13 Mar 2018

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son is yet to prove that he’s a true visionary rather than someone who got lucky with his stake in Alibaba Group. Photo: Bloomberg

SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son bets on a world without car crashes

2 min read . 12 Feb 2018

Interviews with Jann Horn show how a combination of dogged determination and a powerful mind helped him stumble upon features and flaws that have been around for over a decade but had gone undetected. Photo: AFP

How a 22 year-old discovered the worst chip flaws in history

6 min read . 17 Jan 2018

Apple spent years upbraiding manufacturers after a rash of suicides at its main partner, Foxconn Technology Group, in 2010 provoked outrage over the harsh working environments in which its upscale gadgets were made. Photo: Reuters

Workers at Apple supplier Catcher Technology describe harsh conditions in China’s Suqian

9 min read . 17 Jan 2018

Intel, one of the world’s largest chipmakers, said last week that all modern processors can be attacked by techniques dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, exposing crucial data, such as passwords and encryption keys. Photo: AFP

Chip industry meltdown: An insider’s account

11 min read . 09 Jan 2018

Aging batteries in the older iPhones contributed to performance issues after a software update about a year ago. Photo: Reuters

Apple apologizes for iPhone speed cuts to prevent crashing

1 min read . 29 Dec 2017

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s incentive pay totaled $9.33 million for the year ended 30 September. Photo: Reuters

Apple’s Tim Cook gets 74% bonus boost after earnings rebound

2 min read . 28 Dec 2017

The addition of a rear-facing sensor would enable more augmented-reality applications in the iPhone. Photo: AFP

Apple is said to target rear-facing 3D sensor for 2019 iPhone

2 min read . 15 Nov 2017

Six-week waiting times for online iPhone X orders will be reduced in the next two days as Apple adds more production capacity, said Tim Cook. Photo: AFP

Apple tackles iPhone X production woes to buoy holiday sales

4 min read . 03 Nov 2017

A file photo of iPhone X during a launch event in Cupertino, California, US on 12 September 2017. Photo: Reuters

Inside Apple’s struggle to get the iPhone X to market on time

6 min read . 26 Oct 2017

Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook encouraged more people to engage politically and vote than ever before. Photo: Reuters

Mark Zuckerberg argues back after Donald Trump tweets about Facebook bias

1 min read . 28 Sep 2017