Delivery App Changes Tipping Policy after Backlash Posted March 24, 2019 A US-based delivery app will be revamping its system of tip distribution to employees. Instacart, a grocery shopping and delivery app founded in 2012, announce…
General Motors to Rehire Former Employees Posted March 18, 2019 General Motors Company (GM) will rehire some workers whom it had previously dismissed. In the last few months, the automobile company had been laying off thous…
Airbnb Acquires Online Workspace Booking Company Posted March 10, 2019 Online rental booking platform Airbnb has recently acquired Gaest.com [gest] in hopes of diversifying its services. Airbnb…
Digital Bank Starts 2019 with a Major Milestone Posted February 28, 2019 Digital bank Tandem has reached half a million users in January, a year after it started its operations. Tandem is a UK-based digital challenger bank—a startup financial compan…
French Airline Company to End the Operations of Its Subsidiary Posted February 24, 2019 Air France announced its plans to shut down its subsidiary airline called Joon after roughly a year of operations. The French flag carrier first introduced Joon in July 2017. T…
Trade Show Reveals New Car Communication Technology Posted February 16, 2019 A new wireless communication technology for cars was revealed in the recently held Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019. The technology, called cellular vehicle-to-everything (…
Apple Lowers Revenue Forecast for the First Quarter of 2019 Posted February 6, 2019 Apple announced that it is lowering its revenue forecast for its first fiscal quarter of 2019. In November 2018, Apple declared that its revenue would be $89 b…
TripAdvisor and Trivago Criticized after Cancelations of Hotel-Booking Site Posted February 3, 2019 Customers lashed out at travel websites TripAdvisor and Trivago for advertising booking website HotelQuickly, which canceled reservations with no refund. Last …
Disney Films Earn $7 Billion in 2018 Posted January 22, 2019 Walt Disney Studios made $7 billion in international box office ticket sales in 2018, becoming the only film studio to hit the $7 billion milestone twice. The fil…
Restaurant in the United Kingdom Implements “No Phone Zone” Policy Posted January 21, 2019 A restaurant chain implemented a “No Phone Zone” policy in all of its UK branches. Italian-American restaurant chain Frankie and Benny's implemented the policy in its 250 store…