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What’s all the fuss about ‘Robinhood’ ?
In the light of the recent controversy over GameStop shares, we take a look at the growing trend for casual, amateur investing and how the Robinhood app has enabled this.
Robinhood
Robinhood is a is a free-trading app that lets…

Google Going In Oz?
Australia’s intention to introduce a new law to make tech companies like Google and Facebook pay publishers for news content has prompted Google to threaten to withdraw its search engine from Australia.
What Law?
The proposed law is…

Sanctions Hurt Huawei
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd.’s 9.9 per cent revenue increase in its figures for the first three quarters of 2020 shows a significant slowing in growth compared to the 24.4 per cent increase for the corresponding period of 2019.
Impact
Financial…

PayPal To Support Cryptocurrencies
It has been reported that US-based payments giant PayPal is ready to allow its users to buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin BTC and other cryptocurrencies.
Millions of Merchants
The decision by PayPal will also mean that 26 million merchants…

Record Broadband Compensation Pay-Outs
Ofcom's annual report shows that a record-breaking £20.7m in compensation was paid to broadband customers under the new automatic compensation scheme in the last six months of 2019.
The Automatic Compensation Scheme
Back in November…

No More Laptops From Toshiba
Tokyo-based Toshiba Corporation has announced that it has now transferred the remaining 19.9 per cent of its outstanding shares in its PC business (re-branded as Dynabook Inc.) to Sharp Corporation.
Helped By Foxconn
Back in June 2018,…

Apple Wants Rent Cuts With UK Landlords
It has been reported that due to the effects of the pandemic on the UK high street, even tech giant Apple is trying to negotiate a 50 per cent rent cut with its retail landlords.
Reports
The reports, which appeared in the UK’s Sunday…

Antitrust and Big Tech
With U.S. Congress members grilling the bosses of the big tech companies this week with a view to deciding if their companies have become too big and powerful, in this article we take a look at the Antitrust laws and issues.
Antitrust Laws
In…

Virgin Media and O2 Merging To Compete Against BT
Virgin Media and O2 are merging to compete against BT in a £31 billion deal. The aim is to create an entertainment and telecoms company that can provide some serious competition to telecoms giant BT.
Mobile & Broadband
O2, owned…

Amazon Can Own Deliveroo Because of Pandemic
After the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) worries last May, the CMA has now announced that Amazon can invest in food distribution company Deliveroo.
Last May
Last May, Amazon was a leading investor in a funding round of $575…

Amazon Sacks Employees Who Questioned Pandemic Safety Measures
Amazon is reported to have sacked three employees, two of whom had recently made public statements questioning Amazon’s pandemic safety measures and one who had tried to organise better working conditions.
User Experience Designers
The…

Coronavirus Affecting Tech Shares
Coronavirus is firstly a threat to public health but the impact of the virus hitting the Chinese economy (a centre for tech goods), the threat of widescale illness among workers, the effects of measures to contain the virus and other factors…

Discovery of Microphone in Google’s Nest Guard Prompts Backlash
The discovery of a microphone in Google’s Nest Guard product that was not listed in tech spec has been put down to an erroneous omission by Google, but it has also caused a backlash that escalated to the US Congress.
What Happened?
One…

GMA Awarded 3CX Platinum Partner
Gregory Micallef Associates are proud to announce that we have been awarded an elite Platinum Partner status by 3CX. An industry-leading provider of innovative soft-ware based phone systems. GMA is the only 3CX Platinum Partner in the London…