Monthly Archives: August 2022

Samsung Display to provide over 80% of all screens for iPhone 14 series

Samsung Display is once again dominating the panel shipment for iPhones, reported Ross Young from DSCC (Display Supply Chain Consultants). According to internal info, Apple procured 82% of panels from Samsung, 12% from the Korean company LG Display and the other 6% from the Chinese BOE. Apple iPhone 14 series screen deliveries The iPhone 14…

Peter Thiel backs electronics marketplace PriceOye in maiden Pakistan investment

A Pakistani startup, which has taken inspiration from China’s JD.com and India’s Flipkart to build a managed marketplace of electronics products, said on Tuesday it has raised seed funding from scores of investors including PayPal founder Peter Thiel. Launched in March 2020 — just two weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the world — the…

PostEx acquires Call Courier to become Pakistan’s larger e-commerce service provider

Pakistani fintech PostEx has acquired logistics service provider Call Courier, creating what it describes as the largest e-commerce service provider in the country. PostEx will now serve 1.3 million users with over 8,000 merchants across 500 cities in Pakistan, and is on track to having a loan book of more than $12 million. The acquisition…

Trump bragged to his aides that he had dirt on Emmanuel Macron’s sex life: Rolling Stone

France’s President Emmanuel Macron and then President Donald Trump meeting ahead of the NATO summit in London on December 3, 2019. Ludovic Marin/Reuters Trump has been boasting about having dirt on Emmanuel Macron, per Rolling Stone. The outlet cited sources who said Trump has been teasing salacious details about Macron to aides. The FBI found…

Sony steps back into the mobile gaming ring and you should be excited

Sony is coming back to smartphone gaming by establishing the new PlayStation Studios Mobile Division, revealing its first member, the recently acquired Savage Game Studios. Don’t worry; PlayStation isn’t shifting gears to focus solely on mobile games. Console gaming will still be Sony’s forte. The company is simply expanding. Head of PlayStation Studios Hermen Hulst…