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August 3, 2020

You can read each story in full below: Amazon Go to launch in UK by 2021 as it enters talks to open 30 stores Burberry launches first “social media store”…

Microsoft is in talks to buy social media giant TikTok in the US just days after President Trump threatened to ban the app over security concerns.

Microsoft confirms plans to buy TikTok despite imminent US ban

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August 3, 2020

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Microsoft is in talks to buy social media giant TikTok in the US just days after President Trump threatened to ban the app over security concerns. Microsoft confirmed yesterday that…

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July 23, 2020

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You can read each story in full below: Body cameras issued to hundreds of Co-op staff amid unprecedented “levels of violence and abuse” Tesco is making major changes to its…

Microsoft has smashed analyst expectations posting record breaking quarterly revenues as both gaming and work-from-home trends boost sales.

Microsoft smashes analyst estimates to post record sales amid gaming and work-from-home boom

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July 23, 2020

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Microsoft has smashed analyst expectations posting record breaking quarterly revenues as both gaming and work-from-home trends boost sales. The tech giant revealed fourth quarter revenues of $38 billion, comfortably above…

Microsoft may have already scrapped the Xbox One console line as major retailers list the products as discontinued.

Xbox One series ‘discontinued’ on Amazon suggesting next-gen release could be around the corner

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July 10, 2020

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Microsoft may have already scrapped the Xbox One console line as major retailers list the products as discontinued. Amazon now lists the Xbox One and the Xbox One X as…

Microsoft is set to close all of its physical retail stores across the globe as the coronavirus pandemic forces it to take a “new approach to retail”.

Microsoft to close all of its retail stores and take $450m hit

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June 29, 2020

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Microsoft is set to close all of its physical retail stores across the globe as the coronavirus pandemic forces it to take a “new approach to retail”. Microsoft announced in…

Apple iPhone sales in China plummet amid coronavirus outbreak

Amazon, Apple, Tesla and Walmart to take hit from coronavirus shutdown as $420bn wiped off economy

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February 3, 2020

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Retailers including Amazon, Apple and Walmart are set to see a hit to revenues as they shutter operations in China while the coronavirus wipes $420 billion (£320 billion) from its…

Amazon is launching the ‘Amazon Small Business Accelerator’ in a bid to help over 200,000 small UK businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amazon has employed more staff than any of the Big 5 tech companies since 2000

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November 7, 2019

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Amazon has created more jobs than any of the Big 5 tech companies since 2000, expanding its headcount 72-fold since the turn of the century. Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft and…

Amazon has demanded that President Donald Trump and six other individuals testify in court over orders to “screw Amazon” out of a $10 billion defense contract.

Trump told staff to “screw Amazon” out of $10bn government contract awarded to Microsoft

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October 28, 2019

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Donald Trump is understood to have instructed his secretary of defense to “screw Amazon” out of a $10 billion cloud contract, which was awarded to Microsoft on Friday. Amazon Web…

Microsoft “beat virtually every metric” in first quarter

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October 25, 2019

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Microsoft’s first quarter sales “beat virtually every metric” as its cloud and Office businesses offset falling physical sales. Revenues for the quarter jumped 14 per cent to $33.1 billion (£25.8…

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Ever wonder what you’re agreeing to when you agree to terms and conditions when shopping with the likes of Amazon, Asos, Zara and Nike? Charged has teamed up with Rightly.co.uk…

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