News: Inventor of the 'like' button joins rival social network. Twitter has appointed the former CTO of Facebook, Bret Taylor, to its Board. Currently the CEO and co-founder of Quip, Taylor became the Facebook CTO after it acquired his social network FriendFeed.
French retailer Casino Group has received approval from its board of directors for new asset arbitrations in the country, targeting a further €2bn amount.
Theresa May will chair a Cobra emergency committee meeting following the seizure of a UK-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on 19 July 2019.
The Stena Impero vessel was surrounded by four Iranian vessels and a helicopter before being boarded then redirected from its passage to Jubail towards Iran.
Around 2.3 billion people fly every year; a significant proportion of these travellers carry smartphones and could benefit from apps designed for travellers in airports. As well as helping passengers navigate round the airport and fast-track through boarding, airport apps offer novel and quirky ways to inform and entertain in the dull hours before air crew request that all electronic devices are turned off.
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