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eBay ramps up hires in the US and Germany to strengthen user engagement, finds GlobalData

eBay’s recent hiring trend reveals that job postings in the US and Germany contributed to 50% and 20% of its total job postings, respectively, since January 2021, finds GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Ajay Thalluri, Business Fundamentals Analyst at GlobalData, says: “eBay’s increased hiring in the US and Germany indicate the growing number […]
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China narrows gap with US in GlobalData’s list of top five VC funded AI tech companies in 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a true foundational technology that can enhance competitiveness, boost productivity and safeguard national security. With so much at stake—the two global superpowers—the US and China are framing policies to promote AI development to gain a strategic advantage over each other. While the US still leads the AI race, China […]
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Apple the top acquirer of AI companies while other US tech giants also among the forerunners, says GlobalData

US tech giants are leading the AI companies acquisition race Four FAAMG companies feature in the list of top five acquirers of AI companies, with Apple leading the race Accenture the only non-US company to make its way to the list of top five acquirers The mergers and acquisition (M&A) deal-making landscape of the 2016-2020 […]
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Global economic recovery on cusp of a boom with rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, says GlobalData

Global economic recovery is on the cusp of a boom with vaccination programs taking the front seat and stimulus packages in various economies supporting post-pandemic recovery. Despite lockdown restrictions being reimposed, economic sentiment is improving with growth poised to bounce back. Leading data and analytics company GlobalData has revised its 2021 global GDP growth rate […]
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Hiring activity surpasses pre-COVID-19 levels as India completes Janata curfew first anniversary, finds GlobalData

Hiring activity across various sectors in India, which recorded a continuous decline in the second quarter of last year due to the unprecedented lockdown measures, has been on a gradual growth trajectory since the third quarter of 2020 and surpassed the pre-Covid-19 levels in 2021, finds GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. An analysis […]
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Double-digit growth for Zoom’s Q1 2021 sentiments, as work-from-home trend continues, says GlobalData

Zoom’s sentiment growth in Q1 2021* was driven by themes such as cloud, sustainability, and customer growth. The company continues to gain from work-from-home (WFH) trends, with mentions of revenue and customer growth increasing by around 21% in 2020 compared to 2019, finds GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Rinaldo Pereira, Senior Business Fundamentals […]
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Influencers on Twitter excited on successful launch of SpaceX’s Starship rocket, reveals GlobalData

Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) witnessed a dramatic jump in influencer conversations on Twitter during the first week of March over the previous week, following the first successful landing of its Starship rocket, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. On 3 March 2021, SpaceX achieved a major milestone as it launched its […]
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Singapore’s new unicorn PatSnap well placed to capitalize on IP race between US and China, says GlobalData

Following the news that Singapore-based patent analytics firm PatSnap raised US$300m in a fresh Series E funding;   Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “With the fresh funding round backed by Softbank and Tencent, the valuation of PatSnap exceeded US$1bn. The fresh injection of capital will […]
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PayPal sees surge in influencer discussions on Twitter post Curv acquisition, observes GlobalData

PayPal Holdings Inc. (PayPal) has recently agreed to acquire Israel-based cryptocurrency startup Curv. Subsequently, there was a 100% spike in influencer conversations around the global digital payments company on Twitter during second week of March, reveals GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. PayPal expects Curv to accelerate and expand its initiatives to support cryptocurrencies […]
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Low-value deals continued to dominate VC funding activity in AI space, while big-ticket deals registered growth in 2020

Low-value venture capital (VC) funding deals (investments less than or equal to US$10m) volume shrank as overall VC funding activity in the artificial intelligence (AI) space declined during the COVID-hit 2020. The share of low-value deals as a proportion of total deal volume also declined, however, it still continued to account for a dominant share. […]
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Capco deal yields Wipro steep spike in influencer discussions on Twitter, observes GlobalData

India-based IT giant Wipro Limited (Wipro) has recently agreed to acquire London-headquartered global management and technology consultancy Capco for US$1.45bn. Subsequently, there was a 150% spike in influencer conversations on Wipro during the first week of March compared to the previous week, reveals GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. This is Wipro’s largest ever […]
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Ford Motor sees 200% growth in influencer conversations after doubling investment in EVs, reveals GlobalData

Ford Motor Company (Ford) doubled its investment in electric vehicles (EVs) while declaring better than expected quarterly earnings report for Q4 2020. This led to a staggering 200% jump in influencer conversations on Twitter during January-February 2021 over the previous two months, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. An analysis of GlobalData’s […]
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Circle’s hiring swells as cryptocurrency payment ecosystem enters a new epoch

Payments technology company, Circle Internet Financial, increased job postings from 51 in January to 481 in February 2021. The growing circulation of Circle’s USD Coin (USDC), along with wide usage of public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications, presents an opportunity for global expansion, finds GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Circle is […]
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Gojek rivalry with Grab extends to digital payments with investment in Indonesia’s e-wallet LinkAja, says GlobalData

Following the news that Indonesia-based ride-hailing giant Gojek has invested in state-backed e-wallet LinkAja in a fresh funding round;   Aurojyoti Bose, Lead Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his view: “Rising Internet penetration, increasing digitalization and the proliferation of websites have been driving e-wallets’ growth in Indonesia. The popularity of […]
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