As TikTok’s fate remains in flux, its smaller rival Likee has been making waves around the world, garnering 150 million monthly active users as of this June.
That’s according to the earnings report of Chinese internet company Joyy, the …
Apple Inc is readying a series of subscription bundles that will let customers sign in for several of the iPhone maker’s digital services at a lower monthly price, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.
The bundles, dubbed “Apple One” in…
Facebook Inc and Snapchat owner Snap Inc held talks to buy Dubsmash, the Information reported on Wednesday, putting a spotlight on pop video apps at a time when Microsoft Corp is trying to workout a deal to buy rival TikTok.
Facebook a…
China's ByteDance is in early talks with Reliance Industries Ltd (RELI.NS) for an investment in its video-based app TikTok's business in India, TechCrunch reported here on Thursday, citing sources.
The two companies began conversations …
Tencent has played down Donald Trump's ban on its WeChat app, believing it will only affect its US operations.
The tech giant runs an equivalent messaging platform in China called Weixin which it hopes will be unaffected.
The bigger …
A trial of the English coronavirus app is getting under way.
It will be limited to residents in the Isle of Wight, the London Borough of Newham and NHS volunteer responders to begin with.
The app will be available in Apple and Google…
Infinix ,is said to launch Zero 8 soon, which is the latest product of its flagship smartphone series Zero. It is also rumored that Zero 8 will become the flagship product of the Infinix brand for 2020.
With its distinctive products, In…
The Managed Services division at Datacentrix, a high performing and secure ICT solutions provider, has reinforced its commitment to effective information security by attaining its Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) cert…
Google is using accelerometers in an interesting new way, Twitter allows everyone to limit tweet replies and Mozilla announces major layoffs. This is your Daily Crunch for August 11, 2020.
The big story: Android phones become earthquake…
Trade negotiators from the United States and China will discuss the implementation of the phase one trade deal in the coming days, with China likely to bring up issues surrounding TikTok and WeChat, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, ci…
Until late last year social video app TikTok was using an extra layer of encryption to conceal a tactic for tracking Android users via the MAC address of their device which skirted Google’s policies and did not allow users to opt out, The …
President Donald Trump’s executive order banning China’s TikTok could prevent U.S. app stores from offering the popular short-video app and make advertising on the platform illegal, according to a White House document seen by Reuters.
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Google's AI can now identify food in the supermarket, in a move designed to help the visually impaired.
It is part of Google's Lookout app, which aims to help those with low or no vision identify things around them.
A new update has …
Microsoft is about to launch a games-streaming service that will let subscribers play top-end Xbox games on a mobile phone.
It is, in essence, a Netflix-style service for video games, which many experts think will be the future of gamin…
In March 2021 Jaguar will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the iconic E-type
Jaguar Classic is creating six limited-edition matched pairs of restored 3.8 E-types
E-type 60 Edition specification includes commemorative detailing an…
Digital is more than just a slice of tech or an upgraded system, it is an ecosystem that delivers on a sustainable goal
Digital has become so commonplace as a term that it has almost lost its value. It is all digital. Digital transforma…
• +3.85 million children and teachers engaged in 2019
• AfriCanCode Challenge calls for Courageous Coders and Plugged-In Pupils
• Virtual model and mobile app will offer free open-source digital training to 54 African countries
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Amazon Project Zero now empowers brands and Amazon to drive counterfeit to zero in 17 stores worldwide
Today, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced the expansion of Project Zero to seven new countries - Australia, Brazil, Netherlands, Saudi A…
Google has rolled out a new Search feature in India that enables influencers, entrepreneurs, freelancers, or anyone else who wants to be easily discovered online create a virtual visiting card in what appears to be the company’s latest att…
Of the big three Apple operating systems, watchOS arguably gets the least love. That goes double in a year that sees macOS getting its biggest overhaul in recent memory. On the whole, the Apple Watch’s software is often overlooked, as smar…
Denmark, angry at Google’s censorship of some Danish content over an argument over copyright, said on Monday it was seeking talks with the Alphabet-owned tech giant.
Google removed all music by Danish artists on the Danish site of video…
Facebook (FB.O) and Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) grievances over how their gaming apps appear on Apple’s (AAPL.O) App Store may feed into an EU investigation into the iPhone maker’s business as EU antitrust regulators said such concerns are on the…
The Trump administration on Monday unveiled plans to auction off 100 megahertz of midband spectrum previously dedicated to military purposes for commercial use starting in mid-2022, to ramp up fifth-generation network coverage in the Unite…
According to Atlas VPN investigation, Google’s video platform YouTube removed 1.98 million channels between January and March of 2020. In 87.5% of the cases, the channels were terminated due to promoting scams, sending out spam, or posting…
New 12.3-inch HD virtual instrument cluster with reconfigurable graphics
Smartphone Pack with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto as standard
F-TYPE R gains 423kW supercharged V8 for 0-100km/h in just 3.7 seconds
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Global Education Thought Leader and Game Expert Predicts Greater Opportunities for Games and Virtual Reality in Immersive Learning Environments
“Digital games and simulations will continue to grow in cultural influence and shed their r…
The Japanese giant Toshiba has sold its final stake in the personal computer maker Dynabook.
It means the firm no longer has a connection with making PCs or laptops.
Sharp bought 80% of Toshiba's personal computing arm in 2018 for $3…
TikTok, the video-sharing app that’s moved to the center of the economic conflict between the US and China, is planning to challenge the executive order issued by President Donald Trump that would force the sale or ban the service in the U…
Most gamers may not view Apple as a games company to the same degree that they see Sony with PlayStation or Microsoft with Xbox, but the iPhone-maker continues to uniformly drive the industry with decisions made in the Apple App Store.
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Elite British sportswomen have spoken out about "horrific abuse" on social media, telling a BBC Sport survey about constant comments on their appearance and sexist remarks questioning their right to play sport.
Almost a third of respond…
Twitter has approached TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance to express an interest in buying its US operations, according to reports.
Video-sharing platform TikTok has been at the centre of fierce debate in recent weeks and takeover talk.
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Huawei Technologies Co will stop making its flagship Kirin chipsets next month, financial magazine Caixin said on Saturday, as the impact of U.S. pressure on the Chinese tech giant grows.
U.S. pressure on Huawei’s suppliers has made it …
The DGM Consortium, which comprises Thales, has successfully delivered the next generation of e-passports to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of Thailand.
Launched on the 8th of July and commemorated on the 5th of August through a…
Google to roll out its digital learning platform to 23 million students and teachers in India’s Maharashtra state
Google has partnered with one of the largest states in India to provide its digital classroom services to tens of millions…
Only about 10% of India’s 1.3 billion people know English. Yet, scores of firms operating in the country offer their services only in English. Netflix, one such company, said on Friday it’s aiming to break through the language barrier.
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Few could ever forget back in 2015 when security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek remotely killed a Jeep’s engine on a highway with a Wired reporter at the wheel.
Since then, the car hacking world has bustled with security r…
With the launch of Android 11 getting closer, Google today launched the third and final beta of its mobile operating system ahead of its general availability. Google had previously delayed the beta program by about a month because of the c…
Looking for a new way to communicate during the pandemic? A Los Angeles company has created phone booth-sized machines to beam live holograms into your living room.
The device made by PORTL Inc lets users talk in real time with a life-…
The Galaxy Note20 series is a productivity powerhouse, seamlessly connecting with the Galaxy ecosystem
to give you more flexibility and time for what matters most
Today, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. hosted its first-ever Galaxy Unpac…
U.S. President Donald Trump has unveiled sweeping bans on U.S. transactions with the Chinese owners of messaging app WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok, escalating a high-stakes confrontation with Beijing over the future of the global tec…
Facebook has removed dozens of pages, accounts and groups that the company says engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behaviour" originating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The firm says the network appears to have been targeti…
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has seen his personal wealth rise to $100bn (£76bn) after the launch of a new short-form video feature.
On Wednesday, Facebook announced the US rollout of Instagram Reels, its rival to controversial Chin…
Twitter says it will no longer "amplify" tweets by state-controlled media organisations, by excluding them from its recommendation systems.
The move makes affected accounts less likely to appear in search results, notifications and on a…
TikTok is threatening legal action against the US after Donald Trump ordered firms to stop doing business with the Chinese app within 45 days.
The company said it was "shocked" by an executive order from the US President outlining the b…
Microsoft has confirmed that its new game streaming service, xCloud, will not appear on Apple devices.
The Netflix-like game service will launch in September for Android devices, offering a library of more than 100 games for a monthly f…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he wants a "clean" internet.
What he means by that is he wants to remove Chinese influence, and Chinese companies, from the internet in the US.
But critics believe this will bolster a worrying m…
Beware, Singaporeans standing too close, automated drones might be keeping an eye on you from above.
Singapore’s police have been trialling two pilotless drones developed by Israel’s Airobotics to help enforce social distancing measures…
Uber driver Johan Nijman faces a difficult decision as federal unemployment aid expires: risk failing to pay for groceries and even lose his home, or resume driving and potentially catch COVID-19.
Nijman is among thousands of Uber Tech…
Facebook and Twitter have penalised Donald Trump and his campaign for posts in which the president claimed children were "almost immune" to coronavirus.
Facebook deleted the post - a clip from an interview Mr Trump gave to Fox News - sa…
Samsung has tackled one of the biggest criticisms of its original folding-screen smartphone by giving the new version a much bigger external display for use when it is closed.
The original Galaxy Fold's "cover screen" was a relatively s…