During height of the pandemic, global smartphone sales came to screeching halt, as the world took refuge indoors; however, as smartphone manufacturers start developing the next generation of devices, especially with 5G, the market looks headed upwards. An improving COVID-19 outlook compared to this time last year (the end of Q1 2020 marked the beginning […]
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Canada-based tech company BlackBerry plans to bolster its offerings by putting its weight behind two main business units, cybersecurity, and the Internet of Things (IoT), in a bid to further align operations and go-to-market efforts to its key market opportunities. The move follows the company’s previous announcement to separately report revenues of its operating business […]
Chinese telecoms vendor ZTE Corp. has been included among major participants and setters of the global 5G standards for leading the world in 5G technology, patents, standards, industries, and terminals, according to a recent report by investment management company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). According to the report, ZTE has also been ranked in the first […]
The software testing market share is expected to surpass $60 billion by 2026, according to a comprehensive research report published by Global Market Insights, Inc. This is mainly due to the emergence of automated testing services, which are gaining traction to decrease the lifecycle of software development, escalating software testing market share in the ensuing […]
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, brick and mortar businesses suffered the most due to worldwide lockdown measures enacted, while other businesses took a significant hit to their earnings as global supply chains were exhausted. These circumstances outlined the world’s technological readiness in the wake of crises, or lack thereof; but while many companies […]
The growing list of “firsts” for Perseverance Mars Rover, NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on the Martian surface, includes converting some of the Red Planet’s thin, carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere into oxygen. A toaster-size, experimental instrument aboard Perseverance Mars Rover called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) accomplished the task. The test took place April […]
Popular gaming and community chat app Discord Inc. has pulled out of talks to be acquired by tech giant Microsoft Corp, as the company looks to go after an initial public offering at a later stage, The Wall Street Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter. But while negotiations between both parties ended without […]
Luxembourg-based telco Millicom International Cellular announced on Monday that it has signed agreements for the sale of its operations in Tanzania and for its stake in the AirtelTigo joint venture in Ghana. Once closed, the transactions will complete Millicom’s multi-year plan to divest its African operations and focus on its Latin America markets, the company […]
Popular video-conferencing platform Zoom Video Communications Inc. announced on Monday the creation of a new $100 million venture fund created to stimulate growth of the company’s ecosystem of Apps, integrations, developer platform, and hardware. The Zoom Apps fund will comprise of portfolio companies who will receive initial investments between $250,000 and $2.5 million to build […]
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with DiDi Autonomous Driving, the self-driving technology arm of popular ride hailing app DiDi Chuxing to test their self-driving cars test fleet, both companies announced on Monday. According to a joint statement, Volvo Cars will provide DiDi with XC90 cars equipped with necessary backup systems […]