The six-hour outage at Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp was a headache for many casual users but far more serious for the millions of people worldwide who rely on the social media sites to run their businesses or communicate with relatives, fellow parents, teachers or neighbors. When all three services went dark Monday, it was a […]
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Li Zhanguo’s two children, ages 4 and 8, don’t have their own smartphones, but like millions of other Chinese children, they are no strangers to online gaming. “If my children get their hands on our mobile phones or an iPad, and if we don’t closely monitor their screen time, they can play online games for […]
Microsoft announced on Wednesday its latest step in securing its Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft OneDrive accounts by welcoming its “passwordless account” option for consumers’ in the upcoming weeks for Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs. In March, the Big Tech giant already made this option available for all its corporate accounts as a necessary solution […]
Digital transformation has accelerated in recent times, as millions of organizations have had to support remote operations, now joined by the need to develop hybrid working models. Unified communications (UC) is a vital part of digital transformation’s foundations and is the glue that brings together all the various elements into one interconnected environment. In today’s […]
The European Union’s top official outlined ambitious plans to help beef up the bloc’s chipmaking capability in the face of intensifying global competition for semiconductors. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled the European Chips Act on Wednesday to provide official support for the bloc’s “chip ecosystem” so that the continent can stand on […]
Apple unveiled its next iPhone line-up, including a model that offers twice the storage available in earlier versions and other modest upgrades to last year’s editions that proved to be a big hit among consumers devouring the latest technology during the pandemic. The pre-recorded video event streamed Tuesday gave Apple a chance to present a […]
The Korean Fair-Trade Commission (KFTC) imposed on Tuesday a $177 million fine on Google after discovering that the search engine titan took advantage of its market status to prevent rival operating systems from competing in the market, putting the company at its second setback in less than a month. According to the KFTC, Alphabet Inc’s […]
If your iPhone is always running out of storage, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuohas has good news for you. Kuohas released a report days before Apple’s California Streaming event on September 14th, noting that the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max will each provide 1TB storage configuration. The iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini are […]
Search engine giant Google seeks Samsung Electronics’ support in supplying a 5G modem for its latest centerpiece Pixel smartphones, paving the way for the conglomerate’s first step that might influence chip-making dominion in the U.S. market. Earlier this month, search engine giant revealed a plan of exclusively designing its private processor chip to fuel its […]
If you’ve engaged with the internet at all back in 2010, then you’ve probably come across Nev Schulman’s online love story. The internet blew up with Schulman’s online relationship with a 19-year-old girl, in which romance blossomed between them for nine months. Unfortunately, the love story does not have a happy ending. After meeting in […]