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Brave launches a non-tracking video call feature

Brave Software, a privacy and security-based software firm is welcoming a video conference feature under the name “Brave Talk’, emphasizing a privacy-conscious video chat option embedded into its own browser. Through clicking on the camera icon or by visiting the page talk.brave.com, users of the Brave browser can enjoy a non-tracking video call option and […]

Facebook responds to WSJ’s Facebook Files series

After The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published a sweeping report regarding Instagram’s harmful impact on teenage girls, Instagram’s parent company Facebook is finally speaking up nearly two weeks later.  Pratiti Raychoudhury, Vice President and Head of Research at Facebook posted on Facebook’s Newsroom statements clearing out misconceptions, describing WSJ’s portrayal of their internal research as “not accurate,” noting that WSJ journalists poorly interpreted the […]

Apple’s new iPhone 13 devices are facing technical difficulties

If you aren’t able to unlock your Apple Watch that’s connected to your new iPhone 13, you’re not alone.   Apple has recently announced that the tech giant has found an issue where the “unlock with Apple Watch” option does not work with new iPhone 13 devices.   A document posted on its support page explains the issue, noting that users “might see ‘Unable to Communicate with […]

Business group: China's tech self-reliance plans hurt growth

BEIJING (AP) — The ruling Communist Party’s campaign to tighten control over China’s industries and use less foreign technology is slashing economic growth, a foreign business group warned Thursday. The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China appealed to Beijing to reverse course and open state-dominated markets wider. Its report adds to warnings about the […]

Alibaba sells 5% stake in media asset

In a regulatory maneuver to reel in Alibaba, the Chinese government asked the retail giant to submit some of its recently owned media assets, resulting in the company disposing of its 5 percent stake in its Chinese broadcaster, Mango Excellent Media Co Ltd. In March, following a thorough investigation into the tech giant’s media assets, […]

The 19th century called, it wants its phone system back

The future of telephony lies in VoIP Recent Ofcom data found that if business landline numbers continue to drop at their current rate, they will be all but extinct within just six years. But would this be a bad thing? The landline has enabled connectivity from 1876, so is it time for an upgrade? Here, […]

Remote work is becoming the new norm, should tech industries be worried?

Back in 1822, Charles Lamb, British poet and essayist wrote in a letter to poet William Worsworth “You don’t know how wearisome it is to breathe the air of four pent walls without relief, day after day,” describing the agony he faces while working in the East India Company’s office located in the heart of London’s Leadenhall Street.  It’s safe to say Lamb would’ve […]

Almost 4 Billion Smartphone Users, $90.7 Billion in Mobile Game Revenues, and much more

The mobile ecosystem is changing. Mobile developers build much of their success on data-driven insight, enabled through smart tracking and targeting of users. Stringent (privacy-based) policies from Apple, Google, and regulators have created new challenges for developers, publishers, ad tech companies, and marketers. Despite these challenges, the mobile market—and the games market within it—is more […]

Apple, Google raise new concerns by yanking Russian app

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Big Tech companies that operate around the globe have long promised to obey local laws and to protect civil rights while doing business. But when Apple and Google capitulated to Russian demands and removed a political-opposition app from their local app stores, it raised worries that two of the world’s most […]