Mobility

Phone App Reminds Users To Stay Alert While Walking

Google begins rolling out Android 'digital wellness' feature that reminds users to look up from their phone while walking

4 years ago

NHS Covid-19 App Update Blocked Over Privacy Rules

Update to NHS' Covid-19 contact-tracing app blocked by Apple and Google over feature that would have allowed users to upload…

4 years ago

How Good is Your Enterprise’s Contingency Planning?

The recent fire at the French cloud service provider OVHcloud, which resulted in many websites going offline, illustrates the vulnerability…

4 years ago

Apple App Store Security ‘Like Bringing Butter Knife To Gunfight’

Apple senior engineer compared App Store security to 'butter knife in a gunfight', says Epic Games as companies square off…

4 years ago

Neuralink Video Shows Monkey Playing Pong With Its Mind

Video posted by Elon Musk start-up Neuralink shows macaque monkey playing Pong with brain signals transmitted via wireless interface

4 years ago

HMD Revamps Budget, Midrange Nokia Handsets

Six new Nokia handsets from HMD, ranging from budget to midrange handsets with prices starting as low as 75 euros…

4 years ago

Apple ‘Find My’ App To Locate Third-Party Items

Wireless earbuds, electric bikes, and other third-party products can now be tracked or located using Apple's 'Find My' app

4 years ago

British Reseller Sues Microsoft Over Pre-owned Licences

British software reseller ValueLicensing alleges Microsoft is abusing its power over second hand software licences, and sues Redmond in High…

4 years ago

Apple, Google Slammed For Links To China

Prominent tech investor and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, Peter Thiel, criticises both Apple and Google over links to China

4 years ago

Chip Shortage Hits Apple iPad, Mac Production – Report

Production has reportedly been delayed or postponed for some Apple Macbooks and iPads due to ongoing shortage of silicon chips

4 years ago

Nokia, Lenovo Settle Patent Dispute

PC manufacturer Lenovo is to make an undisclosed payment in order to settle Nokia's legal action over video technology patents

4 years ago

Google Wins Over Oracle In Decade-Long Case

US Supreme Court hands victory to Google in decade-long spat with Oracle over search giant's use of Java SE API…

4 years ago

LG Quits Smartphone Business, Citing Losses

LG, which introduced first-ever capacitive touchscreen smartphone, to stop making phones after failing to compete against Apple and Samsung

4 years ago

Deliveroo Flop Raises Questions For London Tech IPOs

Questions raised over Deliveroo pricing strategy after biggest London IPO in a decade delivers biggest flop in recent memory

4 years ago

Snapchat Owner ‘Explored Ways’ Of Violating Apple’s Privacy Rules

Snap, owner of Snapchat, admits it conducted tests into tech that could bypass Apple's privacy controls to track iPhone users

4 years ago

Tencent’s Timi Studios ‘Made $10bn’ In 2020

Tencent's Timi Studios, developer of Call of Duty Mobile, reportedly brought in $10bn in revenues last year, possibly making it…

4 years ago

Apple’s Siri No Longer Uses Female Voice By Default

Apple ends default choice of female voice for Siri, as Microsoft pulls plug on Cortana for Android and iOS

4 years ago

Uber Ordered To Pay $1.1m To Disabled Passenger

Uber found legally liable for discrimination against drivers' discrimination against blind passenger and her guide dog, in spite of contractor…

4 years ago

LG Likely To Exit Smartphone Market – Report

Decision reportedly already made by LG management to stop selling smartphones, and pull out of mobile communication sector altogether

4 years ago

Apple Details Carbon Neutral Progress, Announces Energy Storage Project

New energy storage project for Apple, as it aims to achieve totally carbon neutral supply chain and products by 2030…

4 years ago

Microsoft 365 Restored After Outage

Problems with Microsoft 365 and Teams have been resolved Microsoft confirms, after outage on Thursday for thousands of people

4 years ago

TSMC Pledges $100 Billion Over Three Years, For ‘Advanced’ Chip Making

Mammoth investment over three years to bolster advanced chip making, in order to keep up with rising demand, amid the…

4 years ago

Microsoft Kills Cortana iOS, Android App

Protracted death of digital assistant continues, as Redmond officially pulls support for the Cortana apps on the Android and iOS…

4 years ago

Google Maps Adds Eco Friendly Routes

Eco option for cClimate change. Google Maps users will soon be able to compare the CO2 emissions of different available…

4 years ago

MPs Face Legal Challenge Over Disappearing Messages

Legal challenge seeks to ban ministers from using disappearing messages on apps such as WhatsApp and Signal over transparency fears

4 years ago

Facebook Plans Two Cables Linking US To Asia

Facebook backs two new undersea cable projects creating direct link from North America to Singapore and key Indonesian market

4 years ago

Disintegrating SpaceX Rocket Creates Light Show

Second stage of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket falls into Earth's atmosphere over Seattle and Vancouver, creating a spectacular light show…

4 years ago

OneWeb ‘Milestone’ Launch Of Another 36 Satellites

Latest satellite launchin Russia by government-owned OneWeb, increases total number of in-orbit constellation to 146 satellites

4 years ago

Is Microsoft About To Buy Discord?

Reports surface that Microsoft is considering a possible $10 billion purchase of messaging and communication service Discord

4 years ago

Apple Fined $2 Million For Selling iPhone 12 With No Charger

Fined for breaking consumer law as Brazilian agency rejects Apple green claim for not including charger, as well as 'misleading'…

4 years ago