Mobility

India Orders Watchdog Probe Over WhatsApp Privacy Policy

WhatsApp's largest market in India is launching an official antitrust investigation over its mandatory privacy policy update

4 years ago

BT Staff To Receive £1,500 Pandemic Bonus

Nearly 60,000 frontline BT staff who kept the UK's vital communication channels working during the Coronavirus pandemic, are to receive…

4 years ago

Facebook Shows Neural Wristband For AR Interactions

Facebook wristband prototype could read neural signals transmitted to hands for AR interaction, but device raises host of privacy questions

4 years ago

Government’s ‘Project Gigabit’ Reveals First Rural Fibre Locations

First stage of government plan revealed to get ultra-fast broadband to some of the most remote and rural locations in…

4 years ago

FCC Moves Towards Banning Three Chinese Telecom Firms

US regulatory move by the FCC signals that the tough US stance against China under the Joe Biden administration is…

4 years ago

BT Pledges ‘Fury’ Build Of FTTP Broadband After Ofcom Pledge

BT will 'build like fury' to deliver fibre to the premise for 20 million homes and businesses by 2030 after…

4 years ago

Ofcom Deal To Increase Fibre To The Premise Deployments

Ofcom agreement with BT gives it the conditions needed to ramp up the nationwide deployment of full fibre broadband in…

4 years ago

Samsung Again Warns About Chip Shortage

Global silicon shortage not just impacting the car industry, as Samsung warns it may delay launch of the new Galaxy…

4 years ago

Google Cuts Play Store Fee For Developer’s First $1 Million

App developers will only pay 15 percent on Play app store fees from 1 July on their first $1 million…

4 years ago

Uber Agrees To Minimum Wage, Holiday Pay After Court Ruling

Major development for gig economy after Uber agrees to minimum wage, holiday pay and pensions for its 'self-employed' drivers

4 years ago

Huawei To Receive $2.5 For Each Smartphone Using Its 5G Tech

Chinese networking firm Huawei for the first time ever announces its royalty rates for manufacturers using its 5G technology

4 years ago

Nokia To Axe 10,000 Jobs Worldwide

Over the next two years Nokia is to cut 10,000 jobs as part of a cost-cutting restructure for its 5G…

4 years ago

British Airways To Add Covid-19 ‘Passport’ To Travel App

British Airways trials in-house system for verifying passenger vaccine certificates and Covid-19 tests, with plans to add the features to…

4 years ago

Mobile Gaming Pioneer Gordon Hall Dies At 51

Gordon Hall was founder of video game studio Rockstar Leeds and developer of some of the top-rated games in the…

4 years ago

Sir Tim Berners-Lee Warns Too Many Young People Lack Web Access

On the 32nd birthday of the World Wide Web, inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee calls for all young people around the…

4 years ago

Netflix Tests Crackdown On Password Sharing

Tightening up of account sharing as Netflix confirms test of account passwords, to ensure people are authorised to use account

4 years ago

Chinese, US Chip Trade Associations Team Up – Report

Thaw in China/US relationship? Chip trade associations in China and United States reportedly announce joint working group

4 years ago

Apple Chooses Munich For Chip Design Centre

Apple to open 30,000-square-meter chip design lab in central Munich and hire hundreds of staff, as part of 1 billion…

4 years ago

Russia Slows Twitter And Threatens Total Ban

Amid protests for Alexei Navalny, Russia said it will slow down Twitter for alleged failure to remove banned content, and…

4 years ago

Apple Cuts iPhone Orders By 20 Percent – Report

Production of the iPhone 12 is being lowered by 20 percen in the first half of 2021, with production of…

4 years ago

Right To Repair Law To Tackle E-Waste Problem

End to throw-away society? The UK to introduce 'right to repair' laws in the summer to tackle long standing e-waste…

4 years ago

Analyst: Apple AR Headset Could Arrive ‘Next Year’

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo sees Apple AR + VR headset arriving next year, with a lightweight design and a price around…

4 years ago

Isle Of Wight Drone Medical Delivery Trials Set To Continue

Delivery trials of medical goods to the Isle of Wight set to recommence next month as authorities look at expanding…

4 years ago

Oppo Shows ‘Expanding Phone’ Prototype

Oppo provides hands-on demonstrations of Oppo X 2021 smartphone prototype with flexible OLED display that rolls and unrolls inside device

4 years ago

Amazon Goes Till-Less With Grocery Store In London

Amazon signals intention in UK food sector with ' till-less' grocery store in London that automatically bills customers when they…

4 years ago

WhatsApp Adds Voice And Video Calling To Desktop App

Bigger screen time. Facebook's WhatsApp messaging service has finally added voice and video calling capabilities to its desktop version

4 years ago

CMA Launches Probe Of Apple’s App Store Policies

Competition and Markets Authority launches investigation of Apple for suspected anti-competitive behaviour with app developers

4 years ago

Parler Drops Lawsuit Against Amazon Over Hosting Takedown

Controversial social platform Parler has dropped its lawsuit against Amazon Web Services for terminating its hosting of the app

4 years ago

GlobalFoundries $1.4bn Investment To Address Silicon Shortage

US chipmaker pledges $1.4bn to ramp up production at its US, Germany and Singapore factories to tackle global chip shortages

4 years ago

Twitter Expands Fight Against Coronavirus Vaccine Misinformation

Platform increases use of warning labels on misleading Covid-19 vaccine posts, and introduces scaling “strike” system for repeat offenders

4 years ago