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Global tech companies keep of Huawei after US banGlobal tech firms, including chip suppliers, are cutting ties with China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd after the US government settle the world’s largest telecom apparatus...Facebook acknowledges Pelosi video is faked but declines to delete itWhen an edited video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) began spreading across the Web this week, researchers quickly identified it as a distortion, with...Samsung may release a surprise new phone at the end of 2019We thought Samsung's second half of 2019 consisted of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10, repairing and releasing the Samsung Galaxy Fold, and finally making the...Microsoft starts Windows 10 May 2019 Update rolloutMicrosoft revealed yesterday evening that it has started the rollout of the new feature update for its Windows 10 operating system called the May 2019...Mobile networks are suspending orders for Huawei smartphonesMobile networks in Asia and Europe are suspending orders for Huawei smartphones following the US decision last week to restrict the company's access to American...Former Facebook security chief says company needs a new CEOFacebook’s former chief security officer said Tuesday that Mark Zuckerberg should be replaced as the company’s CEO, arguing that he has too much control over...Can Huawei make a phone without US parts?On Sunday, Huawei got some life-threatening news from Google. Following an executive order that gives the federal government the power to block purchases of foreign-made...Trump’s Huawei ban also causing tech shocks in EuropeThe escalating U.S.-China trade war that’s seen Chinese tech giant Huawei slapped on a U.S. trade blacklist is causing ripples of shock across Europe too,...The two most anticipated foldable phones are starting off to disastrous launchesIn February, the tech industry got its first looks at the first wave of foldable smartphones, with two devices generating the most excitement: the Samsung...Facebook Changes The Way It Ranks Videos...And Other Small Business Tech News This WeekHere are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?1 — What Facebook’s latest...Galaxy Fold's next move will make or break foldable phonesWhen Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Fold, it didn't just announce another phone -- it kicked off a revolution in the way we interact with mobile...The White House’s social media bias tool is a ploy to get your emailPresident Donald Trump’s war on supposed social media bias is about a lot of things — riling up conservatives, creating a bogeyman, his confusion over...How to raise money for charity on your phoneWe all have charitable causes we'd like to support, but raising money can seem much more daunting than simply donating whatever we can, individually. With...FCC set to let phone companies block more robocallsPai said many service providers have held off developing and deploying default call-blocking tools because of uncertainty about whether the tools are legal under the...Dynamic Phone Applications People OverlookIn this decade of technology cell phone has become a huge part of our lives as it magnificently helps us to do everything. You can...OnePlus Just Unveiled What Could Be The Best Android Phone Of 2019, The OnePlus 7 ProThe Chinese Android smartphone manufacturer OnePlus, founded back in 2013, has earned a reputation for building full-featured flagship devices with a pure, streamlined Android operating...Foldable phone race heats up as Google enters the foldWe’ve gone through a rollercoaster ride when it comes to foldable phones this year. Huawei and Samsung released their foldables the Mate X and the...Facebook: We know we have problems but breaking us up won't solve them"Chopping a great American success story into bits" won't stop foreign election interference or "poison" spreading online, Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president for global affairs...Pixel Schmixel: How Google's phone can escape its Android prisonLast week, at its I/O developer conference, Google unveiled its Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL smartphones (priced at $399 and $479, respectively), as part...HTC's new, cheaper blockchain phone will run a full Bitcoin nodeHTC is doubling down on its blockchain phone idea. The company has announced a new blockchain phone called the Exodus 1s. Compared to its predecessor, the...Facebook is a capitalism problem, not a Mark Zuckerberg problemFacebook co-founder Chris Hughes’s call to break up the company hit like a bomb Thursday. But the more I thought about his proposed solution, the...Oppo's Avengers phone hands-on: One for the fansIn fact, it's so cool that you'll likely be hesitant to use the included case, which has a nice Captain America shield-styled kickstand but is...Samsung SDS collaborates with Telensa over smart city projectsSamsung SDS has announced that it is working with Telensa on the Urban Data Project – a cloud platform that builds a trust infrastructure for...Unidentified Hackers Hit AmazonAn extensive group of unidentified hackers has hit Amazon the last year. Funds from over the last six months were siphoned by the hackers who...64-megapixel phone cameras are comingSamsung has announced a new image sensor for mobile phones with a higher resolution than anything comparable on the market. The ISOCELL Bright GW1 is...Senators on Facebook’s potential $5 billion fine: not good enoughA bipartisan pair of US senators is calling for federal regulators to crack down on Facebook.Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) on Monday...Sandra Bland's Phone Video Of Her Own Arrest Surfaces, Reviving Calls For New InquiryNearly four years after Sandra Bland was pulled over by a Texas state trooper, arrested and put in a jail cell where she was found...Facial Recognition and the Fight for DiversityI spent a good deal of my educational and early career as an analyst doing research at scale. In fact, the way I got into...Using a phone while shopping may lead to buying more: studyUsing a cellphone while browsing in-store may be linked to an increase in unplanned purchases, a new study has found.Shoppers who used mobile phones in...Would Facebook's Phone-Based Content Moderation Solve Its Globalization Problem?As Facebook has evolved from a niche site for American college students to find each other into a global behemoth connecting a quarter of the...7 reasons why parents should travel with kidsI think the best education comes from travel. As a kid, I learned the importance of seeing and experiencing the world around me. I swam...OnePlus 7 ad drops the phone in water, but you still probably shouldn'tA new advertisement for the OnePlus 7 series smartphone suggests that you can just drop the phone in a bucket of water and it'll be...Facebook getting serious about cryptocurrency as new business modelFacebook could integrate cryptocurrency payments into its social network, rewarding users with micropayments for viewing advertisements or allowing people to send payments through messaging apps.The...OnePlus dunked its new phone in water, but says you shouldn’t do thatToday, OnePlus posted a teaser video of its next flagship phone falling into a bucket of water. “Water resistant ratings for phones cost you money,”...The New High-Quality Audio of Netflix Adjusts to Match the Internet SpeedNetflix is currently the most popular streaming sites of the world, however, a complaint of many people was the adjustment of audio and video together...Red Flag Flying Over Flagship PhonesLearn how Freshservice has helped businesses grow efficiently by modernizing IT and other business functions with a refreshingly easy-to-use, simple-to-configure, feature loaded, cost effective, secure...Facebook’s dating app will let you list your secret crushesThe internet loves a crush, and the internet’s crush on crushes has been particularly strong in the past year or so.There was Call Me by...Huawei’s phone sales are ballooning while Apple and Samsung’s slumpIDC and Strategy Analytics have released their latest smartphone shipment numbers, and the clear winner of the last few months has been China’s Huawei, at...Samsung's Wraparound Phone Design Is the Anti Galaxy FoldA new Samsung patent published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office is the latest foldable phone design from the Korean company — except...Justin Haskins: Conservatives should stand up to Facebook and other left-wing social media giantsConservatives and libertarians are facing a monumental, existential threat from social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. If we don’t act quickly to...Research reveals that Pirated Streaming Applications Steal User DataJailbroken applications had always been a huge problem for society. A recent investigation of Digital Citizen has found out that, piracy applications on devices, which...How to make sure your phone isn't being snooped onOur smartphones are the epicenter of our digital lives. It's no wonder we go through so much pain to protect them from spyware and other...Consumers Balk at Premium Smartphone PricesOnly a fraction of consumers are willing to pay US$1,500 or more for a flagship Apple iPhone or Samsung Galaxy smartphone, suggests an informal ECT...Facebook clamps down on personality quizzes to plug data leaksFacebook is taking baby steps to plug data leaks on its platform. In a new blog post that was posted yesterday, the company’s director of...TikTok Banned in IndiaTikTok; the trendy video sharing app has been accused of destroying the youth society of India and had also created a horrible concern of spreading...Jared Kushner Dismisses Russian Election Interference as ‘Couple of Facebook Ads’Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, dismissed Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign on Tuesday as a “couple of Facebook ads” and...Why Huawei's Folding Phone May Also Be Delayed (Or Even Cancelled)The timing of Samsung’s inevitable (see here) delay of retail availability of the Galaxy Fold will be short-lived as while the Huawei’s Mate X has...5 ways tech is driving sustainabilityMany emerging technologies today are good for the planet and the long-term sustainability of our industries. The vast majority of them are good for business,...Samsung Delays Launch Of $2,000 Folding Phone After Reviewers Find Broken ScreensWith its folding 7.3-inch screen, Samsung's Galaxy Fold was touted as the biggest Galaxy phone yet. Priced at nearly $2,000, the folding smartphone was due...Facebook's Privacy Seems To Be Traveling AwayRegarding Facebook, there is no shortage of controversy or concerns facing their users. Whether it be a privacy breach from data misuse, Instagram passwords being...Apple Upgrading Mac with iPhone/iOS FeaturesApple’s upcoming development conference is not very far away right now as it is scheduled to happen I this year’s June, they are expected to...As 5G phones become more popular, beware of misinformationQ: An employee at a cell phone store told me that I will need to upgrade to a 5G phone by the end of the...Liberty IT Dublin announces charity partnership with PIETA houseLiberty IT, the Belfast and Dublin-based technology arm of Liberty Mutual Insurance, will be getting on their bikes, putting their running shoes on and baking...Diving into the broken Samsung Galaxy Fold phone fiascoThe Samsung Galaxy Fold is here — and it’s already breaking. The Verge’s Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Paul Miller talk first impressions of Samsung’s...Your Cell Phone Is Spreading EbolaLast week, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), declined to declare the ongoing outbreak of Ebola a global emergency. His...Scathing report on Facebook paints a picture of disarray and dissentFacebook is in trouble. But it's not a singular problem or even a set of problems the social networking giant has recently faced — it's...Zee Business-SAP Dare to Dream event: 30 CXOs, industry experts set to attend empowering platform for SMEsWhatsapp is adding different new features only to the Android version of WhatsApp. On the new 2.19.106 beta version, the newly added features can be...Samsung's foldable Galaxy phone pre-sales have begunSamsung's highly-anticipated foldable phone is now on sale.AT&T (T) has begun accepting pre-orders for the Galaxy Fold on its website. The phones will ship on...Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp suffer hours-long outage in US, EuropeFacebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were down Sunday.All three social media platforms, including Facebook Messenger, were not loading as of early Sunday morning.Downdetector.com, a site that...How artificial intelligence is changing writingAlthough artificial intelligence hasn’t reached the level we have all seen in movies, it has started to slowly permeate just about every pore of our...Facebook is regulating its products before lawmakers force them toEarlier this month, Facebook undertook an effort to recast the debate around the regulation of big tech companies on its own terms. Mark Zuckerberg wrote...Facebook, Google execs could reportedly be liable for harmful content under UK plansExecutives from the likes of Facebook and Google could reportedly be held liable for harmful content shared on their platforms under U.K. government plans.Britain is...Trinity students showcase smart home technology the futureEarlier this week, third year Engineering with Management students from Trinity College Dublin unveiled innovative prototypes of next generation smart-home technology at a special event...Foxconn Reportedly Shifts Away from Phone ManufacturingFor most of the last decade, Foxconn was making money as fast as it could manufacturing smartphones, but times have changed. As the phone market...Facebook dips on report that user records were exposed on Amazon cloud serversResearchers at cybersecurity firm UpGuard claim to have found the records of millions of Facebook users in publicly-accessible places on Amazon’s cloud servers.The records were...Android Q’s second beta embraces foldable phones, multitasking BubblesGoogle released its second Android Q developer preview today for all Pixel phones. They’re mostly under-the-hood tweaks, but the update also helps get apps and...'Pharma Bro' in solitary confinement for alleged contraband phone usePharmaceutical honcho Martin Shkreli has been banished to solitary confinement amid allegations he was running his drug company from federal prison using a contraband smartphone,...How Facebook makes money by targeting ads directly to youMore than 2 billion people use Facebook or one of its other services, Instagram, WhatsApp or Messenger, every day. That’s more than a quarter of...Samsung boasts spec of 5G phone, end-to-end solutions ahead of launchThe Samsung Galaxy S10 5G that is slated to open the 5G era when it hits the market Friday will feature a larger screen and...How IoT technology continues to drive smart building innovationCommercial buildings are getting smarter. They now include a growing variety of technologies that are part of the Internet of Things (IoT) phenomena. Across the...Bangladesh sets foundations for bridge over digital divideBangladesh stands to capitalize on smart improvements it’s made to bolster e-commerce-friendly infrastructure – provided it can deliver a strategy and better logistics.It’s a nation...SCB Trade Awards honour top business institutions12 companies were felicitated at the second annual “Partners in Progress: Standard Chartered Bangladesh” (SCB) Trade Awards 2018 in the capital recently, according to a...Facebook is about to reveal exactly how your News Feed worksFacebook employees used to speak about the social platform's News Feed algorithm in vague terms, as though it was a closely guarded secret. Now, the...Mark Zuckerberg's call for harder Internet guideline won't spare Facebook from these examinationsFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg backed stronger government regulation of the Internet on Saturday, but it may be too little too late for a company that...Jeff Bezos’ investigators believe ‘with high confidence’ that Saudi Arabia accessed his phoneFollowing the revelation that the The National Enquirer had obtained intimate texts and images between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanches, Bezos ordered an...Facebook says video of New Zealand mosque shootings was viewed 4,000 times before being removedFacebook said a live streamed video apparently showing last week’s attack on two mosques in New Zealand was viewed 4,000 times before it was removed.The...Facebook reveals more details about how Christchurch terror attack video spreadFacebook has revealed more details about the spread of the Christchurch terror attack video, and its seemingly relentless attempts to stop it.The social media giant...Google Play Store apps claim they can upgrade you to Android 9 Pie – Avoid them!With the rollout of Android Q beta to a select few, there was naturally a revival of interest in Android 9 Pie’s rollout as well....Elon Musk Shows Off His SpaceX Heatshield In Impressive Test!Elon Musk Shows SpaceX Heatshield TestWe have already seen a number of pretty impressive achievements from the Elon Musk backed ‘SpaceX‘ project. It did, as...The Most Interesting Feature Of Android Q Is The New LogoIt looks like Google i/o is going to be rather dull this year as tinkering with the beta has revealed that the upgrades being made...Apple Watch may spot heart problem, but more research is neededA huge study suggests the Apple Watch can detect a worrisome irregular heartbeat at least sometimes – but experts say more work is needed to...'Ordinary white man'? Picture of New Zealand accused emergesA one-time gym trainer from rural Australia who became steeped in neo-fascist ideology during travels in Europe, Brenton Tarrant described himself as an "ordinary white...The Division 2 feels more alive, filled with NPCs and challenging combat encountersThe Division 2 has been one of my most-anticipated games since it was first announced, and after about a dozen hours with the game over...U.S. jury finds Apple infringed on 3 Qualcomm patentsMobile phone chip supplier Qualcomm on Friday won a legal victory against iPhone maker Apple, with a jury in federal court in San Diego finding...Ford drops an electric blue Mustang teaser on Tesla's festivitiesJust as Tesla's scheduled Model Y reveal kicked off, Ford (the company Elon Musk said killed his S-E-X-Y naming scheme by blocking the Model E...Apple Sends Out Media Invites for an 'It's Show Time' Event on March 25Apple today sent out invites for a media event that will be held on Monday, March 25 at the Steve Jobs Theater on the Apple...Tesla will raise prices on its cars, reverses plan to close storesTesla has reversed its move to close stores, the company announced in a blog post. To keep those stores open, the company says it will...Google patent hints at controller for its upcoming game streaming serviceGoogle is known to be working on a game streaming service, dubbed Project Stream. Now, it seems there is some indication to the first hardware...Slack rolls out dark mode for iOS, Android usersDark mode is the hottest new trend in apps as it is slightly easy on the eyes and conserves battery life too. Now, productivity app...Vyng launches video ringtone feature Pan-IndiaVyng has recently launched its lock-screen video ringtone app for PAN Indian users after a successful test launch in selected regions. The app is now...Galaxy S10 phones: How to buy them now, and whether you shouldThe Galaxy S10, S10 Plus and S10E are yours for the taking. Whether you've already bought one, are going to buy one or are still...Huawei sues the US government over ban, says it’s unconstitutionalHuawei has finally had it with the US government and it’s taking the bait. Whether it will emerge victorious or humiliated is something the tech...Huawei Opens Its China Gates in Widening PR AssaultChinese telecom giant Huawei gave foreign media a peek into its state-of-the-art facilities Wednesday as the normally secretive company steps up a counter-offensive against US...Samsung reportedly has two more foldable phones coming after the Galaxy FoldSay what you want about the novelty aspect of a foldable smartphone, but while this form factor is very much going to fall in the...Lego takes on Samsung and Huawei with its own foldableFoldable phones dominated tech headlines over the past few weeks, starting with the announcement of Samsung’s Galaxy Fold just 11 short days ago. Riding this...Samsung Galaxy S10 Has 'The Most Color Accurate Display' DisplayMate Has Ever TestedSamsung Galaxy phones typically have killer displays, and the Galaxy S10 could be setting the bar high for future generations. In fact, it's been described...The Geneva Motor Show is about to be invaded by an army of insane supercarsWhen it comes to the most expensive luxury cars, auto shows are increasingly irrelevant.For years, the most prestigious car makers in the world have saved...Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou sues Canada and its federal police over December arrestHuawei CFO Meng Wanzhou‘s lawyers are suing the Canadian government, its border agency and federal police. The lawyers for Wanzhou allege that their client was...Our favorite smartphones from Mobile World Congress 2019The last week has been a whirlwind of jamón-flavored chips, 5G talk and things that fold, so naturally, we're still reeling a bit. As we...Mercedes-AMG C 43 Coupe India-Launch Date RevealedMercedes-AMG C 43 Coupe India-Launch Date RevealedMercedes-AMG C 43 Coupe is all set to be introduced in the market on the 14th March 2019. The...Instagram is most used platform for grooming offencesThe latest report on how social media is abused to exploit the young has revealed that Instagram is the biggest platform that is used for...YouTube to disable comments on videos of minorsFollowing the recent paedophilia ring scandal, YouTube has announced a number of changes to its platform to make it safe for children and curb the...5G will make our phones faster—and Google, Amazon, and Microsoft even strongerIn recent years, much of the discussion at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress—okay, nearly all of it—has focused around the advent of 5G cellular technology, and...BEST PHONES OF MWC 2019don’t know if you’ve noticed yet, but the world of smartphones is going to look very different in 2019 than in the years prior. Instead...5G is here as Galaxy S10, Mate X and other phones debut. But it'll cost youWhen Huawei and Xiaomi showed off their first 5G phones at Mobile World Congress, the crowds at both press conferences gasped. What caused the reaction...Huawei chairman says the company will defy the Chinese governmentSome savvy smartphone users in the U.S. are upset that carriers in the states aren't offering Huawei handsets to their subscribers. That is because the...Elon Musk's Tweets Keep Landing Him in Trouble With the SECElon Musk has kept Tesla Inc. investors on their toes for more than six months with his tweeting and scuffles with U.S. financial regulators. He...Some Smartphones Adding Dedicated Google Assistant ButtonGoogle has announced that LG, Nokia, Xiaomi, TCL and Vivo will soon launch smartphones with dedicated Google Assistant buttons.“Last year, we took the first step...Huawei Mate X hands-on reviewI sat down in my seat, probably looking quite shell-shocked, as Huawei CEO Richard Yu prepared to answer questions from the select group of journalists...Will 5G be a saviour for struggling smartphones?Under the mild February sun, not far from the sands of the Platja de la Barceloneta, 100,000 mobile industry executives, fans and journalists are descending...MWC 2019: All The New Phones To Expect From The World's Biggest Mobile ShowThe annual Mobile World Congress (MWC) is the world's largest mobile event of the year and it's also the venue where many of the top...Samsung’s Galaxy S10 5G is a phone without a networkSamsung’s Galaxy S10 5G was the final announcement at the company’s big Unpacked event — a phone promising mobile internet speeds dramatically faster than today’s...Galaxy S10 Plus ongoing review, Day 2: What's good and bad so farThe Galaxy S10 Plus and I have had a whirlwind relationship so far. We've just barely met, and already it's seldom left my side as...What to expect around 5G at Mobile World Congress 2019Hot on the heels of CES comes Mobile World Congress, the biggest mobile event of the year. While it is difficult to pick the most...UK parliament calls for antitrust, data abuse probe of FacebookA final report by a British parliamentary committee which spent months last year investigating online political disinformation makes very uncomfortable reading for Facebook — with...LG to launch 'attachable dual-screen' with G8 ThinQ and V50 ThinQLG Electronics will unveil a new flip-cover display, alongside the G8 ThinQ and V50 ThinQ smartphones, at Mobile World Congress, the company's mobile boss said.The...TCL's folding phone projects include a watch-like braceletMultiple companies have ideas as to how they'll develop folding smartphones. TCL, however, isn't content to settle on one -- it's seemingly tackling them all....Everything we think we know about the Samsung Galaxy S10We’re just a few days away from Samsung’s giant 10th anniversary Galaxy S10 event on February 20th, and it’s looking like it’ll be one of...ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com uses AI to generate endless fake facesThe ability of AI to generate fake visuals is not yet mainstream knowledge, but a new website — ThisPersonDoesNotExist.com — offers a quick and persuasive...Niantic is tweaking Pokémon Go to settle a lawsuit with angry homeownersPokémon Go developer Niantic has agreed to settle a lawsuit with people who had PokéStops placed near their houses, and it’s making some minor game...Mint copy of Super Mario Bros. sells for $100,150 at auctionA mint condition original copy of Super Mario Bros. for the NES has sold for a whopping $100,150 at an auction, making it one of...Here's What Happened When IBM's Advanced AI Machine Challenged An International Debate ChampionAristotle broke ground by claiming that the art of persuasion—rhetoric—can be learned. Although Aristotle was right, he may never have envisioned a day when a...Apple's rumored subscription news service will reportedly be announced at a March 25 eventApple is planning to hold a special event on March 25 during which it's expected to share details on its rumored subscription news service, according...Is Amazon sold out of AirPods? Here’s where to buy Apple’s wireless earbudsApple is one of the most well-known and popular brands in the tech industry. With high-quality products like the iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch at...Fine, Let's Ask The Question: Is 'Apex Legends' A 'Fortnite' Killer?It has been an absolutely absurd week in the gaming industry, where a new game from EA and Respawn, Apex Legends, went from rumored to...These new renders of Xiaomi’s double-folding smartphone should worry SamsungAhead of the press conference it has scheduled for February 24, one day before Mobile World Congress 2019 kicks off, Xiaomi has shared some deeper...Oppo K1 review: Good performance and battery at Rs 16,990Oppo recently released its first smartphone with an in-display fingerprint sensor, the Oppo K1. With this smartphone the company aims to take on mid-range devices...'GTA Online' cheat creator ordered to pay $150,000 in damagesGame publishers are still using lawsuits to take down cheaters, and their latest move could deal a particularly serious blow. A court has ordered Florida...Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 7 launch in India: When will it launch, expected price and moreXiaomi's Redmi Note 7 launch in India is expected soon, though the company has not confirmed an official date. Here is everything we know about...Jeff Bezos takes on the National EnquirerMarc Fisher on the evolution of Jeff Bezos’s tabloid scandal — and its potential political implications. Plus, Geoff Edgers on how Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. changed...Tokyo succeeds in plan to make 2020 Olympic medals from recycled gadgetsTokyo’s organizing committee for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced that it’s expecting to meet its targets for a plan to make athletes’...T-Mobile Continues Crazy Growth, 5G Plans Get 'Aggressive' In Q4 2018T-Mobile continued its remarkable growth and is still way ahead of its competitors in terms of net subscriber additions, as revealed by the company's consolidated...Apex Legends guide: Tips for mastering the battle royaleShoot the bad guys. Stay in the circle. Revive your teammates. What more do you need to know to succeed in a battle royale game?...Waffle, Flamingo, Otter, Sloth, Skunk, and Garlic Among New Emojis Coming to iOS in 2019More than 200 new emojis will be coming to iOS later this year, with the Unicode Consortium officially approving the final 2019 emoji list. Emojipedia has...The Tortured Case for Deleting InstagramThere are a lot of reasons to delete Facebook. The company has been violating your privacy and secretly giving away your data for years. Last...Classic iPhone Returns To Save Apple's Poor PerformanceA little over four months since Apple removed it from sale, the iPhone X is once more available from the Apple website. Except this time...Microsoft planning Xbox Live features for Android, iOS, Nintendo SwitchXbox Live is one of the best console gaming networks out there, offering plenty of social tools and pioneering those ever-popular achievements. Now, it seems...Facebook's integration of messaging services stirs EU concerns Facebook's integration of its messaging services, namely Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram, has raised concerns amidst users and privacy advocates alike.The Irish Data Protection Commission...Fortnite Had An In-Game Marshmello Concert, And It Was Actually Pretty GreatThis afternoon, I went to a concert in Fortnite. I don’t entirely know what I was just part of, but I think I loved it?Earlier...On Instagram, a photo of this egg gets over 50 million likes; marketers weigh optionsOn Instagram, it's often hard to tell when a physical item is appearing in the context of a product placement, or because it happened to...Amazon Echo smart speakers back on sale, Amazon Basics products still unavailableOnline shopping platform Amazon has been making the lives of users easier with deliveries on almost all kinds of products available from its own sellers....Apple's iOS 12.1.4 Update to Fix FaceTime Eavesdropping Bug Showing Up in AnalyticsApple's upcoming fix for the FaceTime eavesdropping bug that was discovered on Monday will come in the form of an iOS 12.1.4 update, according to...Samsung unveils 1TB smartphone storage in 'industry first'Samsung wants to give you PC-level storage in a phone. The Korean company announced Tuesday that it's started mass producing 1-terabyte embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS),...Australia's TPG Abandons Mobile Network Plan Over Huawei BanAustralian company TPG Telecom said on Tuesday it had abandoned the rollout of what would have been the country's fourth mobile network because of a...Serious FaceTime Bug Lets You Hear a Person's Audio Before They AnswerThere's a major bug in FaceTime right now that lets you connect to someone and hear their audio without the person even accepting the call. This...iOS 12.2 Downtime to let users set limits per daySmartphone companies have started taking the almost ironic yet beneficial stance of giving users the ability to limit their use of smartphones. These often involve...PRIVATE MESSAGES ARE THE NEW (OLD) SOCIAL NETWORKIt’s onto me, anyway. I am merely one anecdata point among billions, but I’m sure I’m not the only Facebook user who has found herself...Instagram 'Implicated' In Teen Suicides As It Prepares To Merge With Facebook“There’s no doubt that Instagram played a part in Molly’s death.” The words of a father grieving his teenage daughter’s suicide, published today in an...Facebook Wants To Combine Messenger, Instagram, And WhatsApp: Here's What That MeansFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has expressed his desire to unify in some way the messaging component of nearly all the major apps Facebook owns, including...The pitfalls of facebook mergfing messenger, instagram, and whatsapp chatsIN AN EFFORT led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook has plans to rearchitect WhatsApp, Instagram direct messages, and Facebook Messenger so that messages can travel...