Italian regulators have fined Facebook 10 million euros for selling users' data without informing them. The competition watchdog handed Facebook two fines totalling 10 million euros, "also for discouraging users from...
Given the potential for abuse of the fast advancing facial recognition technology, governments across the world need to start adopting laws to regulate this technology in 2019, Microsoft President Brad Smith has said. "Unless we act, we risk waking up five years from now to find that facial ...
Google has said its smart messaging app Allo will not work after March 2019 as the company focuses on improving its Android Messages app and video calling app Duo. "Allo will continue to work through March 2019 and until then, you'll be able to export all of your existing...
Chinese tech giant Huawei has played its biggest bet in India by bringing in its first Mate series smartphone -- the Mate 20 Pro -- that costs a tad more than Samsung's latest flagship Galaxy Note 9. Surpassing Apple, Huawei became the...
Google has announced its newly-released Chrome 71, the latest version of its web browser, is now rolling out for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems (OS), which aims to keep deceptive websites off. The latest version of Google's browser was in the works over the past few months and has just left the beta programme....
Apple said Monday it will offer new resources to open thousands of free "Hour of Code" sessions at its Apple Store facilities across the world to bring coding education to students. The Cupertino, California-based company said customers can register for coding education, made available through the Everyone...
Global shipments of wearable devices will reach 225 million in 2019 -- an increase of 25.8 per cent from 2018, market research firm Gartner said on Friday. Spending by end-users on wearable devices is forecast to reach $42 billion in 2019. Of that, $16.2 billion will be on smartwatches alone. ...
Microsoft's much talked-about foldable Surface device, codenamed "Andromeda", may hit the market in 2019, according to a new book titled "Beneath a Surface". The book by journalist and tech blog Thurrot.com collaborator Brad Sams, which started shipping on November 29, ...
US telecom carrier Verizon and Samsung have announced to jointly launch one of the first commercial 5G smartphones in the US in the first half of 2019. The two companies are set to unveil a proof of concept, powered by the upcoming flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Platform with the Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem and antenna modules, a...
