Category: Biz Tech

The year-long mobile share tug-of-war between Apple and Android is far spicier now than it was this time last year, according to the latest data from Kantar. For the three months ending November 30, iOS

The United States government's explanation for why it made a court order forcing Yahoo to scan all users' incoming emails for intelligence purposes was unsatisfactory, the European Union's justice chief has said.The European Commission had asked

Nielsen Music has released its annual report of music industry sales figures, and the news is good thanks to the growth of streaming. Music sales experienced an uptick of 3 percent compared to those in 2015, despite a plunge in the sale of digital downloads and physical units. Streaming Shows Huge Growth 2016 was the year that streaming really came into its own, and with major streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music growing like wildfire, the music industry enjoyed an

The Sims 4 will soon be welcoming the undead into the life simulation game, as the Vampires Game Pack is all set to be released on Jan. 24. In addition to introducing vampires into The Sims 4, the game pack will also add a new world and creepy objects for players to explore and enjoy. The Sims 4 Vampires Game Pack Announced: What Is It Like To Be A Vampire? The Vampires Game Pack was announced through a post on the official website of the game, which

When it comes to web browsers, Chrome is on top, Safari is second, and once-dominant IE is now far back in third.For over a decade, Internet Explorer (IE), thanks to Microsoft's illegal crushing of Netscape, ruled

Developers PopCap and EA have outed a new update for its Plants vs. Zombies 2 and the game now packs in several exciting features that will have players hooked. On Tuesday, Jan. 10, the update for the iOS and Android apps of the game were pushed out and bring in its folds new Power Plants and a new gameplay. "Introducing the Power Plants update, the next evolution in your ever-growing arsenal against the Zombie menace! For the first time ever in Plants

Things are starting to look up for Samsung. After announcing expectations of record fourth quarter 2016 profits, the South Korean electronics company on January 11 announced "over 96 percent" of the recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphones

Recent political headaches could have been avoided if people learned to encrypt a file once and a while.

A project of Bristol University is making news with a team of its Artificial Intelligence researchers sourcing colossal information from more than 100 British regional newspapers spanning 150 years in defining and pinpointing important turning points in the country's history and culture. The results are amazing with many interesting revelations. What makes the project remarkable is the methodology. Already, it is known to all that history is well-etched in books. However, using newspapers as the primary source to pinpoint major cultural and

Withings' Kérastase Hair Coach analyses the health of your locks as you brush.

The remake of Final Fantasy VII is arguably one of the most anticipated titles of all time, as gamers are looking forward to relive the adventures of Cloud Strife and his team in a reimagined version of the classic RPG. The Final Fantasy VII remake was announced in June 2015 at the annual E3, not as a simple visual upgrade but as a completely new game with modern graphics and a new combat system. News on the title have been too few and far

Alibaba wants to transform the retail sector with a US$2.6 billion buyout that it says will break down the barriers between offline and online. The Chinese e-commerce giant said its investment unit was working with Intime

Singaporean telecommunications carrier Singtel has launched 450Mbps speeds across its entire 4G network for customers with compatible smartphones, and has also announced attaining speeds of up to 1Gbps in a trial of its 4G network with

Gamers who are looking forward to the Nintendo Switch will finally know all the details on the upcoming hybrid console on Jan. 12, through a presentation by Nintendo that will be livestreamed for the whole world to watch. In advance of the official presentation, the rumor mill has been busy churning out reports and leaks for the Nintendo Switch, including the lineup of games available upon the hybrid console's launch, the confirmation of Pokémon Stars, a skin based on The Legend of

Tata Group plans to set up a regional office in South Korea and build a datacentre, reports ChosunBiz.India's biggest conglomerate is likely preparing for the rise of the connected cars industry in Korea, the report said.

An Apple virtual reality gear seems far from Apple's focus at this point especially when rumors are mostly pointing to the way the Cupertino company is more interested in augmented reality technology. Apple And Carl Zeiss AG Partnership This last has been underscored when a Carl Zeiss AG employee disclosed that Apple is purportedly partnering with his company to develop AR optics. The source's claim was first reported by Robert Scoble while covering CES 2017. The tech evangelist even stressed that Carl Zeiss' booth

Sony is sprucing up its console offerings, adding a new color option for its PlayStation 4 Slim: Glacier White. Finding a PS4 console in another color option besides the traditional black avatar is not easy to come by, as other options are as rare as the legendary Pokémon. Nevertheless, PS4 fans are now in luck as the company just announced a Glacier White PS4 Slim is set to go on sale later this month, on Jan. 24. "Later this month you'll have

To address criticism from regulators and public policy groups, Microsoft is making some changes in its privacy practices.Of all the body blows Microsoft has absorbed in the past 18 months over Windows 10, the criticisms of

Short-lived compounds like greenhouse gas methane stay in the atmosphere just between a year and a few decades. However, researchers have found that they can cause lingering warmth that can lead to sea levels rising for centuries long after the compounds have been cleared from the atmosphere. In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the Simon Fraser University and MIT showed that even if all greenhouse gas emissions stop tomorrow, the world will

Rackspace's senior vice president Jeff Cotten has been promoted to president, the managed cloud company announced Tuesday. Cotten will take on the new role starting February 1.Cotten wil reported directly to CEO Taylor Rhodes, leading Rackspace's

Close on the heels of plans for the first-ever Apple Store in Seoul, South Korea, Apple is all set to embark on building an underground retail store in the historic Liberty Square in Milan. For the unfamiliar, Piazza del Liberty - popularly called the Liberty Square - is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in Italy. The city's planning department has approved of the construction last month based on the preliminary guidelines. At present, Apple is operating from the Fiordaliso mall. The new retail

The Merry Christmas ransom note features Futurama's evil Robot Santa.

Since the dawn of the century, Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) has been at the core of many, if not most, enterprise web-centric, service-oriented, cloud-capable computing assemblies. Lately, though, even its proponents have been asking

Razer stole the show at CES 2017 and had attendees in awe with its gorgeous Project Valerie and other ambitious concepts, but it apparently raised more interest than it bargained for. As it turns out, someone found Razer's latest gadgets so exciting and decided to steal them right from the company's CES booth. More specifically, someone stole two Razer prototypes from the show, but it remains unclear for now just which concepts we're talking about. Razer is not a regular household brand

Chinese technology giant Tencent on Monday announced a new "mini program" feature embedded within its popular messaging app WeChat, which allows users to open certain mobile apps downloaded on WeChat directly.A number of popular mobile apps,

The Apple Airpods recently had their own dedicated app and it was developed to help their owners track the iPhone accessory in case one or both are lost. Locating Missing AirPods Dubbed as Finder for AirPods, the app was created by iOS developer Deucks and sold at the App Store for $3.99. It works by cleverly measuring the Bluetooth signal strength to direct the user to the location of the missing earpiece. Unfortunately, Apple unceremoniously pulled the app from the App Store. The

After years of neglect, Google is finally updating Google Voice with a new version, it touted in a banner on Monday. "The new Google Voice is here," a banner read on the Google

Upon the closing of the $4.8 billion sale of Yahoo to Verizon, Yahoo will see itself renamed to Altaba Inc as it begins its new direction as an investment company.

Apple has released a new ad that touts the camera capabilities of its flagship iPhone7 Plus. The new advert from Apple shows off what iPhone 7 Plus owners can do with the device's Portrait mode.The Portrait mode of the iPhone 7 Plus works in tandem with the smartphone's dual cameras. The 60-second long advert entitled iPhone 7 Plus - Take Mine has been shot in Greece and is reminiscent of a segment from a movie. The ad - which was posted on the

The real reason Windows has sunk below the 50-percent mark is that smartphones and tablets are continuing to grow while the desktop keeps shrinking.

The Galaxy Note 7's exploding battery debacle not only triggered a massive PR nightmare for Samsung, but its withdrawal was instrumental in the company incurring revenue losses. Due to this situation, shares of Samsung Electronics dropped soon after the mishap occurred. However, Investors have now reposed faith in the company and their confidence in Samsung Electronics is evidenced by the performance of its stock. Despite all the troubles and hard times that the company has faced so far, the shares of Samsung Electronics