People in the UK spent much longer chatting on the phone in the first weeks of lockdown, research suggests.
Time spent talking on mobiles "rose significantly" - by almost 50% - after the announcement of strict measures in March, media r…
Datacentrix tackles digital transformation in local mining sector, with first virtual Mining Indaba event
With a focus on how technology can help move the local mining sector into the future, high performing and secure ICT solutions pro…
Measuring the Banking Industry’s Risie to the New Normal
At HUAWEI CONNECT 2020, International Data Corporation (IDC), the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, tel…
Popular caller-identification service Truecaller has amassed 250 million monthly active users and 200 million daily active users, demonstrating an accelerated pace of growth in recent quarters even as a global pandemic has hurt most busine…
Language learning company Reverso is launching its desktop app for macOS and Windows. Like on mobile, it lets you access a translation dictionary and get examples in context. The company has attracted 40,000 downloads in two days.
While…
Electric cars will likely make up 90% of Volkswagen AG's VOWG_p.DE sales in Norway next year and could completely replace diesel and petrol engines in the Nordic country by 2023, the German auto maker's local importer said on Wednesday.
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At its (virtual) Kong Summit 2020, API platform Kong today announced the launch of Kong Konnect, its managed end-to-end cloud-native connectivity platform. The idea here is to give businesses a single service that allows them to manage the…
Microsoft is being questioned by the US government over whether a diversity initiative amounts to racial discrimination.
The Department of Labor has singled out the firm's pledge to double the number of "black and African American" seni…
France has introduced a new law to protect young social media stars.
The legislation aims to regulate the hours under-16s can work online and what happens to their earnings.
It also enshrines the right to be forgotten, meaning that p…
A joint battery venture of Toyota Motor Corp and Panasonic Corp on Tuesday said it will produce lithium-ion batteries for hybrid cars at a plant in Western Japan from 2022 to meet growing demand for electric vehicles (EV).
The productio…
Alphabet Inc's GOOGL.O con Tuesday announced Google Workspace as the new name for its package of business tools including email and document editing, replacing the G Suite brand introduced in 2016.
The rebranding coincides with the lau…
Twitter is rethinking how the labels it applies to misinformation look and work, its head of site integrity told Reuters in an interview, as the social media company tries to make these interventions more obvious and cut its reaction times…
President Trump may be threatening to shut TikTok's US operations and Joe Biden's campaign squad have effectively been barred from using the video-sharing app - but that hasn't stopped their fans using it to connect with young voters.
T…
Anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been arrested in Spain and faces extradition to the US where he has been charged with tax evasion.
Prosecutors say he failed to file tax returns for four years, despite earning millions …
Apple is suing a company in Canada it claims resold more than 100,000 devices it sent to be recycled.
The technology giant sent more than 500,000 old iPhones, Watches and iPads to Geep Canada from 2015 to 2017.
But after carrying out…
Data centres key to firing up Africa's digital revolution
The Data Route - virtual Africa Tech Festival to host Data Centres Africa
Africa is on the verge of realising its economic potential, as IT investment explodes across the c…
WORLD-FIRST robotics technology is being developed which will help a key component in the renewable energy sector operate more efficiently.
A lightweight robot capable of carrying out an X-ray maintenance survey of wind turbines - offsh…
Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O is to build a data centre hub in Greece as it invests in cloud services infrastructure in the country, a boon to an economy weakened by a decade-long debt crisis and the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking at a virtual…
Alphabet Inc’s Google has extended its deadline for Indian app developers to comply with a new billing system for commission fees by six months, it said on Monday, days after local startups voiced anger about the charges.
Google will no…
A designer has earned more than $100,000 (£77,000) in less than a week, after posting a tweet showcasing his collection of iPhone app icons.
The creator, known online as Traf, says he produced "the right content, at the right time" and …
A hack on Grindr allowed anyone with the email address linked to a valid account to reset the user's password and take over their profile.
Security experts revealed the vulnerability online - and reported it the LGBT dating app.
It e…
Transport for London (TfL), the capital's transport authority, has not renewed the licence of Indian taxi app Ola over public safety concerns.
The cab company has been operating in London since February.
TfL said the firm reported a …
YouTube has apologised and deleted a tweet from its official Twitter account in which it mocked content creators for making videos that were too long.
Under its own rules, adverts can be placed in the middle of videos at least eight min…
New Offering to enable enterprise agility in The Volatile Energy Market, Improving Supply Chain Visibility and Providing Timely Crude Oil Quality Information
AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, today announce…
Screenshots are handy. You can use them to show your grandparent how to use a new app. You can use them to send a shot of that strange error message to your company’s IT department. You can use them to capture tweets — yours or someone els…
Auto Mode is a new feature coming to Amazon’s Alexa app that turns your phone into a “driver-friendly display” when used with Alexa auto accessories like the Echo Auto, the company says. As well as offering access to Alexa’s typical voice …
Google is adding a few notable new features to Live View, the augmented reality mode of Google Maps that lets you hold your phone up and see visual overlays over the real world as its captured by your mobile camera’s viewfinder. The bigges…
Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium, home of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC, will use a pair of drones to disinfect fan seating and other areas after upcoming events. The purpose-built D1 disinfecting drones are being provided by Lu…
In an interesting development in the wake of a bias controversy over its cropping algorithm Twitter has said it’s considering giving users decision making power over how tweet previews look, saying it wants to decrease its reliance on mach…
Facebook today says it has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. against two companies that had engaged in an international “data scraping” operation. The operation extended across Facebook properties, including both Facebook and Instagram, as well …
Small rivals of Alphabet Inc's GOOGL.O Google say signs are emerging of more benevolent behavior from the online advertising leader amid accusations by the U.S. government and states that the company uses its dominance to thwart competitio…
E-scooters should be legalised on roads but riding on pavements should be prohibited, the Transport Committee of MPs has said.
Currently, privately-owned e-scooters are banned to use in the UK anywhere except on private land.
The com…
The US Senate Commerce Committee has voted to subpoena the heads of Google, Facebook, and Twitter.
It means that Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey face being quizzed by senators about their policies on different types of co…
PTR Robots Introduces World’s First Mobile Lifting Robot That Both Transfers and Rehabilitates Patients
Patient transfer and rehabilitation robot is mobile and intelligent
PTR Robots, a Danish service-robot company, announced the wor…
Strategic buy builds on industry-leading food and beverage, pharmaceutical and logistics portfolio
ABB has acquired Codian Robotics B.V., a leading provider of delta robots, which are used primarily for high-precision pick and place ap…
Google's hardware chief has said its new flagship smartphone was designed to go on sale during an economic downturn.
As a result, the Pixel 5 has abandoned some of its predecessor's headline features and runs on a slower chip in order t…
Alphabet’s Google plans to pay $1 billion to publishers globally for their news over the next three years, its CEO said on Thursday, a step that could help it win over a powerful group amid heightened regulatory scrutiny worldwide.
News…
Twitter Inc TWTR.N said on Wednesday it had removed 130 accounts, as they were attempting to disrupt the public conversation during the first U.S. presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.
Twitter remove…
A smart plug for sale on Amazon poses a fire risk and people should immediately stop using it, an investigation by consumer watchdog Which? suggests.
Amazon said it had removed the Hictkon smart plug with dual USB ports from sale, pending…
The German government is planning tougher oversight of telecoms network vendors that, while stopping short of a ban on Huawei [HWT.UL], will make it harder for the Chinese company to keep a foothold in Europe’s largest market.
Three coa…
China’s Huawei is ready to be thoroughly examined to show that its technology does not pose any risk to the countries that will include its equipment in the creation of 5G networks, the head of its Italian unit said on Wednesday.
“We wi…
Amazon has announced a new payment system for real-world shops which uses a simple wave of the hand.
Its new Amazon One scanner registers an image of the user's palm, letting them pay by hovering their hand in mid-air "for about a secon…
HUAWEI now offers safe and contactless digital payment options with the launch of Mondia Pay on HUAWEI Mobile Services (HMS) in the MEA Region
The new partnership with Mondia Pay will increase reach in countries across Africa and the Mi…
Mobile phone screens have always been an innovation milestone in the history of mobile phone development. In the past two years, major mobile phone manufacturers have been competing on full screens, from notch screens, water-drop screens, …
Microsoft's MSFT.O Bing, PrivacyWall and Info.com were among the search engines that won a quarterly auction by Alphabet's GOOGL.O Google to show up as search options on new Android devices in 31 European countries.
Google offered to al…
Huawei Technologies has built up stakes in Chinese semiconductor companies and other tech businesses as the world’s largest telecoms equipment maker bolsters its supply chain in the face of pressure from the United States.
Habo Investme…
Microsoft said it’s investigating an authentication outage with Office 365, preventing users from accessing some of the company’s most widely used services, including Office.com, Outlook.com and Teams.
The company’s status dashboard sai…
There's an election scenario that is giving social media company bosses nightmares.
The period between the polls closing and the declared result usually takes a few hours.
But this time it's likely to take days - perhaps even weeks. …
Nokia is set to become a major beneficiary of Huawei being blocked from the UK's 5G networks.
The Finnish telecoms firm has struck a deal to become the largest equipment provider to BT.
Nokia will now provide additional base stations…
* Alepo’s automated and convergent fixed IN platform will replace the PSTN operator’s legacy system
* The full IN replacement will include IN-OCS, IVR, voucher management, reporting, interconnect partner management, and more
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