Google is increasing its efforts in India after it snapped up the team behind popular transportation app ‘Where is my Train.’
The app claims 10 million registered users and, as the name suggests, it helps commuters track arrivals and…
Three dimensional modeling used to be hard. It used to require something at least as big as the Xbox Kinect to get really high quality scans you needed high-powered laser sensor systems. Now all you need is your phone and Capture.
Captu…
When Apple announced its latest Series 4 Watch with electrocardiogram features, my mom took a sigh of relief, and then proceeded to set a reminder to order one for my dad. That’s because we found out last year, by chance, that he has atria…
SWIFT announces it will begin piloting an integrated pre-validation gpi payments service, focussing on enabling the speedy identification and elimination of errors and omissions in payment messages.
The pilot is the first stage in …
Delivers a secure, end-to-end automated cloud platform tailored to applications
Lenovo Data Center Group (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY), one of the fastest growing hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) vendors (according to IDC) is further exp…
India finally has its answer to Spotify after Reliance Jio merged its music service with Saavn, the startup it acquired earlier this year.
The deal itself isn’t new — it was announced back in March — but it has reached its logical co…
libaba Group Holding Ltd said on Wednesday it has signed an agreement with the Belgium government to launch an e-commerce trade hub, which will include investments in logistics infrastructure.
The project is part of Alibaba’s Electronic…
Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing on Wednesday announced a reorganization plan aimed at improving safety on its platform, as it works to address public and government concerns raised after the murders of two of its users.
In a post…
Google has made a rare investment in Japan after the company led a follow-on round for AI and machine learning startup ABEJA.
The deal amount is undisclosed but a little digging suggests that it is likely a single-digit million U.S. …
Hulu will top 23 million subscribers by year-end, according to comments made by Hulu CEO Randy Freer speaking at Business Insider’s Ignition conference this morning. While Freer didn’t state the number outright, he said that the business …
European Union finance ministers failed to agree a tax on digital revenues on Thursday, despite a last minute Franco-German plan to salvage the proposal by narrowing its focus to firms like Google (GOOGL.O) and Facebook (FB.O).
The Euro…
Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE) premium auto brand Audi said on Tuesday it would invest 14 billion euros ($15.9 billion) through 2023 in electric mobility, digitalization and autonomous driving.
Overall, the company’s total projected expenditu…
Telecom operator Iliad unveiled on Tuesday a new high-end set-up box with luxury audio speakers and embedded video applications which it sees reviving sluggish sales in France.
Iliad’s triangle-shaped white box, dubbed Freebox Delta, in…
A seven-year-old boy who reviews toys has been revealed as YouTube's highest-earning star, raking in $22m (£17.3m).
The estimate by Forbes magazine found that Ryan of Ryan ToysReview pipped Jake Paul by $500,000 for the 12 months to Jun…
Samsung tipped its hand yet again, revealing another key piece of its 2019 road map. As it did with the foldable phone a few weeks back, the company will be revealing a proof of concept this week at the annual Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit …
Sirius XM’s recent all-stock $3.5-billion purchase of the music-streaming service Pandora raised a lot of eyebrows. A big question was why Sirius paid so much. Is Pandora’s music library and customer base really worth that amount? The ans…
Rapper Cardi B was due to appear in New York City criminal court on Monday facing charges of assault and reckless endangerment in connection with a fight at a strip club.
The 26-year-old performer, whose real name is Belcalis Almanzar, …
Earlier this year, we reported that Trackr, a startup that makes a small Bluetooth device that you attached to items like keys to locate them when lost, would be rebranding as Adero and pivoting the business amid an increasingly commoditiz…
Verizon Communications Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday they plan to release 5G smartphones in the first half of 2019 in the United States.
The news comes after Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that Apple Inc is plan…
For three hours this week Richard Allan was in one of the world's most uncomfortable seats.
In a Westminster committee room, parliamentarians from nine countries battered Facebook's European policy chief, mostly over one issue: why was …
YouTuber PewDiePie is battling Indian channel T-Series in a bid to retain his status as the YouTuber with the most subscribers.
One fan hacked 50,000 printers over the weekend to print out a message urging people to subscribe to his chann…
It’s that time of the year when consumers have shopping on their minds. The need for something new and different for oneself and for family and friends that also delivers great value for money.
When it comes to getting great advice for …
Bitcoin fell as much as 7 percent on Friday BTC=BTSP, heading towards a recent one-year low in a broad-based selloff in cryptocurrencies.
The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency fell to $3,920.35 in late morning trade, heading…
Ford Reveals How Big Data Could Help Make Cities Safer – by Highlighting Where Future Traffic Incidents Might Happen
* Ford has developed a smart solution that could help to identify where traffic incidents are likely to occur – and…
Uber is speeding toward a historic IPO next year that could value it as high as $120 billion, but that doesn’t scare its rivals that operate across Europe.
Speaking on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin, Markus Villig — the CEO of $1 …
Lemonade this morning revealed plans to expand into the European market. The news marks the first international expansion for the AI-powered insurance app, which launched in New York City in 2016.
The official announcement issued by t…
In the world of online language learning, there are basically two heavyweights: Duolingo and Babbel. Duolingo is betting on a freemium model and a strong focus on using algorithms to help you learn better, while Berlin-based Babbel is a p…
Amazon.com Inc said on Friday Apple Music will become available on its Echo smart speakers starting Dec. 17, signaling increasing collaboration between the tech heavyweights.
Apple Music subscribers who own Echo devices will be able to …
Nintendo has relaxed its rules for video-makers who share their gameplay on websites such as Twitch and YouTube.
Unlike Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo had restricted what it let video-makers share online and took a slice of advertising re…
BMW said it can force its hybrid cars switch to an electric-only mode in heavily polluted inner-city areas, helping its vehicles compete with pure battery-driven rivals as a raft of cities seek to create emissions-free zones.
“The car s…
HUAWEI CLOUD officially launched its Blockchain Service (BCS) for global use on November 15, 2018, after launching it for commercial use in China on October 10th this year.
Now available on the international HUAWEI CLOUD website, the …
More than 50 people have been arrested in India for their alleged involvement in fake security warning scams.
The New York Times said that Delhi police made the arrests during raids on 26 call centres linked to the scams.
Software gi…
Facebook has started to enforce its tighter political advertising rules in the UK.
The new rules were supposed to take effect on 7 November, but were delayed when journalists and researchers exposed flaws in the new system.
Anybody p…
Microsoft is readying its HoloLens augmented reality tech for combat. The company just won a $480 million military contract with the U.S. government to bring AR headset tech into the weapons repertoire of American soldiers.
The two-y…
Is barking orders at our AI-powered voice assistants turning us into jerks? Are our kids growing accustomed to commanding the Google Homes and Siris of the world to turn on the lights without the politeness of a “please”?
Perhaps. Wi…
Mission impossible: a new executive at LG is charged with fixing the company’s long-time loss-making smartphone division following a leadership change.
Hwang Jeong-hwan took the job as president of LG Mobile Communications last October…
When it rains, it pours - and Facebook’s utterly sodden year continues to be flooded by accusations of bad governance.
Mark Luckie, a black, former Facebook employee whose job it was to handle the firm’s relationship with “influencers”,…
Bitcoin rallied 10 percent on Wednesday to more than $4,100, putting it on course for its biggest daily rise since mid-April as it pulled itself out of a recent slump.
The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency hit a daily high o…
Forging another link between Africa and China’s digital economies, the African-focused money transfer startup SimbaPay and Kenya’s Family Bank have launched an instant payment service from East-Africa to China via WeChat .
The new produ…
A bank customer was tricked into transferring money by fraudsters who pretended to be responding to his angry Twitter post about poor service.
Writer Mike Tinmouth was furious with the process and time taken to open a business account w…
British and Dutch regulators on Tuesday fined ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] for failing to protect customers’ personal information during a 2016 cyber attack involving millions of users.
Names, mobile phone numbers and email addre…
YouTube today is launching lower-cost subscription plans for students who want to enjoy an ad-free version of YouTube or its music streaming service, YouTube Music. The new plans are the first significant changes to YouTube’s music subs…
Download speeds across mobile networks are now faster than wi-fi in many countries, research suggests.
Speed tests in 80 countries revealed wi-fi was left lagging in 33 nations, according to wireless coverage mapping company OpenSignal.…
Politicians from nine countries reacted angrily to the absence of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at a hearing today.
The event is part of an unprecedented international inquiry into disinformation and fake news.
Richard Allan, Face…
Google has been accused of flouting European data protection laws when it tracks users' locations.
A coalition of seven consumer organisations is filing complaints with local data protection regulators over Google's tracking system.
…
Total’s French retail electricity arm is on track to win 700,000 customers this year, challenging former state monopolies EDF and Engie with a low-cost, digital service it believes could mimic Uber’s success in the taxi market.
Total Sp…
Telecom Egypt upgrades existing Nokia 1830 Photonic Service Switch (PSS) backbone network to offer higher-speed services to both broadband and mobile customers
Nokia doubles Telecom Egypt's existing backbone capacity on Delta Region D…
Gemalto is the number 1 provider of eSIM solutions for mobile operators and OEMs
The most recent generation of flagship phones and smartwatches works with the revolutionary remote connectivity management solution enabled by Gemalto. “eS…
Germany’s network regulator set the ball rolling on Monday to auction fifth-generation mobile licenses, winning a nod from lawmakers after months of controversy over whether the plan would help to close a connectivity deficit with the coun…
Bitcoin extended its falls on Monday to $3,843, down more than five percent from the day’s highs on renewed selling in cryptocurrencies.
Other cryptocurrencies also fell sharply, with Ethereum’s ether down 1.6 percent and Ripple’s XRP d…
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