BlackBerry Turns Over Phone Licensing To Manufacturer TCL
A week after it officially exited the smartphone market, BlackBerry has agreed to license its brand to handset manufacturer TCL. The Chinese company will make and market future BlackBerry handsets...
View ArticleGoogle Play Removes 132 Android Apps Containing Malware
More than 130 Android apps on the Google Play store have been found to contain malicious coding, possibly linked to infected PCs the developers were using, according to security researchers. The 132...
View ArticleGoogle Investing In Another Massive Undersea Fiber-optic Cable
Google is plans on funding another massive undersea fiber-optic cable as a part of its plans to build out network connectivity around the world. The company announced that it is investing in a project...
View ArticleNetflix Expansion Talks Include Indonesian Telecom Giant
U.S. video streaming service provider Netflix is engaged in negotiations with Indonesia’s top telecom firm PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (Telkom) to offer its service in the country, a spokesman at...
View ArticleBlackBerry Announces Delay Of KEYone Smartphone
Enterprise customers anxious to acquire the new BlackBerry KEYone, with its old-fashioned hardware keyboard, will have to wait another month until its May 31 release. The delay isn’t expected to hurt...
View ArticleTelegram App Adopts Disappear Messages Like Snapchat
Telegram, which gained notoriety for its encrypted messaging service, just upped its privacy game for users. The app now lets you send your friends “self-destructing” photos and videos that disappear...
View ArticleLondoners Want Uber Back, Sign Petition
Half a million people have signed an online petition in under 24 hours supporting Uber’s bid to stay on the streets of London, showing the company is turning to its tried-and-tested tactic of asking...
View ArticleUber Ties Up With BlackBerry Messenger For Ride Hailing
Uber Technologies announced that it has joined forces with BBM Messenger to allow users around the world, including in the application’s biggest market of Indonesia, to book rides via the messenger...
View ArticleMicrosoft AI Ambitions Is Behind The Acquisition Of Semantic Machines
Considering its recent focus on beefing up Cortana, Microsoft’s acquisition of Semantic Machines makes perfect sense. Announced Sunday, the purchase is designed to bolster not just Microsoft digital...
View ArticleGoogle Taking A $550M Stake In e-Commerce JD.com
Google will invest $550 million in popular Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, part of the U.S. internet company’s plans to expand its presence in fast-growing Asian markets and battle rivals including...
View ArticleGrab Debuts Grocery Delivery Service
The strategy to provide “every day” offerings via a new open platform underscores Grab’s goal to secure its dominant market share at a time when rival Go-Jek is embarking on a $500 million expansion...
View ArticleSmartphone Sales Slump Continues For Fifth Consecutive Quarter
Smartphone sales continued their decline for the fifth consecutive quarter, making the past year the worst in the history of smartphone shipments, according to new data from research firm IDC. The data...
View ArticleWill The Smartphone Market Continue To Fall
Marketing buzz around 5G is in its pilot stages but expected to ramp up quickly. And while use cases for upgrading to a 5G device/service remain unclear, after 2019 the adoption will begin to attain...
View ArticleBlackberry Messenger Rides Into The Pasture
BlackBerry Enterprise (BBMe), which offers most of the features of the consumer version along with added end-to-end encryption, will continue to operate as normal.
View ArticleWhatsApp Looking To Launch Mobile Payments Service
Facebook Inc’s messaging service WhatsApp is negotiating with multiple Indonesian digital payment firms to offer their mobile transaction services, in a bid to tap the nation’s fast-growing e-commerce...
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