If you’re itching for a new iPhone, or curious whether Apple will finally do away for the headphone jack, the company will reveal everything you need to know about its next-generation smartphone this week, according to report from FOX. On Wednesday, September 7, the company is holding its annual fall media event in San Francisco, […]
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Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is looking to sell its software division, perhaps for as much as $10 billion, according to media reports on Friday that cited sources close to the matter. The move would include HPE shedding the operations of Autonomy Corp, a British software firm bought five years ago in an $11 billion deal that has […]
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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO began a visit to Nigeria today. His first point of call was the Yaba technology hub in Lagos, also known as the Silicon Valley of Nigeria, where he met with developers and partners . It was Zuckerberg’s first visit to Nigeria, during which he hopes to explore Nollywood. Zuckerberg is in […]
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Twitter is working on a keyword-based tool that will let people filter posts they see, giving users an effective way to block out harassing and offensive tweets, according to people familiar with the matter. The San Francisco-based company has been discussing how to implement the tool for about a year as it seeks to stem […]
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There are some internet services that are so big and powerful that you just can’t expect them to go down, even for a few moments. And apart from the likes of Google and Microsoft, social networking major Facebook is something no one would expect to crash. After all, a platform that handles more than 1.6 […]
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Apple is all set to launch its next iPhone in September. As per various reports and leaks, it’s speculated that the Cupertino-based tech giant will be doing away with the 3.5mm audio jack for the iPhone 7. And it seems that Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak doesn’t think doing that would be a good idea. “If […]
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Microsoft today announced the acquisition of Genee, an artificial-intelligence-powered scheduling service. The company is planning to integrate the intelligence technology into Office 365 and shut down the Genee service on September 1, 2016. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Genee was founded in 2014 to simplify the scheduling and rescheduling of meetings. Booking a […]
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In an effort to make people switch to Microsoft Edge, the company will now pay you to use the browser, which the company claims can last longer than its Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Opera counterparts. Edge can deliver 36-53% more battery life while doing daily tasks, including watching videos on YouTube, browsing internet or […]
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The option to hail a ride in a self-driving car, which was science fiction just a few years ago, will soon be available to Uber users in Pittsburgh, the first time the technology has been offered to the general public. Within weeks, the company announced Thursday, customers will be able to opt into a test […]
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A new technique using artificial intelligence to read satellite images could aid efforts to eradicate global poverty by indicating where help is needed most, a team of U.S. researchers said on Thursday. The method would assist governments and charities trying to fight poverty but lacking precise and reliable information on where poor people are living […]
Read More Twitter Inc has shut down 360,000 accounts for threatening or promoting terrorist acts since the middle of 2015, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. The microblogging platform has previously come under fire from Washington and third-party groups for not doing enough to stop accounts linked to Islamic State militants. But, since February, […]
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The global Pokemon Go craze has prompted a slew of complaints, from memorial sites arguing it’s disrespectful to play there to whole countries imposing a ban on the smartphone game. But is it really possible to declare a place a no-go zone for people hunting the cartoon monsters? Which places have declared war on Pokemon? […]
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