Emojis Honoured In World Celebration
New York’s Empire State Building will be lit up in yellow to mark a day that organisers hope will put a smile on millions of faces. It is one of several stunts planned for World Emoji Day, which...
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Thai ‘hermits’ Harness Web To Go Global
From communing with forest spirits to whipping up love potions, Thailand's cave-dwelling hermits once conducted their supernatural endeavours with just ancient magic and ritual as their guide. But...
Nokia 8 With Snapdragon 835 To Be Launched On July 31
HMD Global – the Finnish company that owns the rights to manufacture Nokia-branded smartphones – is closer to launch its most expensive device till date. Rumours have been going back and forth...
Microsoft Kills Off Windows 8 Smartphone
Microsoft has ended support for its Windows 8 smartphones, as the US tech giant focuses on other segments, amid ongoing speculation about its strategy for mobile. Users of Windows-powered phones –...
Luxury Phone-Maker Vertu Collapses
A British-based company that made smartphones costing thousands of pounds will be liquidated after a plan to save it failed. Vertu was known for its high-end, jewel-encrusted handsets, but recently...
Looking For Liu Xiaobo? Chinese Police Keep Close Watch
A group of plainclothes officers appeared like ghosts from behind tombstones next to the crematorium where the body of China's most prominent dissident was rumoured to have been taken after his...
Windows Phone 8 Fades Out As Microsoft Mulls Mobile Strategy
Microsoft has ended support for its Windows 8 smartphones, as the US tech giant focuses on other segments, amid ongoing speculation about its strategy for mobile. Users of Windows-powered phones --...
Apple Unveils ICloud Data Centre In China As Cyber Laws Tightened
Apple has unveiled plans to build a data centre in China to store its local iCloud customers' personal details, marking the first such move by a foreign technology firm following the imposition of...
U.S. Expects To Lift Laptop Ban Soon For Four Remaining Airports
The United States expects to lift the laptop ban soon for the four remaining foreign airports that are still impacted by the electronics restriction. On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security...
First Digital Television Now Available On Mobile Devices
First Digital Television has gone mobile with an application that can help users to access its programmes anytime, anywhere, everywhere in the world. The FD Mobile App offers the user the convenience...
Nokia and Zeiss Get Together Again
What do you look for in a smartphone now that they all look just the same? Many may say the camera is key, and now the new version of Nokia hopes to stand out by putting Carl Zeiss lenses in its...
‘Some’ Job Cuts Confirmed By Microsoft
Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing its global sales operations. 'Today, we are taking steps to notify some employees...
Microsoft Announces ‘some’ Job Cuts
Microsoft said Thursday it was cutting an unspecified number of jobs amid reports the US tech giant was reorganizing its global sales operations. "Today, we are taking steps to notify some employees...
Alibaba Reveals Echo-Like Smart Speaker
Alibaba is the latest technology giant to unveil a smart speaker. The voice-controlled Tmall Genie can be used to play music, run third-party apps and buy goods from the Chinese retail giant’s...
Need A Ball Or Umbrella? In China There’s A Sharing App For That
Basketballs, electric scooters and rainbow-coloured umbrellas -- nothing seems out of bounds in China's booming "sharing economy". Where once Chinese consumers would look to shell out on items such...
China Starts Regulating Bike-Sharing As Complaints Soar
Authorities in Shanghai and Tianjin will impose regulations on the rapidly growing bike-sharing sector following mounting complaints over an accumulation of millions of the rentable two-wheelers on...
Samsung To Invest $18 Billion In Memory Chip Business
Samsung Electronics will invest nearly $18bn in its chip business, the South Korean firm said Tuesday, as it seeks to expand its lead in the global memory chip and smartphone markets. The world’s...
US Laptop Ban Lifted On Emirates and Turkish Airlines
Emirates has said the cabin ban on laptops no longer applies on its flights to the United States. In March, the US banned laptops and other large electronic devices to and from eight mostly Muslim...
US Laptop Ban Lifted On Emirates and Turkish Airlines
Emirates has said the cabin ban on laptops no longer applies on its flights to the United States. In March, the US banned laptops and other large electronic devices to and from eight mostly Muslim...
Troubled China Tech Giant LeEco Confirms Assets Frozen
Assets linked to Chinese tech giant LeEco have been frozen in a dispute with a creditor, a unit of the troubled company has confirmed, highlighting the firm's perilous financial state. Chinese...