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Facebook Is Searching For Engineers To Design Its Own Chips
Facebook announced recently that it’s searching for experts in both ASIC and FPGA custom silicon designs. According to Bloomberg, some close sources pointed to the new job listing revealing that the company is looking for a manager... More of this article »
Automatically Updating Emails To Be Introduced By Google
Plans are underway to make Gmail dynamic ensuring that emails are able to feature information that is continuously updating. This would also see emails get more interactive. For instance in the case of an email containing flight booking... More of this article »
Digital Video And Television Expected To Balloon In The Next Five Years
A new report by consultancy firm Juniper indicates that the digital video and television sector will worth approximately $119.2 billion by 2022 having grown from a figure of $64 billion recorded last year. The sector includes heavy... More of this article »
Snapchat Unveils A Redesigned App As Promised Earlier By CEO
Snapchat has redesigned its app with a view to luring more advertisers and users and hopefully revive revenue. Following three quarters since going public in which sales have been disappointing, the disappearing-message firm said that... More of this article »
Portugal Setting Up Special Zones For Testing Of New Technologies
Portugal is considering a plan of setting up ‘free zones’ which will be governed by special regulations for the testing of emerging technologies such autonomous cars and drones. This is with the aim of spurring the development... More of this article »
iPhone X Expected To Be In Limited Supply Over Production Constraints
Reports indicate that the production goals of the iPhone X will be missed by close to 50% this year. According to Nikkei, a news agency based in Japan, shipments of the iPhone X are initially expected to be 20 million units. That is... More of this article »
Qualcomm Slapped With Huge Antitrust Violation Fine In Taiwan
U.S-based chip manufacturer Qualcomm has found itself in a conundrum after it was fined $774 million by Taiwan for violating antitrust regulations. The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission announced on Wednesday that it would impose a $774.14... More of this article »
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Was Warned By Obama On Information Warfare
Reports indicate that former U.S. president Barack Obama urged the chief executive officer of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, to take the threat posed by political disinformation and fake news then prevalent on the social media platform... More of this article »
Facebook Turns In Information On Russia Ad Buys To Special Counsel
Reports indicate that social networking giant Facebook has handed over information on Russia ad spending to Robert Mueller’s team. Mueller is the Special Counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election... More of this article »
Short Viral Clips Most Popular With Facebook Watch Audiences
Though Facebook has budgeted huge amounts to get original video content on its platform, it is the short viral clips that are proving popular among users. This comes about two weeks after Facebook Watch was launched with original content... More of this article »
Tech Leaders Slam Axing Of DACA Program
The chief executive officers of RealNetworks, Starbucks, Microsoft and Amazon have joined corporate leaders from 1,850 business organizations in drafting a letter addressed to congressional leaders and U.S. President Donald Trump calling... More of this article »
Facebook Launches Watch Video Hub In The United States
Facebook’s Watch video service has been unveiled to users of the social media platform in the United States. The move is part of efforts by the social media giant to compete for advertising revenues generated from videos with the... More of this article »
AT&T Expanding 5g Fixed Wireless Trials To More Cities
In partnership with Nokia, Ericsson, Intel and Samsung AT&T intends to expand fixed-wireless 5G tests to an additional three cities later in the year. The three cities in which the trials will be expanded to include Kalamazoo,... More of this article »
IBM and SAP SE TeamTo Improve Profitability and Consumer Experience In The Retail Sector
IBM and SAP SE have come together to develop a solution that they hope will boost customer experience and profitability in the retail and consumer packaged goods industries. The solution will primarily seek to improve planning as well... More of this article »
Facebook To Be The Second Biggest Recipient Of WPP’s Media Investment
The chief executive officer of advertising group WPP, Sir Martin Sorrell, has said that the company’s investment in Facebook is set to exceed $2 billion in the current calendar year. WPP, which is the largest advertising group in... More of this article »
Facebook is Losing Teen Users to Snapchat And Instagram
Its not really too big a surprise but the younger web/mobile users are not as into Facebook as previous generations. Indeed, the now-aged social network has lost appeal among the emerging generation, who are all moving towards platforms... More of this article »
Facebook Takes On YouTube With Watch Video Feature
The launch of a video feature on Facebook known as Watch is being seen as an attempt by the social media giant to take a stab at Google’s video-sharing website, YouTube. At the moment the new Facebook feature is available to a select... More of this article »
Sony Still Holding Out On Making Minecraft Cross-Platform
Though Minecraft is owned by Microsoft it is a multi-platform game that can be played on the iPhone, Nintendo console and on Oculus Rift virtual reality headset among other devices. However, Sony still refuses to allow Minecraft on... More of this article »
Intel Launches Xeon Scalable Processors Amidst Growing Competition
Intel has launched server processors whose speeds are 1.65X faster compared to chips from the previous generation. The new Xeon Scalable processors possess between 8 and 28 cores. They have been launched in the wake of Advanced Micro... More of this article »
Demand For Apple’s HomePod Smart Speaker Expected To Be High
A survey conducted by Raymond James has indicated that demand for Apple’s HomePod smart speaker is picking up. According to the survey which was carried out last month on 500 consumers, approximately 14% of those who own iPhone have... More of this article »
Cisco Introduces New Software Available On A Subscription Model
Cisco has launched software that makes the managing and monitoring of corporate networks easier. And besides the software Cisco also launched data center switches which come with chips that are custom-made and which allow the software... More of this article »
Russian Hackers Thought To Have Planted Fake News Leading To Qatar’s Isolation
Reports indicate that intelligence officials in the United States are of the view that hackers from Russia planted a fake news story which made Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations to isolate Qatar. According to CNN, experts from the... More of this article »
YouTube Kids In A Campaign To Promote Reading Among Children
YouTube Kids, the video-streaming service app owned by Google that is aimed at the youth has revealed that it is joining hands with a couple of major book publishers in a global initiative known as #ReadAlong month. The goal of the... More of this article »
BlackBerry KEYone Launches In North America
BlackBerry KEYone is set for launch on May 31 in the United States and Canada. The newest BlackBerry phone will be sold at Best Buy stores and also on Amazon. It will cost $549.99 and all the models will come unlocked. The smartphone... More of this article »
New Zealand Successfully Tests Rocket to Enter Space Race
US regulatory authorities have cleared Rocket Lab’s New Zealand facility to launch US space payloads. The Los Angeles-based company has built its first launch pad on the island’s Mahia Peninsula in an effort to find a more... More of this article »