Author: AdeO

Apple has apologised over a major FaceTime bug that let people listen in on others’ iPhones. A fix has now been developed and rolled out on Apple’s servers, and will be with users through an iOS update next week, it said. That will arrive as a normal iPhone software update. Until then, users…

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Do you dislike the appearance of the Twitter app, especially when you are reading it at night or in the dark? The bright white background can be a little irritating in low-light environments if you have sensitive eyes so you might be looking for a way to tone that down.…

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The importance of travel insurance cannot be overstated whenever you travel. Travel insurance is insurance that is intended to cover medical expenses, trip cancellation, lost luggage, flight accident and other losses incurred while travelling. Despite the many advantages of travel insurance, only a handful of travellers buy a travel insurance…

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Instagram Stories, the Snapchat clone that is designed to let Instagram users share what they’re doing with their followers, now has 500 million daily active users, Facebook announced during its latest earnings call on Wednesday. The latest benchmark is roughly half of Instagram’s total user base of over a billion…

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Google announced its plans to shut down its Google+ social media network for users in October. The platform, which has a small but dedicated user-base, decided to shut down following Google’s acknowledgement of a data exposure that affected up to 500,000 Google+ profiles. Shortly after, in December, the shutdown timeline was expedited due…

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The United States announced criminal charges against China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, escalating a fight with the world’s biggest telecommunications equipment maker which denies wrongdoing, and coming days before trade talks with Beijing. The Justice Department charged Huawei and its chief financial officer with conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on…

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There are lots of good reasons to have a Netflix account; these days it hosts some of the best TV shows and movies on the planet, including Polar, Revenge, Shooter, Black Mirror, LionHeart and more. Whether you’re on a TV detox or are just sick of your ex-logging into your account behind your…

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Startup World Cup (SWC) offers innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities for startup ecosystems around the world. Through regional events held in various countries, the best startups are selected and invited to compete for a $1 million investment prize at the Grand Finale in San Francisco, United States. Passion Incubator is the…

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Traffic police in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou can now fine pedestrians who are engrossed in their phones while crossing the road, The Paper reported Wednesday. Recently, a pedestrian surnamed Hu became the first person to be fined under the city’s new Regulation on the Promotion of Better Behavior, effective from Jan.…

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Microsoft has confirmed that access to its Bing search engine in China has been restored after an outage. The tech giant did not offer any explanation for why the search engine had been inaccessible. The outage caused concern that the service might have been blocked by the Chinese authorities. Authorities…

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Tech giant Google said it would appeal the $57 million fine for privacy violations issued by the French data protection authority earlier this week. “We’ve worked hard to create a GDPR consent process for personalized ads that is as transparent and straightforward as possible, based on regulatory guidance and user…

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Microsoft’s Bing search engine has hit a wall in China. “We’ve confirmed that Bing is currently inaccessible in China and are engaged to determine next steps,” a Microsoft spokesman said. Bing was the last major foreign search engine operating in China after Google pulled out in 2010. Bing appears to have joined a…

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