SEOUL: Samsung Electronics expects operating profits for the fourth quarter to soar 52.5 per cent, the South Korean tech giant said in a statement on Friday, spurred by record sales. The world’s biggest smartphone maker forecast 2021 fourth-quarter operating profits at around 13.8 trillion won ($11.5 billion), up from 9.05 trillion won in the same quarter … Read more
Google joins in to greet the New Year with an animated doodle, a huge lollipop that pops up to welcome 2022, as people all across the world are ringing in the New Year. The tech giant writes on its blog, announcing the year’s first doodle, which has a global reach, “And just like that, 2022 … Read more
WASHINGTON: Facebook’s previous major scandals barely dented its global dominance, but experts said on Wednesday the tech giant may have hit a red line this time, knowing that children using its apps were at risk of being harmed. A day after damning testimony to US lawmakers from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, the long-established barriers to regulation … Read more
WASHINGTON. A Facebook whistleblower goes before United States lawmakers on Tuesday to urge regulation of the social media giant, after an outage impacted potentially billions of users and highlighted global dependence on its services. The former Facebook employee Frances Haugen was set to testify on Capitol Hill after she leaked reams of internal research to authorities and … Read more
Samsung has released the enterprise variants of some of its devices that get special treatment. These devices come with additional features necessary for protecting enterprise data. Moreover, these devices can only install the software that has been approved by the company. Also, Samsung provides extended support compared to its consumer devices. Most of Samsung’s business-oriented … Read more
Tech giant Google has announced that a built-in screen recorder is coming to Chrome OS in March 2021. Google hopes the tool will make it easier for students and teachers to record virtual lessons. The tech giant said in a statement that, Teachers have long recorded lessons to help students do homework and study for … Read more
Microsoft has ended the support for Windows 7 last year in January 2020, but the older version of Windows is still going strong with a notable user base across the globe. Reports are coming that, the tech giant has supported the older version of Windows for over 10 years before finally ending support. Although the company … Read more
American tech giant Apple launched the iPhone 12 Mini smartphone along with other iPhone 12 models the previous year, making it the first lineup to have a ‘Mini’ model. According to the latest reports, Apple is planning to launch the iPhone 13 Mini later this year as a part of the iPhone 13 lineup. However, the naming of … Read more
The Korean tech giant Samsung to introduce a 90Hz OLED display for laptops very soon. Samsung has recently launched its flagship-level smartphone Galaxy s21, but now the tech giant will introduce the world’s first 90 Hz refresh rate display. This new type of screen is likely to be available in Q1 2021. Joo Sun Choi, … Read more
Federal Minister for Technology Fawad Chaudhry has said that regarding the new privacy policy of WhatsApp, the Ministry of Science and Technology is considering a strict law to protect the privacy of citizens. On the beginning of this week, WhatsApp began changing its privacy policy and sent notifications within the app, changing the terms and … Read more
Social media giant Facebook will not allow you to use WhatsApp if you don’t share your personal information with the company. Facebook has been alerting users in India about an update to its terms of service and privacy policy that will be effective starting February. The update in the privacy policy expands on the “Information … Read more
Apple plans to launch mini-LED and OLEDs to iPads by 2021. Though, an update from several tipsters revealed that the iPad will have OLED displays only by 2022. Now, a report from Korea has more details regarding the display tech that’s coming to the iPads. Reports are coming that, Apple has made the decision of introducing OLEDs … Read more
An Israeli security company uses mobile ads to compromise smartphone security. Reports are coming that, an Israeli company called “Bsightful” uses mobile ads in a devilishly clever way. By using freely-offered information on users from app developers, the company can locate most anyone with minimal information. Bsightful is selling this data access to whoever is … Read more
Samsung is always being an extraordinary company in making camera technology. Now Samsung is the first company who is working on a 600 MP Camera Sensor technology the company has an ambitious plan to make a camera sensor that goes beyond the human eye. As per reports, Yongin Park, Executive Vice President of Samsung’s Sensor Business … Read more
Google has further improved the quality of its video calling app Google Duo. The tech giant is using new video codec technology for this purpose and this update is likely to be introduced to the users from next week. This codec technology named AV1, developed as a successor to VP9. Compared to the VP9, the … Read more
Tech Giant Samsung has revealed about the new exciting features about its latest product Samsung Galaxy Note 20 which surely are like never seen before. The next iteration of Samsung’s phablet is expected to launch this summer alongside the follow up to the Galaxy Fold, which we’re calling the Fold 2 unless it also gets … Read more
U.S. tech giant Google has targeted broadcasters Press TV and Hispan TV on Tuesday, blocking access to their official YouTube accounts without any prior notice. Over the past years, the US tech giant has recurrently been opting for such measures against Iranian media outlets. It has taken on Press TV more than any other Iranian … Read more
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said on Saturday he has been looking forward to Facebook Chief Executive (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to “a beautiful country of ours.” Welcoming a sister of the tech giant’s founder, Randi Zuckerberg to Pakistan in a tweet, he said, ”Its a beautiful country of ours, looking forward for … Read more
Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs accused Apple of ignorance after news reports this week the tech giant labeled Crimea as part of Russia in local versions of its Maps app. Apple’s move came after negotiations between the tech giant and the Russian government over the way Crimea is represented, reports said Wednesday. Russia annexed the … Read more
Japan’s SoftBank Corp plans to merge its internet unit Yahoo Japan with messaging app operator Line Corp to create a $30bn tech giant. The firms announced that formerly Yahoo Japan, will merge with mobile chat app operator Line, in a bid to boost the customer base for their digital services. Mobile operator SoftBank Corp, the … Read more
