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Nokia to help with T-Mobile superfast telecom network
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Nokia will help T-Mobile deploy a superfast "5G" mobile internet network across the United States in a $3.5-billion deal, the companies announced Monday.
Finland-based Nokia will provide T-Mobile its suite of 5G…
Google bans cryptocurrency mining apps from Play Store
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Google has updated its Play Store developer policies to ban several more categories of apps, including cryptocurrency mining ones and apps with disruptive ads, as reported by Android Police.
When it comes to…
What is 5G and what will it mean for you?
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Superfast "fifth generation 5G" mobile internet could be launched in a short time in Bangladesh, promising download speeds 10 to 20 times faster than we have now.
But what difference will it really make to our lives?…
Google Pixelbook 2 to accompany Pixel smartphones and smartwatch
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It was just last month that we updated about the possible Pixel smartwatch launch which may come alongside the Pixel smartphones in October. However, there's some more on the Google's list for the coming days.
A…
WhatsApp: Five lesser known features
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WhatsApp has added an array of features in 2018 already, from group video calling to mute feature. With over 1.5 billion monthly active users, WhatsApp actively keeps on incorporating features to deliver a better user…
Big tech firms agree on ‘Data Portability’ plan
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Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter unveiled plans to make it easier for users to take their personal data and leave one online service for another. The "Data Transfer Project" revealed by the companies responds to…
Facebook to launch its own internet satellite next year
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As part of its plan to connect billions of people who are still offline, Facebook is working on launching Athena, its own Internet satellite, early in 2019, the WIRED reported.
According to an application…
Facebook investigates data firm Crimson Hexagon
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targeting of dissidents and protesters.
"We don't allow developers to build surveillance tools using information from Facebook or Instagram,” a Facebook spokesman said in a statement on Friday.
"We take these…
Google hit with €4.3bn Android fine from EU
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Google has been fined a record €4.34bn ($5bn; £3.9bn) over Android.
The European Commission said the firm had used the mobile operating system to illegally "cement its dominant position" in search.
The firm's…
Google teams up with UN to track environmental changes
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The UN has entered into a partnership with Google to monitor the impacts of human activity on global ecosystems by using sophisticated online tools.
The aim of the partnership is to develop a platform to enable…