Epic Games said on Monday it was seeking to block Apple Inc’s removal of “Fortnite” from its app store and has asked a judge to prevent any retaliatory action against its other games in the store. The videogame maker also said Apple will terminate all of Epic Games’ developer accounts …
Read More »Fortnite maker sues Apple after removal of game from App Store
Apple Inc on Thursday removed popular video game “Fortnite” from its App Store for violating the company’s in-app payment guidelines, prompting developer Epic Games to initiate legal action against the iPhone maker. The move came after Epic Games enabled a direct payment feature on the Fortnite app, which Apple said …
Read More »Japanese city to ban phone use while walking
It is a scene repeated the world over: pedestrians glued to their phones while walking, causing collisions and sometimes accidents. No more, says one Japanese city. Officials in Yamato city, near Tokyo, on Monday, submitted a bill to the city assembly to stop people from using their phones while walking. …
Read More »The smartphone is our era’s cigarette – and just as hard to quit
This single piece of technology has obliterated the promise of the internet and corrupted human interaction. In the long lost year of 2011, I managed to graduate college without owning a smartphone. Even then, four years after the birth of the iPhone, I was not yet an unreasonable outlier. All …
Read More »Huawei CEO: We can still be No.1 without Google
Huawei CEO and founder Ren Zhengfei believe his company can still become the world’s top smartphone brand, even if it remains cut off from Google’s software and apps. The Chinese company is already the world’s largest telecommunications equipment maker. It was on track to overtake Samsung as the No. 1 …
Read More »Samsung and Xiaomi were the two big gainers in the European smartphone market in Q2 2019.
Samsung shipped more phones in Europe in Q2 2019 than Huawei and Apple combined. Samsung’s revamped Galaxy A series of phones has helped the company to significantly increase its market share in the European market. According to data from Canalys, Samsung’s market share surged to its highest in over five …
Read More »Huawei launches own operating system to replace Google’s Android.
Huawei has rolled out its long-rumored Hongmeng operating system (OS), known as the harmony. The company says it can switch to the new system at any time, including on phones, if it is unable to use Android. The Chinese tech giant officially unveiled the new platform on Friday. The operating …
Read More »Saudi Arabia buys spyware worth $300mn from Israel: Reports.
Saudi Arabia has reportedly purchased $300 million worth of spy software from Israel as Riyadh presses ahead with its crackdown against dissidents and pro-democracy campaigners in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Arabic-language al-Khaleej Online news website, citing unnamed senior Arab sources, reported that representatives from the Riyadh regime and Israeli firms met …
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