Category: News and Press

March 2, 2021

Ex-Apple employee Ari Partinen announced on Twitter that he has joined the Microsoft Surface Imaging team. A well-known name in the mobile camera industry, he’s worked for Nokia from 2017 to 2014 as an Image Quality engineer and later as […]

February 26, 2021

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay a $92 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging it violated Illinois’ biometric privacy laws. The company still disputes the truth of the accusations against them, of course, but right now it just […]

February 22, 2021

The popularity of the iPhone 12 meant Apple overtook Samsung in smartphone sales in the final quarter of last year, the first time this has happened in four years, says Gartner. The market intelligence firm says Apple saw year-on-year growth […]

February 17, 2021

UPDATE #2, February 17: With no end in sight for the “winter storm conditions” observed in “different regions across the US”, all that T-Mobile can promise is to “keep a close eye on the situation” and “continue to work around […]

February 12, 2021

You may not remember this now, but before iPhones and Android-based smartphones became a thing, Nokia’s biggest rival at the top of the mobile device vendor ranks was a fruit-themed brand that’s not Apple. While HMD Global is keeping the […]

February 11, 2021

It’s been less than a week since Mark Zuckerberg made a guest appearance on audio-chat app Clubhouse and now, according to a report from The New York Times, Facebook is building its own version. Two sources “with knowledge of the […]

February 4, 2021

Google said today it paid more than $6.7 million in bug bounty rewards to 662 security researchers across 62 countries for submitting vulnerability reports in Google products last year. The figure, up from the $6.5 million the company paid in […]

February 3, 2021

Huawei is about to launch its third foldable smartphone. The company announced on its Weibo account (via Android Central) that the Huawei Mate X2 will launch on Feb. 22 at an event in China. No further details about the device […]

February 2, 2021

Over the years, Uber has effectively replaced taxi cabs and conventional food delivery for some customers. Now it has its sights set on the devil’s nectar. The ride-share giant announced Tuesday that it had purchased alcohol delivery service Drizly for […]

January 29, 2021

Facebook and Apple’s public brawl over privacy concerns and monopoly power just got even more intense. Apple CEO Tim Cook spoke at the European Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference on Thursday. He seemed to deliver harsh words for Facebook […]