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Australia takes Apple to court over 'refusing service' claims

Apr 06, 2017 (AFP)

Apple was Thursday taken to court by Australia's consumer watchdog for violating laws by allegedly refusing to look at or repair some iPads and iPhones previous...

'Twitter Lite' aims at emerging markets

Apr 06, 2017 (AFP)

Twitter on Thursday unveiled a low-data usage version of the social network, which aims to bring in users in emerging markets and areas with slow or expensive m...

Photonics breakthough paving the way for improved wireless communication systems

Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers from the ARC Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems (CUDOS) in the University of Sydney's Australian Institute for Nanoscale Sci...

After dating show boom, TV helps you get a divorce

Apr 04, 2017 (AFP)

The dating show boom that has swept the world's television screens since the success of "Married at First Sight" may be coming to an end, experts predict. Now i...

Global-IP Announces the Selection of SpaceX to Launch its 150 Gbps GiSAT-1

Apr 04, 2017 (SPX)

Global-IP Cayman, the innovative satellite communications company with the mission to bring cost-effective Internet and related value-added services to Sub-Saha...

Google: machine learning may fix ad placement dispute

Apr 03, 2017 (AFP)

Google on Monday said it will apply machine smarts and outside eyes to help ensure brands don't find ads paired with hateful videos on YouTube. The move come as...

Samsung's assistant Bixby in tough challenge to rivals

Apr 02, 2017 (AFP)

Samsung's Bixby is the new kid on the block of personal digital assistants and is likely to face a rough reception in a neighborhood dominated by tech sector ri...

Twitter makes room for more characters in tweets

Mar 30, 2017 (AFP)

Twitter on Thursday began rolling out changes to let people pack more into tweets, subtracting from the character count names of those being replied to in posts...

Google Translate app now unblocked in China

Mar 29, 2017 (AFP)

Google on Wednesday made available in China a new version of its translation app that is accessible without censor-evading software, a move likely to fuel specu...

Samsung eyes rebound with Galaxy S8 phones, virtual assistant

Mar 29, 2017 (AFP)

Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its new Galaxy S8 smartphones, incorporating the virtual assistant Bixby, as the market leader seeks to rebound from a chaotic han...

US lawmakers roll back privacy rules for internet carriers

Mar 28, 2017 (AFP)

US lawmakers voted Tuesday to roll back rules that would block internet service providers from selling user data to third parties, following a heated debate ove...

Samsung to sell refurbished safety-recalled Note 7 phones

Mar 27, 2017 (AFP)

Samsung announced Monday it would sell some Note 7 smartphones that were recalled for safety reasons as refurbished devices, in an effort to manage its stockpil...

China win for Apple as court overturns iPhone ruling

Mar 25, 2017 (AFP)

A Beijing court has overturned a ruling that Apple's iPhone 6 violated a Chinese manufacturer's patent which saw the US tech giant ordered to cease selling the ...

NASA taking first steps toward high-speed space internet

Mar 23, 2017 (SPX)

The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) will help NASA understand the best ways to operate laser communications systems. They could enable much high...

Needy expat workers get new phones as Singapore moves to scrap 2G

Mar 22, 2017 (AFP)

A Singapore migrant welfare group has started distributing 3G-enabled mobile phones to cash-strapped foreign workers days before the city-state shuts down its 2...

Wi-fi on rays of light: 100 times faster, and never overloaded

Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)

Slow wi-fi is a source of irritation that nearly everyone experiences. Wireless devices in the home consume ever more data, and it's only growing, and congestin...

Samsung voice-assistant Bixby to debut with new phone

Mar 20, 2017 (AFP)

Samsung announced Monday that a voice-powered digital assistant named "Bixby" will debut with a flagship Galaxy S8 smartphone set to be unveiled by the South Ko...

Electro-optical switch transmits data at record-low temperatures

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

A silicon optical switch newly developed at Sandia National Laboratories is the first to transmit up to 10 gigabits per second of data at temperatures just a fe...

Quantum key system could make mobile transactions far more secure

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

With the growing popularity of mobile phone apps to pay for purchases at cash registers and gas pumps, users would like to know their personal financial informa...

New flexible sensor holds potential for foldable touch screens

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

Picture a tablet that you can fold into the size of a phone and put away in your pocket, or an artificial skin that can sense your body's movements and vital si...