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This photo illustration shows Facebook's Colorful Balloons app, left, next to its Moments app, right, at an office in Beijing on Tuesday. — AFP
Facebook samples China’s potential with sneaky app
SHANGHAI — Facebook’s sneaky launch of a photo-sharing app in China, where its social network is banned, gives it a small taste of the massive market’s potential, but it may have to settle for just that for now.The US tech giant acknowledged last week that it was behind the Colorful Balloons application, which is similar to its Moments app but omits any mention of Facebook’s brand name.Facebook has strived to breach the “Great Firewall” — which tightly controls China’s internet content — ever since its flagship social media platform was banned by Beijing in 2009.Facebook chief executive and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has made high-profile visits to China and met with political leaders. He is even studying Mandarin.“We have long said that we are interested in China, and...
August 15, 2017

Facebook samples China’s potential with sneaky app

What you might not know about Snapchat
Since Snapchat was founded in 2011, its ghost trademark has hit worldwide and spread quicker in certain parts of the world more than others. Here are some fun facts about the popular instant messaging app:It has over 100 million daily active usersIt reaches more than 10 billion views dailyAround 70% of Snapchat’s users are female71% of Snapchat users are under 34 years oldThe average time spent per user daily is between 25 and 30 minutes1 million snaps are created dailyMore than 400 million Snapchat stories are created per day.More than 20,000 photos are shared every second.Its filters are its most popular feature45% of Snapchat users are aged between 18-24.Ireland is the top country for Snapchat usage based on percentage of usage by adults in each marketSnapchat is valued at $15 billion...
August 11, 2017

What you might not know about Snapchat

Apps to keep you active
The best way to manage your activity is by measuring it. Keeping a healthy lifestyle and maintaining your fitness can be challenging at times. Everyone has different goals, whether it’s preparing for a marathon, building muscle, losing weight, maintaining a daily workout, or simply being more active. Here are popular apps to help you organize and boost your exercise.IngressThis is a fun and competitive game to help you get your legs moving. Using virtual reality, it transforms the real world into an adventure game using maps and communicating with others. The investigative game is a struggle to save the planet with groups around the world.StravaThis free app tracks your running and biking. What better way to motivate yourself than include competition in your exercise plan? It allows you...
August 11, 2017

Apps to keep you active

You may have thought wrong about how to save your iPhone battery life
What many people do thinking it will save their battery life on their iPhone is closing the tabs of their unused apps. Closing apps on your iPhone will not improve your battery life, according to Business Insider. Constantly sliding up the multitasking window and swiping off apps to save battery turned out to be a myth.Apple blogger John Gruber referred to it as the “single biggest misconception about iOS.”In fact, it could harm your battery life more, according to Apple technicians. The actual process of quitting may itself use up a measurable amount of battery life, says former Apple technician and MartianCraft CEO Kyle Richter.“There are times when the device may need those resources and it will quit the app on your behalf, which will drain the battery in the same fashion....
August 11, 2017

You may have thought wrong about how to save your iPhone battery life

Staying alive: WhatsApp finds new uses in conflict zones
YAOUNDE - These days, the word on the street in war-torn Syria is that hospitals are best avoided - even if you're injured."Sometimes we hear that people feel the home is safer than the hospital," said Mohamed Elamein, an information officer at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Gaziantep, Turkey, close to the Syrian border.Communities often oppose plans to build a clinic in their town or village fearing it will be targeted, he told Reuters by telephone.Keeping a standardized track of attacks on health facilities and workers has been a major challenge in conflict zones.But a new digital instant messaging tool that relies on smartphone application WhatsApp has been developed by the WHO and its partners to detect, verify and log the devastating consequences of such...
August 07, 2017

Staying alive: WhatsApp finds new uses in conflict zones

Islamic augmented reality app
Islamic GPS is an augmented reality app that allows users to find mosques and Islamic landmarks around the world.By holding up your phone, the nearest mosque will appear with directions. If it’s a historic mosque, information is provided.The app aims to teach the history of the Muslim World in an innovative and useful manner.“What inspired me is back in late 2012, I visited Istanbul and didn’t know much about Islamic history around the place where there are amazing mosques,” the app’s founder Ikbal Hussain told Saudi Gazette. “I searched on the apps store and wasn’t able to find any apps that can help me find what was around me.”This triggered Hussain to return to London and set up a team to develop a travel app.The app store includes several apps with mosque finders....
August 04, 2017

Islamic augmented reality app

Apps to learn a language when traveling
During the holidays, many may need an app in hand to translate or learn everyday phrases in a foreign language. For travelers looking to connect with another country’s locals, here are the top apps to learn a foreign language in a fun and easy way:DropsThis app features 19 languages, including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish, Arabic and more. It teaches through visual learning, not text. The lessons cover some illustrated common words of food, drinks, numbers, and phrases used when staying at a hotel. Its game-like use has attracted many to learn a language in a fun way by swiping and tapping on pictures. Just 5 minutes a day makes it a habit to quickly learn a language.BusuuThis interactive app connects you with other foreign speakers. Some 12 languages are featured with the...
August 04, 2017

Apps to learn a language when traveling

Some new features leaked about the new iPhone 8
Several features have been leaked about the upcoming iPhone from both official and unofficial sources. No date is set for the launch yet but rumors predict it to be between September and November. It’s worth noting that the iPhone is hitting its 10-year anniversary and might introduce a different design from what we’re used to. According to several sources, here’s a summary of some of the major specs to expect to see in the next iPhone:A Glass body... and no home buttoniPhone might move away from the aluminum used in previous iPhones and will adopt a glass body instead. Remember the iPhone 4?Leaks also say that the entire iPhone 8 lineup will feature OLED technology. The curved OLED panel would make the iPhone similar to the Samsung Galaxy 8. Reports reveal that the upcoming...
August 04, 2017

Some new features leaked about the new iPhone 8

A Chinese family walks out of an Apple store in Beijing, Sunday. China appears to have succeeded in eliminating software programs that enable its people to view an uncensored Internet. Companies that let people avoid the government filters said Saturday their programs have been removed from Apple's app store in China. — AP
Apple clips VPN services from China App Store
BEIJING — Apple Inc. says it is removing virtual private network (VPN) services from its app store in China, drawing criticism from VPN service providers, who accuse the US tech giant of bowing to pressure from Beijing cyber regulators.VPNs allow users to bypass China’s so-called “Great Firewall” aimed at restricting access to overseas sites. In January, Beijing passed laws seeking to ban all VPNs that are not approved by state regulators. Approved VPNs must use state network infrastructure.In a statement on Sunday, an Apple spokeswoman confirmed it would remove apps that don’t comply with the law from its China App Store, including services based outside the country. Beijing has shut down dozens of China-based providers and it has been targeting overseas services as it bids to...
July 31, 2017

Apple clips VPN services from China App Store

File photo shows employees walk by the Seoul office of Samsung Electronics Co. in Seoul, South Korea. Intel's more than two decade-long reign as the king of the silicon-based semiconductor is poised to end Thursday when South Korea's Samsung Electronics elbows the US manufacturer aside to become the leading maker of computer memory chips. — AP
Samsung poised to unseat Intel as king of microchips
SEOUL, South Korea — Intel's more than two decade-long reign as the king of the silicon-based semiconductor is poised to end Thursday when South Korea's Samsung Electronics elbows the US manufacturer aside to become the leading maker of computer chips. Samsung reported record-high quarterly profit and sales Thursday. Analysts say it likely nudged aside Intel in the April-June quarter as the leading maker of semiconductors, the computer chips that are as much a staple of the 21st century wired world as crude oil was for the 20th century. Samsung said its semiconductor business recorded 8 trillion ($7.2 billion) in operating income on revenue of 17.6 trillion won ($15.8 billion) during the April-June period. Intel, which reports its quarterly earnings later Thursday, is expected...
July 28, 2017

Samsung poised to unseat Intel as king of microchips

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