IT&Software
Govt launches coronavirus contact-tracing app for JioPhone
Rather than providing a set of questions , this app also tracks your location through Bluetooth and Global Positioning System. Shahid Iqbal Chowdhary has directed Drawing and Disbursing Officers (DDOs) to obtain a certificate that they had downloaded the Arogya Setu mobile application before the release of salary to all government employees, with the effect that all government employees worki... [Full Article...]
Apple to launch cheaper iPad in 2020
According to Kuo, the Cupertino giant will launch the 10.8-inch iPad sometime later this year, likely in the second half, while the 9-inch iPad Mini will launch in the first half of 2021. In a research note seen by AppleInsider , TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo corroborated that timeline, citing supply chain information from GIS - rumored to be one of Apple's primary partners for AR lens lam... [Full Article...]
Facebook Acquires GIF-Sharing and Creation Platform GIPHY for $400M
Shah also assured current users of Giphy's creation tools and API that the service isn't going anywhere, at least for now. In announcing the deal, the social media giant said that Instagram alone makes for 25% of GIPHY's typical traffic with Facebook, WhatsApp, and its other own apps making up another quarter. [Full Article...]
Facebook to build internet cable 'circumference of Earth'
The consortium, which includes China Mobile International, Facebook, Orange and Vodafone, said a cable 37,000 kilometres (23,000 miles) long will make landfall in 16 countries in Africa and the Middle East. The cable will use Spatial Division Multiplexing and up to 16 fiber pairs, delivering capacity that Facebook says will "provide almost three times the total network capacity of all the subsea c... [Full Article...]
Russia, China Boycott UN Security Council Meeting On Syria
Addressing the Informal Interactive Dialogue on chemical weapons in Syria held by the UN Security Council on May 12 in NY, the Vietnamese diplomat also asserted Việt Nam's support for the full implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, and activities of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in line with the convention. [Full Article...]
Huawei and ZTE ban in the United States gets extended for another year
Through the announcement today, it has effectively extended the sanctions against the Chinese tech company until May 2021. "Now is not the time to hamper global operators' ability to maintain the health of the networks", a CTIA spokesperson said. [Full Article...]
Alphabet's Loon and SA's Vodacom to expand rural internet in Mozambique
Loon will help Vodacom provide service to unserved and underserved parts of the Southern African nation with a network of " floating cell phone towers " that operate 20km above Earth. Each balloon can cover an area of 80km in diameter, while the balloon communicates with telecommunications towers to connect them to a mobile network. [Full Article...]
TSMC to build a 5nm chip factory in the United States
The chipmaker has eight key suppliers, and having them in Arizona will allow for "vertical integration" there, which should "facilitate even more activity", he added. "I'd also like to thank Secretary Ross, his team at the U.S. Department of Commerce including SelectUSA, and the Trump administration for their partnership". [Full Article...]