IT&Software
Sony Invests $250 Million Into Epic Games Deepening Their Partnership
Sony and Epic Games have announced that Sony now has a minority stake in the Fortnite developer after spending $250 million. Fortnite revenues have made billions for Sony's PlayStation Network, which generated a titanic $18.1 billion in 2019 , and feedback from Epic Games has been instrumental in helping design the PlayStation 5's architecture and hardware. [Full Article...]
WhatsApp finally brings animated stickers, Available on Android, iOS & Desktop
The company will soon bring support for these stickers in WhatsApp web as well. WhatsApp has also reportedly been working on a new bubble colour for its dark mode and in this update, it has replaced the old green bubble colour with an alternative shade. [Full Article...]
Android 11 Beta 2 Arrives
Other metrics such as the ratio of Android 10 devices to Android devices as a whole aren't mentioned-which will undoubtedly be lower than the 81 percent of iPhones that run on iOS 13 . As an example, it points out that back in May it launched the Exposure Notification API for the COVID-19 contact tracking app. The company also worked with major partners to launch an OEM developer preview progra... [Full Article...]
Samsung Galaxy Note20's S Pen stylus to double up as a pointer
To move the Pointer, you'll have to press and hold the Pen button and move the S Pen. Samsung is set to launch its Galaxy Note 20 series and a successor to the Galaxy Fold during the event. The Note 20 Ultra's camera bump is much larger than the one on the Note 10+, and the video says that it's bigger than the camera bump on the Galaxy S20 Ultra, too. [Full Article...]
Madurai Restaurant Creates ‘Mask Parottas’ Amid Pandemic, Twitter Reacts
Twitter was left impressed with the "mask parotta " and soon, pictures of the flat bread started flooding the micro-blogging site. Wearing your mask to save yourself from coronavirus? Other pandemic themed dishes such as corona bonda and corona pakoda are also served by the restaurant. [Full Article...]
Seoul mayor reported missing as police launch search operation
Bukak in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, where Mayor Park's cell phone was last turned off, before the mayor's body was discovered. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon speaks during a press conference at Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea, July 8, 2020. Fire officer Jeong Jin-hyang told reporters that rescuers used dogs to search unsafe areas on the hills. Park, 64, a longtime civic activist and human rights l... [Full Article...]
Samsung is ditching free chargers for some phones starting in 2021
The move is also environmentally friendly, as it would cut down on the some 20 million tons e-waste that is produced each year. DailyMail.com has reached out to Samsung for comment and has yet to receive a response. Based on a statement by analyst Jeff Pu, it seems that the cheapest iPhone 12 variant could start from the price of USD749 (~RM3192 ) which is quite high likely because the de... [Full Article...]
Microsoft sets up new development centre in Romania by takeover
Ever since Microsoft started the development of its Surface Duo device, the business has been relying on a third-party firm that handles the Android software development and the business is called Movial. Now, the company is hiring all the Movial employees who worked on the Surface Duo as full-time employees. The theory here is that Microsoft is bringing its Android OS development efforts comp... [Full Article...]