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by Glenn Chapman © Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Tuesday confirmed that a Chinese phone maker deemed a national security threat by the US was among companies given access to data on users. Huawei was able to access Facebook data to get the leading social network’s applications to perform on smartphones, according to the California-based company. “Facebook along with many other US tech companies have worked with them and other […]
by Erwan Lucas and Daniel Silva Agence France Presse BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — The race to bring super-fast 5G wireless services to market is heating up with the first commercial deployments of the much-anticipated technology expected at the end of the year. Talk about 5G’s potential to pave the way to a world of self-driving cars, lightening-fast video downloads and smart cities have dominated the Mobile World Congress for years. But at the event in […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — China’s Huawei launched a new laptop and tablet on Sunday as it seeks to cement its place among the world’s three biggest electronic device manufacturers. The laptop, the Matebook X Pro, and the tablet, the MediaPad M5, were presented on the eve of the opening of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona — the scene of previous major Huawei launches. But this year the company will instead present its new flagship […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China warned on Thursday that American protectionism was on the rise after congressional documents showed that Chinese tech giant Huawei’s designs on the US market were causing national security concerns in Washington. Huawei, which appeared to lose a deal with AT&T that would have given it an improved foothold in the US handset market, faced criticism from US lawmakers over its intellectual property protection and its ties to Chinese intelligence, according […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei faces a major setback in efforts to expand in the US smartphone market following renewed national security concerns, documents showed. Huawei, which appeared to lose a deal with AT&T that would have given it an improved foothold in the handset market, faced criticism from US lawmakers over its intellectual property protection and its ties to Chinese intelligence, according to a letter seen by AFP this week. […]
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) — Chinese technology group Huawei unveiled its latest smartphone Monday, talking up the advanced artificial intelligence capabilities it hopes will cement its place among the world’s three biggest manufacturers. The Shenzhen-based group’s new Mate 10 phone appears just weeks after Apple unveiled its top-of-the-line iPhone X, a timing choice many industry observers have read as a direct challenge to the California tech titan. Huawei has become a fixture in listings of the […]
by Daniel SILVA / Erwan LUCAS Agence France-Presse China’s Huawei, LG and other phone firms unveiled new smartphones on Sunday as they tried to capitalize on Samsung’s withdrawal of its flagship device after faulty batteries led several of the handsets to catch fire. Samsung, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, had no device of its own to show at the week-long Mobile World Congress, the phone industry’s largest annual trade fair, in Barcelona in northeastern […]
BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) — China’s Huawei unveiled a new smartphone with a better camera on Sunday as it tries to fill the void left by Samsung’s withdrawal of its flagship device due to problems with the battery. Huawei’s P10 and the larger P10 Plus, launched on the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the world’s biggest annual phone expo, feature dual Leica rear camera lenses, a longer-lasting battery and fingerprint sensor system. “The […]
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) — Chinese electronics firm Huawei on Thursday unveiled its latest Mate 9 smartphone in Munich, designed to challenge global market leaders Apple and Samsung with features including a high-quality camera and higher-capacity battery. As Korea’s Samsung struggles with negative publicity following the high-profile recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in response to reports of it catching fire and exploding, Huawei has scented an opportunity. Standing in front of a graphic […]
WASHINGTON , United States(AFP) — Chinese technology titan Huawei said Tuesday it filed suit in the United States against Samsung, claiming its South Korean rival has infringed on patents on wireless connectivity for mobile devices. The lawsuit filed in federal court in California alleges that “Samsung and its affiliates have earned billions of dollars by selling (mobile) products that use Huawei’s technology.” Huawei said it was filing a similar lawsuit in China alleging infringement of […]
By Robert Capistrano BARCELONA, Spain (Eagle News) — “Mobile is Everything” and the Mobile World Congress 2016 has everything you could ever imagine you would want on full display. Here are three of the coolest gadgets I found at the largest gathering of mobile phone companies from all over the world: Samsung Galaxy S7 Samsung continues to up its efforts to over take the mobile world with the latest weapon ofit’s arsenal, the Galaxy S7 […]
By Robert Capistrano BARCELONA, Spain (Eagle News)– The newly revealed battle cry of the mobile industry, ‘Mobile is Everything’ has been splattered everywhere at the Mobile World Congress with its official start onFebruary 22, 2016. The Mobile industry operators, developers and internet companies present at the biggest, showiest annual event of the mobile world prove just that to the estimated 100,000 visitors. On Day 1, as expected, the mobiles fought […]
