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SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP)–Facebook on Wednesday set out to make money from WhatsApp with a scheme to connect businesses with customers via the smartphone messaging service. Facebook said it has been testing a “WhatsApp Business” tool for months with more than 90 companies including Uber and Singapore Airlines. “We’re introducing a solution for businesses that require more powerful tools to chat on WhatsApp and a new way for people to quickly start a […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) – China-based Huawei took the second-place spot from Apple in a tightening global smartphone during the second quarter of this year, according to figures released Tuesday by International Data Corporation. South Korean consumer electronics titan Samsung remained the top smartphone maker, shipping 71.5 million handsets, but Huawei moved into second position with shipments of 54.2 million, according to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Silicon Valley-based Apple shipped 41.3 million […]
by Glenn Chapman Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Apple said Tuesday that its profit had jumped more than 30 percent to $11.5 billion in the recently ended quarter, besting market expectations despite selling fewer iPhones than analysts projected. The news boosted shares in the tech giant in after-hours trading, putting it ever closer to a history-making, trillion-dollar market value. Apple’s revenue in the fiscal third quarter soared 17 percent to $53.3 billion […]
by Glenn Chapman, with Michael Mathes in Washington Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Facebook said Tuesday it shut down 32 fake pages and accounts involved in an apparent “coordinated” effort to stoke hot-button issues ahead of November midterm US elections, but could not identify the source although Russia is suspected of involvement. It said the “bad actor” accounts on the world’s biggest social network and its photo-sharing site Instagram could […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP)–Nokia will help T-Mobile deploy a superfast “5G” mobile internet network across the United States in a $3.5-billion deal, the companies announced Monday. Finland-based Nokia will provide T-Mobile its suite of 5G technology, and help build the telecommunications firm’s new-generation nationwide wireless network, the companies said. “We are all in on 5G,” T-Mobile chief technology officer Neville Ray said in a release. “And together with Sprint, we’ll be able to do […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Uber on Monday said it is hitting the brakes on self-driving trucks, shifting gears to focus just on autonomous cars. Uber is among a number of technology and car companies racing toward what some contend is an inevitable future in which vehicles drive themselves. Uber’s aspirations had included self-driving trucks, with the smartphone-summoned-ride service revving that effort with the purchase of startup Otto two years ago. “We’ve decided to […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s former internet czar, who oversaw a tightening of online censorship during his tenure, has been charged with taking bribes, state media said Monday. Throughout his career, Lu Wei used his political offices to benefit himself including “illegally receiving a huge amount of property,” according to the official Xinhua news agency, quoting a statement by the office of the country’s top prosecutor. It said Lu is alleged to have used his […]
MENLO PARK, United States (AFP)–Facebook on Wednesday built on its campaign to prevent the platform from being used to spread dangerous misinformation, saying it will remove bogus posts likely to spark violence. The new tactic being spread through the global social network was tested in Sri Lanka, which was recently rocked by inter-religious over false information posted on the world’s leading online social network. “There are certain forms of misinformation that have contributed to physical […]
by Cyril Julien Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — “Permit Patty” and “Pool Patrol Paula” have been unlikely — and somewhat infamous — stars of the Twitter age: they are white Americans who have called the police to report alleged problems with black people. Instead, social media users have quickly accused them of racial profiling — and turned their “problems” into national teachable moments thanks to the power of the hashtag. Incidents of […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain’s data regulator has said it will fine Facebook half a million pounds ($660,000) for failing to protect users’ data, in an inquiry into whether personal information had been misused by campaigns on both sides of Britain’s 2016 EU referendum. An investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has focused on the social media giant since earlier this year, when evidence emerged that an app had been used to […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — An ex-Apple engineer on Monday was charged with stealing secrets from a hush-hush self-driving car technology project days before he quit to go to a Chinese startup. Xiaolang Zhang was in custody for stealing trade secrets from the Apple project, according to a copy of the criminal complaint posted online. The charge is punishable by 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. “Apple takes confidentiality and the protection […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP)–WhatsApp took out full-page advertisements in Indian newspapers Tuesday offering “easy tips” to identify fact from fiction after a slew of recent murders spurred by hoaxes shared on its platform. The Facebook-owned messaging service has been under immense pressure to curb the spread of misinformation in India after the lynching of more than 20 people accused of child abduction in the last two months. Most recently a mob surrounded and killed five men […]
