Technology

FedEx said Wednesday it would stop ground deliveries for Amazon in the latest sign of competition between the two firms. The move comes two months after the package delivery giant announced it was ending express service with Amazon as it moves to work with others in the online retail sector. “This change is consistent with our strategy to focus on the broader …

Apple’s 2019 crop of iPhones have not been unveiled as of yet but there are already talks about its 2020 plans, largely because of the lineup being inclusive of 5G. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, has predicted that three iPhones that will be launching in markets in 2020, will be supportive of 5G technologies. Moreover, San Jose, California-based Kevin Krewwell, principal analyst at Tirias …

The owner of the 8chan chat forum has described moves to shut down his website because it hosted hate messages linked to deadly US killings as “sinister” and “cowardly”. In a video uploaded to Youtube on Tuesday, Philippines-based Jim Watkins said the deadly weekend attacks in the American cities of El Pasoand Dayton were a tragedy. But Watkins insisted 8chan had not broken any laws, and devoted most …

Smartphone sales worldwide would decline by 2.5 per cent in 2019, which would be the worst decline ever, a new report said ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – APP -) :Smartphone sales worldwide would decline by 2.5 per cent in 2019, which would be the worst decline ever, a new report said.Global shipments of devices – PCs, tablets and mobile phones …

Worldwide User Number of realme Exceeded 10 Million, First China Fan Festival to Be Expected! Lahore (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News) Emerging smartphone brand realme, with its “Dear to Leap” brand attitude, has achieved tremendous development in only one year of establishment. Since the first realme product released on May 16, 2018 until July 10, 2019, the number of worldwide …

Social media giant Facebook confirmed that it’s changing the name of two of its most used applications, Instagram and WhatsApp, to better disclose its ownership of the apps. Soon, the photo-sharing app will be known as ‘Instagram from Facebook’ while the widely-used messenger will become ‘WhatsApp from Facebook’. The re-branding effort was first disclosed by The Information and was then confirmed by representatives of Facebook. “We want …

Nidia Silva had never realized her dream of swimming with dolphins until a Miami NGO gave her a pair of virtual reality glasses as part of an experimental treatment for depression and isolation in senior citizens. “You’re in a world you don’t know, but it’s very beautiful and very important for me to see,” 78-year-old Silva said after taking off the virtual reality …

Washington: With its latest financial results, Apple is showing it can move beyond the iPhone with gadgets and services that can help the California tech giant weather the slumping smartphone market. In the just-ended quarter, Apple took in less than half its revenue from the iPhone, the longtime cash and profit driver for the company, representing a milestone for the …

LAHORE: A lawyer has approached the Lahore High Court seeking a ban on TikTok, an Android-based social media video application, in Pakistan for being a source of vulgarity and pornography. “TikTok is a great mischief of modern times. It is destroying the youth and promoting immoral activities,” states Advocate Nadeem Sarwar in his petition. The Federal Ministry of Law, Pakistan …

Everyday Pakistan, an Instagram project that seeks to defy the stereotypes about Pakistan through pictures, was declared a winner in the Citizen Media and Journalism category at the Social Media for Empowerment 2019 awardsin New Delhi on Friday. Anas Saleem, a freelance writer from Faisalabad, is the brains behind the Everyday Pakistan project, which was launched in February, 2018. According …