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Chinese telecom giant Huawei unveiled its own operating system on Friday, as it faces the threat of losing access to Android systems amid escalating US-China trade tensions Dongguan, China, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – APP –  ):Chinese telecom giant Huawei unveiled its own operating system on Friday, as it faces the threat of losing access to Android systems amid …

Huawei is celebrating this season of festivities in Pakistan with the smartphone that has climbed to the top of its price segment of USD 250/- to USD 300/- Lahore (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – ) The people of Pakistan are gearing up to celebrate two big and festive occasions next week. The first being Eid-ul-Azha that is coinciding aptly …

SAN FRANCISCO: Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a new-generation Galaxy Note large-screen handset starting at $950 and said it will work closer with Microsoft so that services function better across its array of devices. The Note 10 “phablet” which is set for release on August 23, comes in two sizes, with the larger beginning at $1,100. The price puts the model …

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 …