At last year’s Mobile World Congress, HMD Global whipped the geek crowd into a frenzy with a fun reboot of …
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Over 80% of UAE centennials are mobile gamers: study
The global gaming market will reach over $115 billion in 2018. At over $50 billion, the mobile gaming industry accounts for nearly half of all the global gaming revenue.0 4890
Why smart glasses going mainstream cause IT headaches
As the use of smart glasses becomes more ubiquitous in the workplace, the challenges for IT departments and, indeed, for enterprises generally will grow.
Dropbox gears up to go public
Dropbox, data-sharing and file hosting business, has filed for an initial public offering of up to $500 million with the …
Saudi Arabia leads GCC’s concern for data security in cloud
A recent study commissioned by F5 Networks, and conducted by research agency Think Positive, revealed that the biggest cloud concern …
WhatsApp to launch money transfer service in India
WhatsApp’s latest announcement marks the first global foray into money transfers by the Facebook-owned firm.
Google takes on Snapchat with its own ‘stories’ feature
This is a recently launched addition to the AMP Project that provides content publishers with a “mobile-focused format for delivering news and information as visually rich, tap-through stories,”
Google to bring interactive content and automatic updates to Gmail
Google has announced it is debuting a new AMP technology that would enable emails to feature continuously updating information and greater interactivity.
Ex-Samsung CTO joins Google to lead IoT business
Alphabet Inc’s Google has appointed Injong Rhee, former CTO of Samsung Electronics Co, to head its Internet of Things business. …
How a Google game console could take on Xbox, PlayStation, and Steam
It’s called “Yeti,” and it’s the code name attached to an intriguing rumour about Google’s gaming ambitions that emerged this week.
Uber agrees to $245m payout to settle Waymo dispute
As part of the agreement, Uber is giving a 0.34% stake of the company to Waymo, and has also agreed not to use Waymo’s technology in its self-driving cars, though it maintains it never did.