BigTech Apple Reportedly Tried to Buy the Verzuz Rap Battle Show During the March bidding, Verzuz was acquired by the Triller video network at a price higher than that offered by Apple, while the deal's value was not disclosed. This agreement ended the tech giant's partnership with the show's owners.
BigTech Apple and Samsung Launched LG Smartphone Trade-in Program in South Korea Samsung and Apple have launched a program to exchange old LG smartphones for new mobile phones in South Korea. To do this, they offer to pay the market value of old phones and give another $135 as a gift.
BigTech The Judge to Issue a Verdict in the Epic vs. Apple Trial by Mid-August Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers joked that she would try to issue a verdict by August 13. On this day last year, Epic Games launched a campaign to challenge the size of the commission on the App Store.
BigTech Google Unveils Project Starline, the "Holographic" Video Chat of the Future It is currently unknown how long it will take for Project Starline to become available to the general public. Google says it is planning trial deployments with the company’s enterprise partners later this year.
BigTech Apple CEO Tim Cook Testified in a Trial Against Epic Games Denying Epic Games' claim that Apple is solely driven by profit motives, Tim Cook noted that banning competing app stores and reviewing all apps sold on the App Store ensures users' safety.
BigTech Apple Accuses Microsoft of Perjury in Epic Games Lawsuit Apple questioned the veracity of Microsoft's representative's statement and demanded proof that Microsoft consoles are sold at a loss. Apple is dissatisfied with the fact that Microsoft did not provide enough documents to confirm Wright's words.
BigTech Apple Could Be Fined up to $27 Billion for Violating EU Antitrust Laws The European agency's charges focus on two App Store rules: the need to use an embedded payment system with an accompanying 30 percent fee to Apple, and a ban on informing users about alternative purchase options outside the app.
BigTech TSMC Says Chip Shortages Will Last Until 2022 The global chip shortage arose due to the coronavirus pandemic and increased demand for various gadgets.
BigTech Xiaomi First Foldable Phone Mix Fold Sold Out in Few Seconds Even though the gadget has a decent starting price, it is still much more expensive than regular smartphones, considering the specifications. However, it wasn't enough to drive customers away from the new foldable phone.
BigTech Who Are the Top Acquirers of AI Companies? Four out of the five largest buying companies are American, according to a report by analyst firm GlobalData. Ireland-based Accenture was the only non-US company in the top-5 list.
BigTech LG Could Close Down Its Mobile Phone Business The South Korean tech giant stated that LG's smartphones couldn't compete in the global mobile device market. That's why LG should make a final decision.
BigTech Facebook Disabled Over 1.3 Billion Fake Accounts Within Three Months According to Facebook, the company also uses AI algorithms to combat misleading information. They identify networks of profiles exhibiting coordinated suspicious activity.
BigTech YouTube Is Testing a New Feature for Identifying Goods on Video The development and testing of the service began last year, but only a limited number of users could take part in it back then. Now, the experimental feature has become available to a broader audience, but it only applies to US residents so far.
BigTech Google Chrome Update Consumes Less RAM The new feature is called PartitionAlloc. It allows users to speed up the browser's loading of pages and free up the computer's RAM.
BigTech Huawei Challenges U.S. FCC Over Disputing That It Is a National Security Threat The Chinese multinational technology company Huawei is trying to challenge its status as a threat to U.S. national security through the courts.
BigTech Windows 10 Update Will Automatically Uninstall Edge Legacy Microsoft will automatically remove Edge Legacy from all computers with a software update on April 13.
BigTech Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter Ban Accounts With Stolen Rare Usernames Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok banned hundreds of hacked accounts and sold them for their single word usernames.
BigTech Apple May Unveil Its First VR Headset in 2022 Some information sources claimed that they saw secret images of a late Apple prototype device and even tried to make a sketch and show how Apple's late prototype looks like.
BigTech China Restricts Installation of Google Services on Xiaomi Smartphones Xiaomi users now can't install Google's GMS on its smartphones in China.
BigTech Apple Regains the World's Most Valuable Brand Title After Five Years Apple again in the first place of the world's most valuable brand after five years. Last year's leader Amazon is now in second place.
BigTech Former US Ambassador Demands to Remove Telegram From Google Play and App Store The president of the Coalition for a Safer Web, a group that advocates removing extremist content from social media, Marc Ginsberg, demanded that Alphabet remove the Telegram messenger from Google Play.
BigTech AirPods Rivals. Samsung Showed Earbuds Galaxy Buds Pro This February Apple AirPods should start worry
BigTech Spied in the Subway. In China, a Folding Xiaomi Smartphone with a Flexible Screen Was Noticed Unofficial rendering of a new Xiaomi smartphone
BigTech Apple Will Return Fingerprint Scanner to New iPhones Due to Coronavirus Apple would add a new method that would allow users to unlock their iPhone, apart from passcode and Face ID technology.
BigTech Separated from Huawei. Release Date of the First Flagship of the Independent Brand Honor Is Known Honor V40 the first model of the Chinese brand after independence from Huawei