Huawei to unveil its own mapping service 'Map Kit'

Beijing (IANS) In a bid to challenge Google Maps, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei is planning to unveil its own mapping service known as Map Kit.

Map Kit would offer developers a street navigation system as well as a way to show users…

Microsoft admits contractors listen to Skype, Cortana chats

San Francisco (IANS) Microsoft has admitted that third-party contractors listen to your voice conversations on Skype and virtual assistant Cortana.

The revelation came after Motherboard found contractors were listening to audio from both Skype…

Apple to unveil new iPhones on September 10: Report

San Francisco (IANS) Apple has released the seventh beta of iOS 13 to registered developers and a Brazillian site iHelp BR has found that the iPhone 11 series would be released on September 10.

The Brazillian site found an image, named "HoldForRelease",…

Google Assistant to send reminders to family, friends

San Francisco: Google is adding a new feature to its Assistant that lets people send reminders to their friends and family on phones or Google Home devices.

The feature is designed mostly for families and it would function via the Family Group…

Lenovo leads tab market in India in Q2 2019: CMR

Gurugram (IANS) China's Lenovo led India's tablet PC market in the second quarter (Q2) of 2019, even as the tablets market witnessed a 20 per cent decline during this quarter compared to same time period a year ago, a new report by CyberMedia…

NASA mission picks 4 sites for asteroid Bennu sample return

Washington (IANS) After grappling with the rugged reality of asteroid Bennu's surface, NASA, the US space agency, has finally selected four potential sites for its spacecraft to "tag" its cosmic dance partner.

Since its arrival…

Bugs found in backend systems of top 5,000 free Android apps

New York (IANS) Cybersecurity researchers have identified more than 1,600 vulnerabilities in the support ecosystem behind the top 5,000 free apps available in the Google Play Store.

While the researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology…

Facebook working on Dark Mode in Android mobile app

New Delhi (IANS) At last, Facebook is reportedly working on Dark Mode in its Android mobile app.

According to reliable app leaker Jane Manchun Wong, she came across an unreleased Dark Mode in Facebook's mobile app for Android by looking…

Google Doodle celebrates Vikram Sarabhai's 100th b'day

New Delhi (IANS) As Chandrayaan-2 cruises to reach the moon by August 20 and drop a lander called 'Vikram' on the Earth's sole satellite on September 7, Google on Monday celebrated the 100th birthday of Dr Vikram Sarabhai -- father of…

YouTube accused of being lenient with content rules on stars

San Francisco (IANS) Content moderators have accused Google-owned YouTube of being lenient with its rules prohibiting nudity and other problematic content on stars who help the video-sharing platform generate a huge sum of money through advertisements,…