Smartphones are now considered a necessity to most of us in order to communicate with friends and family, for work and as a form of mobile entertainment.
Millions of Muslims around the globe started fasting yesterday as the month of Ramadan began on Friday (24 April). Nevertheless, with the COVID-19 virus looming worldwide, the celebration this year is significantly different than in prior years.
In Europe, officials, doctors and engineers are looking at how smartphones could be enlisted in the war against the spread of the new coronavirus. One obvious attraction for health officials is the possibility of using smartphones to find out with whom someone diagnosed with COVID-19 has been in contact. But can this be done without intrusive surveillance and access to our devices that store a wealth of private information?Anonymised And Aggregated Firms can "a
In China, millions enter public transportation each day using smartphones, pay for breakfast with WeChat, and use an app to have lunch delivered hours later. They work at offices that leverage blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, and cloud computing. They book restaurants for dinner over the internet and late-night shop on the train.Much of this has been enabled by rising smartphone adoption.
Muslims around the globe will be celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr this week, marking the end of Ramadan (fasting month).
Vietnam's largest private conglomerate Vingroup unveiled its first made-in-Vietnam mobile phones on Friday in the fast-growing country where it will face tough competition from tech giants like Samsung, Oppo and Apple.The company, run by Vietnam's richest man, has built its core business in the real estate and retail sectors but has branched out to include car manufacturing, gene decoding and now mobile phones.
It’s a familiar arrival routine at the airport. Clear customs, pick up your luggage, then scour available telco booths for the best available data deals. Upon selecting a suitable data plan, a friendly salesperson will extricate your existing SIM card and swap in a local one. What if you didn’t need to fiddle and worry about safekeeping your existing SIM? What if you could perform this process by simply scanning a QR code? This is part of the embedded SIM or eSIM promise.
For more than two years, a small and stealthy group of engineers within Google has been working on software that they hope will eventually replace Android, the world’s dominant mobile operating system. As the team grows, it will have to overcome some fierce internal debate about how the software will work.The project, known as Fuchsia, was created from scratch to overcome the limitations of Android as more personal devices and other gadgets come online.
Longstanding smartphone market leader in Southeast Asia, Samsung Electronics has been dethroned. According to latest data by the International Data Cooperation (IDC), Chinese smartphone manufacturers, Huawei, OPPO and Vivo have collectively edged out the Korean smartphone giant in 2017.Last year, Samsung shipped a total of 29.3 million smartphones, garnering a market share of around 29.1 percent.
A Tinder-style dating app for polygamists has sparked controversy in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation – but its developer says he "just wants to help" unmarried middle-aged women.Indonesian law defines marriage as between a man and a woman but polygamy is tolerated in certain circumstances, despite being generally frowned upon.Ayo Poligami, loosely translated as "let's go polygamy", is a free smartphone app that matches married and single Muslim
In recent years, online shopping has been gaining traction in the Southeast Asian region as consumers become more tech-savvy. The growing smartphone and internet penetration rate in the region has driven the rise of digital shoppers. Virtual stores are becoming more popular particularly amongst youngsters who prefer to shop online due to its affordability, variety and convenience.
In tech-savvy Singapore, where almost everyone has a smartphone, nine out of 10 people still prefer to pay for everyday transactions the old-fashioned way – with cash. Like Theresa Loh, a 27-year-old sales clerk. She queues up with thousands of Singaporeans everyday at sprawling food courts across the city state that serve up cheap local delicacies like chicken rice and spicy noodle soup.And like thousands of lunchgoers, she pays in cash.
