Technology

SAN FRANCISCO:  Facebook has redesigned its messaging app -- Messenger -- with a new interface and the update can be downloaded on both Android and iOS devices via Google Play and App Store.

HYDERABAD: n a bid to empower handloom weavers in Telangana, Microsoft India on Saturday announced the launch of a new e-commerce portal that will help the weavers optimise operations and engage better with customers.

WASHINGTON:  Facebook is facing a "record-setting" fine from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its handling of user data and privacy violations.

SAN FRANCISCO:  Microsoft is separating Search and voice assistant Cortana in Windows 10, giving them their own distinct locations on the taskbar.

WASHINGTON: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman to serve in the US Congress, is set to give her Democratic colleagues in the House of Representatives lessons on how to use Twitter in a more effective way.

SAN FRANCISCO:  Microsoft has signed a seven-year deal with Walgreens where it will provide its Azure Cloud services to help the second-biggest pharmacy chain in the US develop new health care delivery models, technology and retail innovations.

SAN FRANCISCO:  Facebook has announced to invest over $300 million over the next three years to support local news organisations.

NEW DELHI:  Huawei's sub-brand Honor on Tuesday launched the Honor 10 Lite with its home-grown Kirin 710 processor and a dewdrop notch display in India at a starting price of Rs 13,999.

SAN FRANCISCO: Taking its legal battle with chip making giant Qualcomm to the next level, Apple has claimed it wanted to use Qualcomm modems in its 2018's iPhone models but the chip maker refused to sell them after being sued by the iPhone maker over its licensing practices.

NEW DELHI:  Search engine giant Google on Tuesday celebrated the birth anniversary of Sake Dean Mahomed who was the first Indian author to publish a book in English and later, to open an Indian restaurant in Britain.

SAN FRANCISCO: The year just-ended was terrible for smartphone maker Sony amid dwindling sales and the company is now contemplating to restructure and introduce a fresh strategy for its mobile division.

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook considered selling users' data to companies some years ago but later decided to act against it, the media reported.

NEW YORK:  Excessive use of social media platforms like Facebook can make its users take decisions as bad as drug addicts tend to do, a new study suggests.

NEW DELHI:  Xiaomi-backed fitness brand Huami is all set to make its new smart wearable Amazfit Verge available on Amazon.in from January 15.

SAN FRANCISCO:  Google has started rolling out a new feature called activity cards to make it easier for users to pick up the threads to past searches and continue exploring a topic.

SAN FRANCISCO:  Riding on a robust growth last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook earned a compensation package of $15.7 million -- including $12 million in bonus that means nearly $33,000 a day.

SEOUL:  Android smartphone makers are poised to launch 5G-based models in 2019, but the production volume is expected to reach only 5 million units, a report said on Wednesday.

TAIPEI:  Just a week after lowering its revenue estimate for the first quarter of fiscal 2019, Apple is cutting its current production plan for new iPhones by about 10 per cent for the January-March quarter, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Wednesday.

SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co said on Tuesday its operating profit plunged 28.7 per cent in the fourth quarter compared with a year ago due to weak memory demand, falling far short of market expectations.

LAS VEGAS: Intel has showcased a new 10-nanometre-based network system on chip (SoC), code-named "Snow Ridge," that has been developed specifically for 5G wireless access and edge computing.