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Apple Music slips from top music streaming service spot, claims new research

Counterpoint predicts the online music streaming world would experience an uptick of 25% by the end of 2020 with a user base of more than 450 million subscribers

Apr 6, 2020

By Anirban Roy

Skype launches video calling feature that does not require you to sign-up or have the app installed

The new 'Meet Now' feature by Skype works pretty much similar to Zoom and seems to capitalise on the security concerns surrounding the videoconferencing service

Apr 4, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

Zoom raiders use Twitter, Instagram to organise campaigns

There are several accounts on Instagram and Twitter asking people to share Zoom meeting codes so that they can raid those video conferences or classes organised through the app

Apr 4, 2020

By IANS

UAE's drive-thru coronavirus testing facility,

Abu Dhabi launches Coronavirus app to keep a check on quarantined people

The app launched by the Department of Health - Abu Dhabi ensures people who are asked to self-quarantine adhere to the quarantine requirements by alerting authorities of violation

Apr 4, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

Is the WHO eating its own words when it says video games are a safety measure during coronavirus pandemic?

The WHO had declared "gaming addiction" a behavioral and mental disorder in one of its lists of disorders in 2019

Apr 3, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

Carnegie Mellon researchers develop app that could detect Coronavirus infection using your voice

The COVID Voice Detector app uses your smartphone or computer's microphone to analyse your voice and determine for signs of COVID-19 infection

Apr 1, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

Zoom being sued for allegedly sharing user data with Facebook

The lawsuit comes after Zoom clarified that it has removed the Facebook code from its app responsible for the alleged user data collection

Mar 31, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus Cybersecurity

GoPro employees and founder Nick Woodman

GoPro announces HomePro Challenge for home-grown videos you take during COVID-19 quarantine

The daily videography competition accepts creative, home-grown videos shot on any camera, including your smartphone, while you shelter at home, and winners get a GoPro action camera

Mar 31, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

MIT researchers invent a technology to charge smartphones and laptops via Wi-Fi signals

The researchers are hopeful that the technology would be capable of charging smartphones and laptop batteries

Mar 30, 2020

By Anirban Roy

Google Classroom app soars in popularity amid Covid-19 shutdown

The app has become one of the most popular apps on the Google Play Store and has just surpassed 50 million downloads

Mar 29, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

Ireland planning to launch voluntary phone tracker app to combat Coronavirus outbreak

The daedly virus outbreak has created havoc around the world claiming the lives of more than 30,000 people globally

Mar 29, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Coronavirus

After Siri, it's doctor Alexa who can tell you what to do if you think you have Coronavirus

You can now ask Amazon's digital assistant 'Alexa, do I have coronavirus' and she will run an unofficial screening for COVID-19 based on CDC guidelines

Mar 29, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

Stop singing 'Happy Birthday' and time your handwash with this DIY soap dispenser that plays your favourite music

The Scrubber soap dispenser is a DIY project which is far better than singing Happy Birthday to yourself every time you wash your hands

Mar 27, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Coronavirus

These Apple made sneakers from the 1990s just got sold for $10,000 at an auction

Yes, Apple did make sneakers but only for its employees, and they are definitely nowhere as high-tech as you may have thought them to be

Mar 26, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Apple ios

Are Siri, Google Assistant and Alexa racially biased?

A new study has found the voice-recognition tools that power virtual assistants from Apple, Google and Amazon have more trouble understanding black users' voice than white users'

Mar 25, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

Artificial intelligence

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