Samsung, LG, Sony and Sharp have all brought out 8K TV with Samsung beginning to ship Q900R series, LG their latest 88-inch 8K OLED TV, Sony showed off a prototype at the CES earlier this year and Sharp is already selling 8K TVs in Japan. Although 8K TV is out we still do not…
Microsoft is investing $200m in Grab, as it seeks to encourage the use of its technology among ride-hailing services around the world. Singapore based Grab has attracted investors like Japan’s Softbank who will invest $500m apart from Microsoft. Microsoft in the past invested in Uber in 2015 and partnered with India’s Ola two years later.…
The world’s largest social network, Facebook has launched its unique video calling device dubbed the portal, hoping the new voice controlled hardware will help to retain billions of its users relying on the app to stay in touch with friends and family. The portal using artificial intelligence will let users make video calls as they…
Regulator Ofcom said “an auction of frequencies, for the next generation of mobile phone networks has raised £1.36bn with Vodafone, EE, O2 and Three all winning the bandwidth needed for the future 5G mobile internet services and faster connections which is expected to be launched in 2020. Ofcom auctioned two spectrum bands 3.4 GHz, which…
Rachel Whetstone is dumping Facebook for Netflix to run global communications for the streaming service, as it focuses on international markets that have become the source of most of its subscribers growth. The British Silicon Valley operator who had already worked in past at Uber and Google before moving to Facebook last year. Netflix is…
India’s largest mobile payments group, Paytm is to get $300m investment from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway. The investment in One97 Communications signals Mr Buffett growing more comfortable with new technology and payments companies through Berkshire’s holdings in Apple and Visa. Paytm founded by a 40-year-old, Indian entrepreneur Vijay Shekhar Sharma, ranked as India’s youngest billionaire…
A rogue planet bigger than Jupiter found drifting through space with a mysterious glow. The planet which is 12 times as large as Jupiter, sits around 20 light years away from Earth. This rogue planet is the first object of its kind to be spotted using a radio telescope, according to the National Radio Astronomy…
Apple Shares hit the $1 trillion market value milestone on Thursday 2nd August 2018. The stock briefly hit the $207.05 per share price that was needed to bring it to the $1 trillion mark before retreating. The shares have soared after reporting better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday after the bell. The stock leapt 5.9 per…
The century’s longest total lunar eclipse “Blood Moon” of the 21st century lasted for 103 minutes as the Earth’s natural satellite turned a striking shade of red or ruddy brown. In the UK where the weather allowed the Moon could be seen to turn red –fully eclipsed by Earth –from when it rose from…
Qualcomm reveals world’s first millimeter Wave antenna and for 5G and sun-6Ghz smartphones. Qualcomm is debuting two critically important new “modem-to-antenna” components the world’s first fully integrated mobile device-ready 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) antenna modules and sub-6 GHz RF modules. These parts will enable even smartphones to connect to upcoming 5GmmWave networks, an…