Apple’s latest retail store has drawn comparisons to a floating lantern, with a unique design incorporating a glass dome that sits directly on the water of Singapore’s Marina Bay. We first saw a glimpse of the store, the company’s third in Singapore and 512th worldwide, a few weeks ago, and …
Read More »WhatsApp users need to watch out for dangerous ‘crash code’ messages
With over two billion active users, WhatsApp is without a doubt one of the most popular apps around the world. But if you use WhatsApp, make sure you’re on the lookout for a new ‘crash code’ that’s circulating. Worryingly, the crash code can cause your app to crash indefinitely, with …
Read More »UAE boosts its innovation standing by 2 ranks to remain 1st among Arab countries in the 2020 Global Innovation Index
The UAE maintains its global high-standing in this year’s edition of the Global Innovation Index, GII, as it ranked number one in the Arab World for the fifth consecutive year and improved to 34th globally in the 2020 edition of the report. The country ranked 22nd on the innovation input …
Read More »A battery made from nuclear waste that can last 28,000 years
A California-based company NDB has made a self-charging battery by trapping carbon-14 (C14) nuclear waste in artificial diamond-case. The company claims the battery can run for 28,000 years on a single charge. The US-based company says that the battery can be used in electric vehicles, mobile phones, laptops, tablets, drones, …
Read More »A smart wristband judges the emotion in your voice
Amazon is making a big leap into the health space with the launch of Halo, a new app and wristband that the company says can detect emotion in your voice by analyzing speech and calculate body fat percentage using just your smartphone’s camera. The Halo band will be launching in …
Read More »Chrome’s new tab grouping feature brings order to chaos
As promised, Google is bringing a new organization feature to tab hoarders. Beginning today, Chrome users can group tabs in their desktop windows. The tab groups are customizable — you can label them with names and colors — and you can easily collapse, expand or drag-and-drop them. They’ll pop up …
Read More »Microsoft gets nostalgic for Windows 95’s 25th anniversary
Microsoft celebrated the 25th anniversary of Windows 95 on Monday with a short video. The 38-second clip shows how far the operating system has come since its launch on Aug. 24, 1995. You can see the original, gray Start menu button with the Microsoft flag transition to the four panels …
Read More »ITC completes first phase of offering free internet in public buses
The Integrated Transport Centre, ITC, of the Department of Municipalities and Transport in Abu Dhabi announced that it has completed the first phase of offering free internet service project in public buses in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The first phase included 520 public buses in Abu Dhabi Emirate; 410 …
Read More »Gmail, Google Drive hit by outage
Thousands of users, mostly in India, parts of the U.S., Australia, Japan, and Malaysia are reporting that they are unable to access the aforementioned Google services. Some users have reported that they are unable to log-in into their Gmail accounts, while others are saying new emails are not showing up …
Read More »Microsoft will bid farewell to Internet Explorer and legacy Edge in 2021
Microsoft will end support for Internet Explorer 11 across its Microsoft 365 apps and services next year. In exactly a year, on August 17th, 2021, Internet Explorer 11 will no longer be supported for Microsoft’s online services like Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, and more. Microsoft is also ending support for …
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