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When using an iPad, you’re now able to multitask with Gmail and other iOS applications. You can use Gmail and Google Calendar at the same time with Split View to check your schedule before replying to an email to confirm a meeting time. Or, you...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced today. Bolsonaro himself announced the result, speaking on Brazilian TV channels Tuesday. “Everyone knew that it would reach a considerable part of the population sooner or later. It was positive for me,” he said,...

LG Electronics has posted operating profit of 493 billion won and revenue of 12.8 trillion won in the second quarter of 2020, the company said in its earning guidance on Tuesday, Zdnet reported It is a decline of 24.4% and 18%, respectively, from the same...

Microsoft will hold its Xbox Series X games event on July 23rd at 9AM PT / 12PM ET. If you’re an Xbox fan, this is the event that you won’t want to miss, because as was promised back in May, this is the one where...

Fujitsu has announced it will reduce its office space in Japan by 50% and switch completely to a hot desk system by the end of the fiscal year 2022. Fujitsu said the new plans are part of what the company has dubbed as its “work...

Reliance Joi has launched JioMeet, its video-conference service that looks uncannily like Zoom. On Thursday evening, the firm — backed by Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man — formally launched, and its apps are already available on Google Play and the App Store. Like Zoom and Google Meet, JioMeet...

Intel said on Friday it will invest $253.5 million in Jio Platforms, joining a roster of high-profile investors including Facebook, General Atlantic, and Silver Lake that have backed India’s top telecom operator in recent months, TechCrunch reported The American chipmaker’s investment arm said it is acquiring...

The Social media giant Facebook said that it would offer reminders to its users to wear protective masks, responding to the latest surge in US coronavirus cases, which has sparked renewed fears of containing the pandemic. “With the rise in COVID-19 cases in the US,...

Apple is closing dozens of its stores shortly after attempting to re-open them as COVID-19 cases resurface across southern and western US states. According to CNBC, Apple has decided to close 30 stores this week which ups the total closures to 77 out of 271 stores...

The streaming giant Netflix is pledging 2 percent of its cash holdings to provide “economic opportunity for Black communities.” The company plans to initially commit up to $100 million, but the quantity could grow alongside its cash holdings over time. “We believe bringing more capital to these...

Google issued a warning that older G Suite apps will stop working in August as it works to improve performance and security. The issues affect G Suite customers and users of Google’s mobile apps with a personal Google account. Google notes that versions of the apps released...

The University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) has paid about $1.14 million to recover files locked down by a ransomware infection. The university was struck on June 1, where malware was found in the UCSF School of Medicine’s IT systems. Administrators quickly attempted to isolate...

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has banned TikTok, WeChat, and several dozen other China-based apps it views as “engaged in activities … prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India,” according to a press release. A total of 59 apps are on the banned list....

Apple is tipped to be excluding a power adapter and earbuds in the packaging for the iPhone 12, Apple’s first 5G iPhone.  That’s according to a report from Ming-chi Kuo, a noted analyst who focuses on Apple’s supply chain, as reported by 9to5Mac.  Kuo says that...

Google is previewing a number of upcoming Meet features for education and enterprise customers. This includes blurred and custom backgrounds, hand raising, and new moderation controls, 9to5google reports. Google confirmed to The Verge that in addition to background blur and background replacement images, real-time captioning, low-light mode, hand-raising, and a tile...

Unilever has become the latest company to boycott Facebook advertising. The CPG giant announced on Friday that it’s pausing all ads on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter throughout “at least” the end of the year. Unilever owns dozens of popular household brands like Hellmann’s mayonnaise and...

The Coca-Cola Company is pausing all digital advertising on social media platforms globally for at least 30 days starting July 1st, the company announced on Friday. The company clarified it was not joining the official boycott, but said “we are pausing” advertising. “There is no...