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Google Fined $177-Million for Allegedly Blocking Competitors

Luis Monzon -
A South Korean competition regulator, the Korea Fair Trade Commission, on Tuesday announced that it has fined Alphabet Inc's Google $177-million for allegedly using its dominant position in the mobile operating system (OS) market to stifle competitors. Google's Android OS...
Online & Social

What is ‘GBWhatsApp’ & Why Would You Be Banned for Using It?

Luis Monzon -
WhatsApp is threatening to permanently ban any user found using the third-party clone app known as "GBWhatsApp". The app is currently available for Android and can be found through a quick Google search. The clone app has been a hot...
Company News

US States Strike Google with Lawsuit Alleging Play Store ‘Monopoly’

Luis Monzon -
Alphabet Inc.'s Google is being sued by 37 US state and district attorneys general who allege that the online media leviathan "bought off" competitors and used restrictive contracts to unlawfully maintain a monopoly for its app store on Android...
Company News

More & More iOS Users Could Be Leaving to Android – New Research

Luis Monzon -
New information has emerged from the court case between Fortnite developer and publisher Epic Games and Apple in May. Specifically, leaked internal company documents shown in court during the case reveal that Apple continued to lose iPhone users over several...
Cybersecurity

5 Steps to Protect Yourself and Employees from Android-Based Cyber Threats

Luis Monzon -
While nearly 9 in 10 companies not only allow but actually rely on their employees to access critical business apps using their personal devices, according to a recent Fortinet Threat Landscape Report, Android-based malware now represents 14% of all cyber threats. In...
Company News

Less People Use Android 10 than the 2014 OS, New Chart Shows

Luis Monzon -
If users were to look for distribution numbers for Android, its OS and how its various versions have been adopted by devices, on Google, they would find that previous charts have been taken down - users are now redirected...
Mobile and Telecoms

3 things you should know about Huawei’s New Smartphone Ecosystem

Jenna Delport -
Huawei has recently launched its first smartphone - the Y7P - that runs on Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) in South Africa. HMS is one of only three smartphone ecosystems used globally, the other's being iOS and Android (Google Mobile...
Cybersecurity

How Google Continues To Keep Its App Store Safe from Malicious Developers

Luis Monzon -
Google continues to increase methods in policing its own app platform by cracking down on malicious app installations. My Broadband reports that their new policies have just recently seen a huge decline in the number of Play Store apps that...
Online & Social

Instagram integrates Shazam feature in app

Neo Sesinye -
Shazam is the latest music feature to be integrated directly into Instagram Stories, thanks to a new partnership with the Facebook-owned app. Instagram users can share now identified songs and post them to Instagram Stories. The integration officially went live...
Cybersecurity

2013 sees alarming growth in data threats

Staff Writer -
Kaspersky Lab has presented its review of the landscape of cyber threats. The third quarter of 2013 was a turning point for malware writers specialising in mobile platforms. * In June experts discovered the new Svpeng Trojan, capable of gaining...
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Cloud ComputingMamsi Nkosi -

Cloud Best Practices for 2025

The global cloud computing market is projected to reach the $864 billion mark by next year and continue growing...
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