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COVID may be factor in lack of N.Korea response to U.S. outreach – official

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COVID-19 restrictions may be playing a role in North Korea’s lack of response to offers of diplomatic talks, a senior U.S. administration official said on Sunday, a day after President Joe Biden said he had offered vaccines to Pyongyang. Biden is in South Korea before heading to Japan later on Sunday as part of his first trip through Asia as president. Meeting with recently elected South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Saturday, Biden vowed to … Read more

Apple may ditch Qualcomm’s 5G antennas for iPhone 12, to go with its own design

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Apple is expected to launch multiple iPhones this year, with at least one of them being a 5G enabled device. The smartphone is expected to make its way to the market later this year, but ahead of its launch there have been a number of leaks and rumours which claim to reveal important details about … Read more

Asteroid May Be on Collision Course With Earth Next Year, NASA Monitoring Its Orbit

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Asteroids – rocky bodies floating in the space – don’t evoke a particularly positive feeling. Remember one of them hitting the earth and wiping out the dinosaurs? Well, it appears that another huge asteroid might be on a collision course with our planet and might wreak havoc due to its sheer size. Named 1998 OR2, … Read more

Apple May Finally Shutter iTunes, But the iTunes Era Ended Long Ago

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Apple is widely expected to formalize the end of iTunes as we know it at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose, Calif. Monday, when the company will give us a first view at the next versions of its desktop and mobile operating systems. As part of that update, Apple is poised to unveil new standalone music, TV and podcasts … Read more

Apple may tweak India strategy in bid to increase market share

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Apple Inc. is likely to make some adjustments to its India strategy to improve its market share in the world’s second-largest market for mobile phones. As part of the strategy, the iPhone maker is expected to boost its manufacturing capacity and open branded retail stores. After announcing its fiscal-second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, chief executive Tim … Read more

Analysis Push for Syria Solution May Hasten Iranian Forces’ Exit

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While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is having difficulty finding a gap in Vladimir Putin’s schedule, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met his Russian counterpart no less than three times this month. Their last meeting was on Monday, when the two inaugurated the underwater section of a gas pipe connecting Russia and Turkey that increases Turkey’s … Read more

Social Media Roundup: Twitter Like Button May Phase Out, Viber Adds Message Edits, Ads In WhatsApp

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“Social Media Roundup” is a weekly roundup of news pertaining to all of your favorite websites and applications used for social networking. Published on Sundays, “Social Media Roundup” will help you stay up-to-date on all the important social media news you need to know. Facebook Breaking News Breaking news in FacebookFacebook Facebook is now offering … Read more

WhatsApp May Be Working on a Windows App for PCs: Report

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Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is reportedly working with Microsoft to deliver a proper desktop app. WhatsApp is one of the few developers that consistently delivered updates to its Windows Phone app, but a report by Windows Central suggests WhatsApp is actually getting ready to deliver a proper desktop app as well, The Next Web reported on Friday. Concept art for a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) version of … Read more

Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1 FOTA Update Brings VoLTE Support, May Android Security Patch, and More

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HIGHLIGHTS The firmware-over-the-air update is available now It improves fingerprint sensor and front camera performance You can check the update by going into Settings > System > System update Asus’ most recent mid-range smartphone in India, the ZenFone Max Pro M1, has received its latest firmware-over-the-air (FOTA) update that enables 4G VoLTE capabilities for Vodafone, Airtel, and Idea SIM cards, … Read more

Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 2 Gets May Android Security Update: Reports

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After conducting its first successful Nokia X6 sale in China, HMD Global is now rolling out the May security patch update for its Nokia 8 Sirocco and Nokia 2 smartphones. Both the devices are getting an OTA update, so head to Settings to check if you’ve already received it or not. Nokia 8 Sirocco users in India are seeing the update, and Nokia … Read more