Mobile phones driving user growth in Africa: Facebook
More than 80 percent of the 120 million Africans using Facebook access the site through their mobile phones, the social media group said Thursday.
More than 80 percent of the 120 million Africans using Facebook access the site through their mobile phones, the social media group said Thursday.
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Sep 10, 2015
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An update to Snapchat set to be released Monday gives users more control over how much mobile data the entertainment app sucks up.
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Aug 12, 2015
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Google-owned YouTube is seeing "accelerating" growth despite competition from Facebook and others in video, YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki said Monday.
Internet
Jul 14, 2015
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Climbers who reach the summit of Mount Fuji will now be able to share their achievement via free Wi-Fi.
Telecom
Jul 10, 2015
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Instagram appears to be back to normal in North Korea after a week of warnings on user accounts saying the popular photo-sharing app had been blacklisted for harmful content.
Internet
Jun 25, 2015
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A lot of users are using outdated mobile devices that fail to reach adequate speeds on mobile networks. This is shown by measurements shared by the users of Netradar, a free mobile application that measures mobile connections ...
Telecom
Jun 2, 2015
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Data from smartphones and Twitter can accurately show the size of a crowd, helping first responders in an emergency, a study on Wednesday said.
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May 27, 2015
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Microsoft said Thursday its Bing search engine would be reconfigured to give more prominence to "mobile-friendly" websites, an acknowledgment of the growing importance of smartphones and other mobile devices.
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May 14, 2015
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Facebook on Monday began rolling out video calling on its Messenger mobile application, enabling face-to-face conversations among users of the app around the world.
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Apr 27, 2015
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India's largest e-commerce portal Flipkart on Tuesday scrapped plans to offer free access to its app after getting caught up in a growing row over net neutrality.
Telecom
Apr 14, 2015
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