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Apple, Amazon, Google Eye Toshiba’s Chip Unit

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Apr 1, 2017 | Technology

Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Google have joined a list of potential buyers eyeing Toshiba’s lucrative memory chip business, vying with others for the Japanese firm’s prized semiconductor operation, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported on...

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Google Launches New App to Determine Peoples’ Location

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 28, 2017 | Technology

London – Google, the technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products, has launched a new free app that allows users to exchange information about their locations with people they trust. The new app is called “Trusted Contacts”. If the...

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Internet: The Magic Lamp of Extremists

by Salman Al-dossary | Mar 26, 2017 | Opinion

Only few days before the terrorist attack in London, an interesting report in The Times revealed that a number of extremists have uploaded videos of themselves on YouTube where various advertisements were shown alongside for: the Ministry of Interior, the Royal Navy,...

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Google Assistant Can Now Interact with Messages

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 24, 2017 | Technology

London – Earlier this month, Google Assistant entered a new era when Google inaugurated a voice assistant for Android devices running on the Marshmallow and Nougat operating systems. Google boasted about introducing a new feature which will improve the...

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Here Is How to Fend Off a Hijacking of Home Devices

by Brian X. Chen | Feb 21, 2017 | Technology

MODERN homes today are getting internet-connected light bulbs, thermostats, TVs and speakers. So with a simple voice command or the touch of a button on our smartphones, we can set the temperature, turn on a light or prepare the TV to record a program. What could go...