The PS5 will be available to buy in China on May 15th, a little over six months after its original release in the US last year; Sony announced today. The disc version of the console will retail for 3,899 yuan (around $600), while the cheaper disc-free model will cost 3,099 yuan (around $479). Preorders open today. The launch means Sony’s next-gen console will beat Microsoft’s to release in the country, although CBNC notes that Microsoft received safety approvals to release the Xbox Series X and Series S there at the end of last year. Relative to its size and population,…
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After a shockingly strong quarter in which Apple revenue grew 54% to sales of nearly $90 billion; with double-digit growth in every product category, Wall Street is already asking if Apple can keep it up through the rest of the year. While Apple hasn’t provided official future guidance since the start of the pandemic, CFO Luca Maestri said that; Apple would again grow in the quarter ending this June, by “strong-double digits.” But there were some caveats. It turns out Apple is dealing with the same microchip shortage that has snarled companies and industries around the world; despite its legendary…
Earlier this week, Telegram got a significant update that improved the payment system on the platform, added the ability to schedule voice chats, and more. Hot on the heels of that announcement, though, Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov shared on his personal channel that some more improvements are on the way for next month. Specifically, the voice chats feature is getting a video-infused upgrade, meaning you’ll finally be able to take part in group video chats on Telegram. The app has typically focused on messaging, with voice and video only recently becoming more of a priority. One-on-one video calls were added…
If you’ve somehow missed it, some of the biggest tech companies are sharing their quarterly earnings results this week, and Samsung is no exception. The company has posted its results for the three months ending on March 31, 2021, which constitute the first quarter of its fiscal year; posting 65.39 trillion won ($59.02 billion) in revenue and 9.38 trillion won ($8.47 billion) in operating profit. Revenue set a new record for this time frame for Samsung, and as you might have noticed; that happens a lot with companies as they continue to grow. The biggest slice of this pie was…
Twitter temporarily suspended an Oracle executive from posting after he used the social network to publicize the email and Signal phone number of a journalist whose reporting he found objectionable. Oracle Executive Vice President Ken Glueck posted the information about the Intercept’s Mara Hvistendahl; as part of a debate over her story claiming Chinese resellers are distributing Oracle technology to government entities building China’s surveillance systems. Glueck posted a lengthy rebuttal to the piece; in which he asked anyone with information about the reporter to contact him via email. When Hvistendahl tweeted Glueck’s request for information about her and the…
The police authorities have arrested some suspected kidnappers of a community leader, Chief Tajudeen Omotayo and some students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ayetoro in Ogun State. While the two female OOU students were abducted on March 14 at their hostel, the monarch was kidnapped on March 20 on his way from a meeting in Ijebu-Ode. However, he was later released after an undisclosed amount was paid to the kidnappers. The Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, paraded the suspects on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Ogun State Police Command in Abeokuta. He said that the suspects confessed that they…
Emirates has announced it will resume four weekly services to Mexico City (MEX) via Barcelona (BCN) from July 2nd. The BCN-MEX route will be operated with a two-class Emirates Boeing 777-200LR which offers 38 business class seats in a two-two-two configuration and 264 seats in economy. Emirates flight EK255 will depart Dubai at 03:25, arriving in Barcelona at 08:35, before departing again at 10:50 and arriving into Mexico City at 16:05 the same day. The return flight EK256 will depart Mexico City at 19:40, arriving in Barcelona at 13:45 the next day. EK256 will depart once again from Barcelona the…
Starting on Monday, Apple Inc. will put in place new privacy protocols that will make it much harder for apps to gather user data for personalizing digital ads. The change will have vast ramifications for how the app economy works and alter the dynamics of power among the major platforms; advertisers and app developers. But it also comes at a pivotal moment for the industry: Just when governments around the world are looking to clamp down on the rising dominance of the largest technology companies; Apple’s latest initiative could further strengthen the hand of those same giants at the expense…
The Google “Question & Answers” section, the never-ending section of Quora-like quick information snippets; that were so popular on multiple search results page is reportedly set to be retired by the company after two months. According to a report by Android Police, the company will shut down the feature that showed answers to questions that were somewhat related to the search term, by June 30. The company has updated its support page for the topic; informing users that the feature is going away on that date. The feature itself wasn’t a very old one and seems to have been introduced…
YouTube is rolling out a new feature that makes it easier for users to save on mobile data. The feature will be available for both Android and iOS users. So far, YouTube allowed users to shuffle between different streaming resolutions depending upon their preferences. For data saving, it offered an Auto mode to automatically adjust the video quality based on the network availability. The latest feature now gives you greater control over the video streaming quality on mobile networks. How it works Before we hold forth, it is worth noting that the feature is still rolling out. If you did…