Month: June 2020
BT hopes green tech and electric vehicles will drive sustainability efforts
BT is accelerating its sustainability programme with a package of ‘green recovery’ measures that will allow the company and its customers to reduce their carbon emissions once the Coronavirus pandemic has subsided. A partnership with the Silicon-Valley based ‘Plug and Play’ platform will identify technologies from UK-based scale-ups that could…
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Users discover wallpaper that can crash some Android phones
A bug in Android means that setting a certain image as your phone’s wallpaper could be enough to crash it. The issue gained widespread attention over the weekend after leaker Ice Universe tweeted the image that causes the issue, and the bug has since been verified by 9to5Google and Android…
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Xiaomi Mi Band 5 to be unveiled on June 11
Smartphones are not the only products from Xiaomi’s stable that sell in huge numbers. The Chinese company is second to Apple when it comes to selling fitness-focused wearables globally. Unlike Apple, Xiaomi has focused mainly on selling budget smart bands. To continue the trend further, Xiaomi has announced on its…
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Microsoft is blocking the Windows 10 May 2020 Update on lots of devices
Microsoft is preventing a large number of devices from updating to the Windows 10 May 2020 Update. While the software company released the update last week, Microsoft has quietly acknowledged that there are a number of known issues preventing the update from being installed on a variety of PCs. Microsoft…
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Global smartphone sales plummeted 20% in Q1, thanks to COVID-19
More dismal numbers confirm what we already knew: Q1 2020 was real rough for an already struggling smartphone category. Gartner’s latest report puts the global market at a 20.2% slide versus the same time last year, thanks in large part to fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Every single one of…
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Business owners look elsewhere after sluggish response for bank loans
The sluggish response by banks in approving loans during the Covid-19 outbreak is leading business owners to look elsewhere according to new research published today, which also highlights the value of Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions. The research, commissioned by Encompass Corporation, shows that four in 10 businesses are…
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