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Google Maps Loses Its Way in China

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Google Maps’ mobile app is losing market share to local competition in China, according to Tech In Asia. Statistics from the third quarter show that Google Maps has lost almost half its market share since the second quarter — from 17.5 percent to 9.5 percent — and fell to No. 6 from No. 2 among…

Xbox Gamers May Get a New 7-Inch Playing Surface

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft is working on a 7-inch Xbox Surface gaming tablet, The Verge reports. The 7-inch tablet has become a battleground of sorts lately, with Apple’s iPad mini being the latest entrant. “We are seeing a shift in demand for 7-inch devices so it wouldn’t be all that surprising,” Ryan Reith, program manager at IDC, told…

Apple, EU Settle on E-Books, Amazon Picks Up Marbles

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The European Commission has decided to accept an e-book pricing settlement, according to Reuters. The settlement includes Apple and four publishers — Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hachette and Macmillan’s parent company, Holtzbrinck. The ruling, which has not yet been confirmed by the EC, is a win for Amazon and its quest to sell e-books more…

Tooling Around With Windows 8

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

My first impression of the bargain-basement US$39.99 Windows OS upgrade: To alloutward appearances, Windows 8 is a vivid, visual, deeply rewarding and aesthetically pleasing skin tothe 2009-released Windows 7 PC desktop OS. Big deal, you might say. However, digging in a bit, I found that this rather beautiful desktop isn’t just a revamp of Windows…

BlackBerry 10’s US Security Clearance Is a Lock

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

While Research In Motion’s BlackBerry 10 won’t be released until the first quarter of 2013, the platform has already received a highly prized U.S. government security clearance, the company announced Thursday. BlackBerry 10 won the FIPS 140-2 certification that will allow government agencies to deploy devices that run the OS. The clearance also applies to…

Stuxnet Spotted Stateside in Chevron Computers

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Chevron was infected with the Stuxnet malware in 2010, the company revealed last week, raising concerns about the effectiveness of cyberweapons as a policy tool. Because of Stuxnet’s design, it didn’t do any damage to Chevron’s computers, but the fact that a cyberweapon created to attack Iran’s nuclear capability ended up on the systems of…

China Gives Google a 12-Hour Timeout

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Google appears to be back and functioning in China after a temporary shutdown that’s being linked to the Communist Party’s major meeting. Services including Gmail, maps, documents and search were reportedly slow or blocked in many parts of China for about 12 hours beginning Friday evening, according to Google’s transparency report, which tracks its services…

AT&T to Start Hawking Samsung Galaxy Camera

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The Samsung Galaxy Camera will become available on Nov. 16 for US$499.99, AT&T announced Monday. The 16-megapixel camera runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, which opens the lens on a new category for cameras and wireless services. Samsung Galaxy Camera “This is brand new thinking that links AT&T, Samsung and Android,” industry analyst Jeff Kagan told…

Parliament Grills US Execs Over Tax Avoidance

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A committee of British Members of Parliament laid into executives from Amazon and Google on Monday during a hearing over creative tax accounting practices. According to The Guardian, the execs were accused of diverting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of UK profits to “secret tax havens” in an effort to avoid paying British taxes.…

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