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Egypt keeps top place in MENA for funding deals – ITIDA
Egypt kept its top place in the MENA region for funding and venture deals in the first quarter of 2020, according…
Germany flips on smartphone contact tracing, backs Apple and Google
Germany changed course on Sunday over which type of smartphone technology it wanted to use to trace coronavirus…
Australia launches controversial coronavirus tracking app as states start easing rules
The Australian government launched a controversial coronavirus tracing app on Sunday and promised to legislate…
Egyptian telecom operators provide isolation hospitals with ventilators, medical supplies
Egypt's telecom operators, Telecom Egypt, Orange, and Etisalat have provided coronavirus isolation hospitals with…
Showdown looms between Silicon Valley, US countries over contact tracing apps
U.S. states promoting apps that could prove essential to ending the coronavirus lockdown may be headed for a…
Apple, Google update COVID-19 contact tracing tech ahead of launch
Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Friday updated technical details of the coronavirus contact tracing system…
Facebook announces a new video-calling feature, a move that could compete with Zoom
Facebook launched on Friday a new video-calling feature - Messenger Rooms - designed to give isolated users another…
Google is cutting H2 marketing budgets by as much as half, plans hiring freeze
Google is cutting its marketing budgets by as much as half for the second half of the current year, according to…
Zoom users increase 50% as ban list grows
Zoom video conferencing app’s user base grew by another 50 percent to 300 million in the last three weeks, as the…
Facebook should abide by local laws, says Vietnam foreign ministry
Companies like Facebook that operate in Vietnam should abide by local laws and fully implement their tax and social…