Apple Inc. will need to comply with a European Union law to switch the iPhone to a USB-C charger said marketing chief Greg Joswiak. Joswiak said that the company will comply as it does with other laws. He declined to specify when the iPhone may get the charger to replace Lightning. He made the comments at a Wall Street …

ISLAMABAD, Oct 25, (FD):Several countries, including Pakistan, faced a brief outage while using meta-owned instant messaging platform WhatsApp on Tuesday. The service was, however, restored after a disruption that lasted for nearly two hours. The report by outage tracker Downdetector showed the app went down shortly before noon, with #WhatsApp the top trend on Twitter in Pakistan with more than 85,000 …

  Popular messaging app WhatsApp will be introducing Bitmoji-style avatars after Instagram, letting users customize their digital selves. The messenger app is expected to roll out support for customizable avatars in their upcoming update 2.22.23.9 beta on Android  for selected users. Users will expect to see a new ‘Avatar’ category in Settings that they can customize into a digital version …

  (Reuters) Oct 19:  Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is cutting production of iPhone 14 Plus within weeks of starting shipments as it re-evaluates demand for the mid-range model, the Information reported on Tuesday, citing two people involved in the company’s supply chain. The Cupertino, California-based company told at least one manufacturer in China to immediately halt production of iPhone 14 Plus …

LAHORE, Oct 15(ABC): The Punjab government has decided to adopt Web3.0 – a technology that can decentralise web and control data leakage, selling and hacking. Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi constituted a 22-member committee, led by finance as well as information and technology ministers, and tasked it with doing a detailed analysis, study, and research and giving policy interventions, future …

Oct 15(ABC): Google said it has allowed Donald Trump’s Truth Social app in its Play Store for Android devices — after receiving assurances the app would meet the platform’s standards for moderating harmful content. The app — which Trump launched after being barred from Twitter over the 2021 Capitol riot — had been kept out of Google’s store over its lack of …

Oct 15(ABC): Meta Platform on Tuesday launched Quest Pro virtual and mixed reality headgear, a significant step for CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s entry into the higher-end market for extended reality computing products. The new VR headset, presented at Meta’s annual Connect conference, will be available on October 25 for $1,500. It will allow users to interact with superimposed digital creations over …

Oct 15(ABC): Microsoft announced that it is launching “Designer,” a simple visual design app, for free and as part of its Office productivity suite subscriptions. The program is a substitute for Canva, a creative tool with more than 100 million active monthly users. Canva, a Sydney-based firm with a $40 billion post-money valuation as of last year, is one of …

Oct 15(ABC): Smartphone users are more concerned about reliability and longevity of their devices rather then worrying about having new features. Unfortunately, smartphones aren’t flawless at all, certainly some of the low-end Android devices. Even if they survive at the start, they might develop some issues in the longer run. Here are a few easy fixes to some of the …

Oct 15(ABC): Software giant Microsoft’s Ignite 2022 was mainly focused for its 365 suite, but there was one an element that many may have missed. The tech giant displayed a snapshot of the Windows desktop running Microsoft Teams during the online presentation. However, according to the XDA developers’ opinion, the desktop does not resemble the present version of Windows 11; …