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Meta Arabs

Meta Vision Launches Meta Arabs NFT

Dubai-based company Meta Vision is to launch the first utility-based NFT in the MENA region. The project—Meta Arabs NFT—will consist of 9,999 unique and carefully curated pieces of digital art that serve a greater purpose and provide benefits to their respective holder.
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Visa NFT

Visa launches NFT Creator Program globally

Visa is launching the NFT Creator Program in order to provide guidance and mentorship within the industry. Via a one-year program, Visa intends to build a global collective of creative pioneers looking to accelerate their businesses through non-fungible tokens.
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Apple Heart health

Apple rolling out new heart health resources

Apple is rolling out a series of new heart health resources to support users’ health journeys in the US. Additionally, the Apple Heart and Movement Study is sharing preliminary lifestyle trends analysed over the past year.
Apple
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Zillow SharePlay

Zillow adds Apple SharePlay Support

Zillow has added support for Apple SharePlay, bringing the ability for home shoppers users using the Zillow app on an iPhone or iPad, to search and browse for-sale home and rental listings
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BT Group

BT launches new Business Manifesto

BT has launched a new business-wide plan to focus and accelerate its efforts to build a better business for its customers, the economy and society at large.
BT Group
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EE Xbox

EE launches Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and unlimited gaming data

EE has launched two new Xbox gaming bundles for pay monthly mobile customers – including Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with access to over 100 Xbox games and unlimited gaming data for £21 a month, and an Xbox Series S console for just £10 upfront. 
EEUK
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EXA1 Supercomputer

Atos and the CEA launch EXA1 supercomputer

Atos and the CEA’s Military Applications Division (CEA/DAM) have launched the first partition of “EXA1”, a supercomputer developed together based on Atos’ BullSequana XH2000 architecture, which is among the world’s 500 most powerful machines.
Connected
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Alex Gorsky

Alex Gorsky joins Apple’s board of directors

Alex Gorsky, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, has been elected to Apple’s board of directors. Gorsky will bring decades of experience in corporate leadership and health technologies, and a long track record of leading innovative and diverse teams around the world.
Apple
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Meng Wanzhou

Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou returns to China

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returned to China Saturday shortly after two Canadians released from prison in China arrived in Calgary, ending a diplomatic row that has dragged on for three years.
CanadaHuawei
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BT and Oracle to bring 5G innovations to customers

BT and Oracle are teaming up to optimize its network resources and bring new 5G offerings to customers faster. The solution will enable BT to quickly and seamlessly test and implement 5G services—such as live streaming and zero-rated 5G content—across its EE mobile network.
5GConnectedUKBT Group
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NordPass Password Manager

NordPass Business launches Data Breach Scanner

Password manager NordPass Business has launched a new feature called Data Breach Scanner. This is a security feature designed to help users detect whether any of the company's emails or domains have appeared in a data breach.
Apps
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ByteDance

ByteDance Joins Open Invention Network

ByteDance has joined the Open Invention Network (OIN), the largest patent non-aggression community in history, becoming a licensee and community member of OIN.
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Patent Fight

Verizon and Huawei settle patent lawsuit

Verizon and Huawei have reached a settlement in a patent litigation lawsuit. dating back to 2019 when Huawei said it approached Verizon about licensing some of its technologies. After nearly a year of negotiations, talks between the two companies broke down on January 21st, 2020, and Huawei went on to file multiple lawsuits....
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Samsung Networks: Redefined

Samsung Hosts Virtual Event “Samsung Networks: Redefined”

Samsung today shared its 5G vision and latest network innovations at “Samsung Networks: Redefined”, a virtual event where the Samsung Networks leadership team presented an overview of Samsung’s notable 5G accomplishments and new solutions driving network transformation.
Samsung5G
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Samsung

Samsung unveils new 5G Radio with Integrated Antennas

Samsung today unveiled a new radio designed to help mobile operators overcome the challenges they face in deploying 5G networks. Announced at “Samsung Networks: Redefined,” the new One Antenna Radio features integrated antennas, providing operators with the ability to simplify and speed up 5G installations by consolidating a 3.5GHz Massive MIMO radio with low-band and mid-band passive antennas into a single form factor.
Samsung5G
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Three UK

Three appoints Jonathan Clamp new Director of Sales

Three UK has appointed Jonathan Clamp as the new Director of Sales. Jonathan will be responsible for developing and driving Three’s consumer sales strategy in line with the company vision of better connectivity, every day, for every customer. He will lead a sales organisation comprising 311 stores and 2,523 people, with direct end-to-end accountability for Retail and Indirect channels.
Three
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Financial Impact Data

Net Purpose teams up with tickr to Provide Impact Data

Net Purpose is partnering with tickr to provide data to measure the social and environmental outcomes of its funds. Founded in 2019 with the goal of reaching one million investment professionals by 2025, Net Purpose is the world’s first dedicated data provider for a new generation of investors who invest for profit and purpose. By quantifying the social and environmental outcomes of companies and investment portfolios, Net Purpose enables investors to effortlessly report on their impact and their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Huawei Cyber Security Centre Dongguan

Huawei opens cyber security centre in Dongguan, China

Huawei has opened its largest Global Cyber Security and Privacy Protection Transparency Centre in Dongguan, China, with representatives from GSMA, SUSE, the British Standards Institution, and regulators from the UAE and Indonesia at the opening ceremony.
ChinaHuawei
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Spirent Communications

Spirent and AWS to deliver automated 5G network testing

Spirent is teaming up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring automated 5G testing capabilities to communications service providers (CSPs) building 5G networks on AWS. Spirent’s market-first Landslide 5GC Automation Package is designed to help carriers to rapidly deploy 5G networks on AWS, significantly reducing operational costs, time and resources, compared to manual testing.
5G
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Page Blocked

Federal Court of Appeal upholds Canada’s first-ever website blocking framework

The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled to uphold Canada’s first-ever website blocking framework in the case of TekSavvy Solutions v. Bell Media Inc. et al. In 2019, a lower court granted a request by three television distributors affiliated with major telcos to order internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to online streaming services doing business as “GoldTV,” including sites associated with GoldTV.ca. In late March, the Federal Court of Appeal heard oral arguments in the case, including CIRA’s, and today affirmed the lower court’s decision.
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Broadband

Nokia and Allo to deploy gigabit fibre network in Malaysia

Nokia has been chosen by Allo, an Information and Communications Technology service provider in Malaysia, to deploy a gigabit fibre network in the states of Melaka, Johor, Negeri Sembilan and East Coast of Malaysia. The deployment, which includes Nokia’s Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) solution and Access Management System, will be completed by end of Q2 2021 covering nearly 150,000 homepasses.
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patent trademark

Ericsson and Samsung sign global patent license agreement

Ericsson and Samsung have reached a multi-year agreement on global patent licenses between the two companies, including patents relating to all cellular technologies. The cross-license agreement covers sales of network infrastructure and handsets from January 1, 2021.
SamsungNews
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BT Skills for Tomorrow Milestone

BT Skills for Tomorrow helping 10 million people since launch

BT has reached its original goal of helping 10 million people across the UK to improve their digital skills, five years ahead of schedule. Key to achieving this milestone was the success of BT’s Top Tips on Tech campaign in partnership with ITV, which helped 5.7 million people learn vital new digital skills required during lockdown.
UKBT Group
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Zoom

D2L and Zoom team up to enhance learning

D2L and Zoom are teaming up to offer a comprehensive education experience. D2L will now sell Zoom alongside the Brightspace learning platform, seamlessly supporting online and blended learning with live face-to-face video in North America.
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Twitter

Twitter brings 4K image sharing to Android and iOS

Twitter now allows Android and iOS users to upload and view 4K images on the Twitter app. The social media platform had previously rolled out support for 4K images on the web app, which allowed users to share images in high resolution. The fe
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5G

Romania approves bill to bar China and Huawei from 5G networks

Romania’s centrist government has approved a United States-backed bill that effectively bars China and Huawei from taking part in development of its 5G network. Europe has emerged as a battleground in the technology ‘Cold War’ playing out between China and Washington
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