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Catalyst from Teampay

Teampay and Mastercard Launch Digital Corporate Card

Teampay has teamed up with Mastercard to launch ' Catalyst by Teampay', a new digital corporate card that combines the technology of Teampay’s platform with Mastercard’s industry-leading capabilities, ushering in a new era of a premium commercial card experience for executives.
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Nokia OpenRAN

Nokia opens new O-RAN Collaboration and Testing Centre in U.S.

Nokia has opened its first Open RAN (O-RAN) Collaboration and Testing Centre at its offices in Dallas, Texas. The centre is designed to support the development of partnerships among O-RAN vendors that will help with the verification, introduction, and launch of O-RAN compliant solutions to market.
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Private 5G

Verizon launches On Site 5G

Verizon Business has launched 'On Site 5G', which is the network’s first commercially available, private 5G network solution in the US. Custom-designed and managed by Verizon, On Site 5G networks will allow large enterprise and public sector customers to bring Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband capabilities to indoor or outdoor facilities where high 5G speed, high-capacity, low-latency connectivity is crucial, regardless of whether the premises is within a public 5G Ultra Wideband coverage area.
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Amazon Music DJ Mode

Amazon Music Launches DJ Mode in U.S.

Amazon Music has launched DJ Mode, a new, on-demand listening experience that combines the personalization, control of streaming with the vibrancy and personality of DJ-hosted radio—all in one destination. Listeners in the U.S. can opt in today to check out new, DJ-hosted stations across hip-hop, country, and pop, featuring music insights from industry experts and tastemakers, and drop-ins from top artists, plus music facts and trivia from Alexa.
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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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Apple Card

Apple Card Family coming in May

Apple today unveiled Apple Card Family, a new way for people to share their Apple Card, track purchases, manage spending, and build credit together with their Family Sharing group.
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Telegram

Apple sued for not removing Telegram from App Store

A Washington-based non-profit group called the Coalition for a Safer Web has sued Apple for not removing the Telegram app from the App Store. The group alleges that the platform is being used by hate groups and extremists to attack the Capitol.
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Microsoft

Microsoft launches 2021 Council for Digital Good

Microsoft is inviting applications for its newest Council for Digital Good, an 18-month engagement program for U.S. teens focused on understanding, recognizing and reducing digital risks and promoting safer, healthier and more respectful online interactions.
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Apple Cerellium

Apple loses Copyright Violation Lawsuit against Corellium

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, West Palm Beach has ruled against Apple in its copyright violation claims against Corellium, which offers virtual iPhones for security researchers testing for vulnerabilities in the operating system.
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Fortnite

Apple can continue to bar Fortnite from its App Store

A US federal judge ruling will allow Apple to continue to bar the Fortnite game from its App Store, but also sets out that it cannot harm publisher Epic Games' developer tools business, which includes the Unreal Engine software use by other video games.
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Stock Exchange

MEMX: New US Stock Exchange launches

The Members Exchange (MEMX), a new US stock exchange that counts some of Wall Street's biggest banks as its backers launched today (September 21). The MEMX started trading seven symbols upon launch including Alphabet, ExxonMobil and BlackBerry.
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BlackBerry AtHoc Managed Service Setup

BlackBerry donates AtHoc to American Red Cross

BlackBerry is extending its partnership with the American Red Cross, donating its BlackBerry AtHoc software, powering its mission to provide emergency assistance, disaster relief and disaster preparedness education to all people in need.
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Wechat

Judge blocks US WeChat ban

A US judge has blocked Donald Trump's executive order banning WeChat in the United States. In issuing the preliminary injunction, Judge Laurel Beeler wrote that the plaintiffs, a group of US-based WeChat users, had shown "serious questions" in their claim that the executive order threatens the users' First Amendment rights.
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TikTok

TikTok and WeChat banned from US app stores from Sunday

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Friday morning that downloads of video app TikTok and messaging app WeChat will be banned in the U.S. from Sunday (Sept 20). If a deal is not struck by 12 November, the app will be fully banned, and using as well as downloading the app will be illegal.
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US Customs and Border Patrol

CBP officers mistake OnePlus Buds as counterfeit Apple Airpods

On August 31, US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officers seized 2,000 counterfeit Apple Airpods from Hong Kong destined for Nevada at an air cargo facility located at John F. Kennedy International Airport. They were so proud of the capture, they issued a press release on September 11.
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Epic Games

Apple sues Epic for breach of contract

Apple countersued Epic Games on Tuesday, claiming the company breached a contract when it introduced a new in-app payment system within the popular video game Fortnite. Apple asked U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers for punitive damages and to block Epic from continuing what it calls unfair business practices, in the escalating skirmish between the two companies
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Pentagon Jedi

DoD reaffirms Microsoft for JEDI Contract

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has completed a comprehensive re-evaluation of its $10bn Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud (JEDI) cloud computing contract proposals and determined that Microsoft's submission still represents the best value for the government.
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Apple

Apple must pay shop staff for time spent undergoing bag checks

A three-judge panel in California has ruled that Apple Store staff should be paid for time spent waiting to undergo the company's bag checks, in the the latest turn in a class action Apple has been battling for seven years, fending off retail workers that asked to be paid for up to 45 minutes spent at the end of their shift waiting to be searched.
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TikTok

Walmart and Microsoft team up in TikTok bid

Walmart and Microsoft are teaming up in a bid to acquire TikTok, in a deal that would give the retail company a key technology to reach younger shoppers and build out its third-party marketplace and advertising business.
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TikTok

TikTok files lawsuit against the U.S. government

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on August 6 that would ban the TikTok app from the U.S by mid-September. TikTok has now officially filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, saying the order violates due process and exceeds the scope of sanction rules.
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Lawsuit

Android App Developers Sue Google

An Android app developer has sued Google for allegedly anti-competitive and unlawful practices related to its Google Play app store, and attorneys say its behaviour – which gives rise to U.S. Android developers having to pay it exorbitant fees – constitutes violation of federal antitrust laws, according to Hagens Berman.
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Donald Trump

US tightens restrictions on Huawei

The Trump administration is further tightening restrictions on China's Huawei, seeking to starve it of crucial components by cutting off all access to U.S. technology.
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TikTok

Trump to ban TikTok in the US

In the United States, President Trump has said he will take action to ban TikTok from the US. It comes after United States intelligence bosses fear the popular Chinese-owned video app presents a possible national security risk.
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FCC

FCC classifies Huawei and ZTE National Security Risks

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially designated Chinese telecommunication providers Huawei and ZTE as national security risks, a decision that officially prohibits American phone companies from purchasing their equipment with government subsidies.
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BlackBerry AtHoc

BlackBerry AtHoc Expands Leadership Position in Crisis Communications

BlackBerry today announced that its FedRAMP-authorized BlackBerry AtHoc crisis communication system continues to expand on its leading position within the U.S. Federal Government with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) using BlackBerry AtHoc for secure crisis response.
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TCL Android TV

TCL Launches TVs with Android TV in U.S.

TCL is bringing TVs with Android TV to the United States. In partnership with Google, TCL's televisions featuring Android TV capability will bring the innovation of Google into the home through a simple, helpful entertainment experience displayed on a crisp, high definition screen.
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Connected

T-Mobile and Google team up on RCS Messaging

T-Mobile and Google have teamed up to expand RCS for T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile Android customers, so they now get that same upgraded RCS experience when texting with Android users on other networks across the globe.
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T-Mobile

T-Mobile hit by yet another Data Breach

In the United States, T-Mobile has announced a data breach caused by an email vendor being hacked that exposed the personal and financial information for some of its customers.
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Huawei

US Judge rejects Huawei’s constitutional challenge

A US federal judge has rejected Huawei's constitutional challenge to a US law that restricted its ability to do business with federal agencies and their contractors, ruling that Huawei does not have grounds to sue the U.S. government.
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Huawei

UK Sovereignty at risk if they select Huawei for 5G

The UK Government is due to make their decision on 5G this week and the US has intensified the pressure as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said that the UK's sovereignty is at risk if Huawei is allowed to develop 5G infrastructure in the country.
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Samsung Unpacked taking place February 11

It's official! Samsung has sent out the invites for its Unpacked event taking place on February 11 in San Francisco at 11:00 PST, where the company is expected to possibly unveil three Galaxy smartphones.
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OnePlus to unveil First Concept Phone at CES 2020

OnePlus founder and CEO Pete Lau has announced that the company will host its own special event at CES next month. On December 17, 2019, the 6th anniversary of its founding, the company will introduce its first-ever concept phone, the OnePlus Concept One, at CES 2020.
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Huawei files petition to overturn an ‘unlawful order’ by FCC

Huawei today mounted a legal challenge to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), seeking the court to overturn what they claim to be an an unlawful order passed by the FCC on Nov. 22. The order bans carriers in rural America from tapping the Universal Service Fund (USF) to purchase Huawei equipment.
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Verizon

Verizon creates a global Zero-Trust Architecture

Verizon has today announced the creation of a global Zero-Trust Architecture, achieved by embedding a Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) over its private IP MPLS network. Verizon’s Zero Trust network essentially blocks connectivity from unknown devices, making corporate data virtually invisible to anyone without approved access, mitigating against credential theft and server exploitation.
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microsoft

Microsoft granted license to export software to Huawei

Microsoft has been granted a license from the U.S. government to export software to Huawei. The Donald Trump Administration on Wednesday gave Huawei its second 90 day reprieve this week, allowing some suppliers to restart sales to Huawei after it was placed on a trade blacklist over national security concerns six months ago.
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rcs-android

Google Rolling Out RCS in US

Back in June Google began rolling out RCS in the UK and France, bypassing carriers. Google is now doing the same in the US. If you already have Messages, you’ll be prompted to enable chat features in the coming weeks. If you don’t have Messages, you can download it on the Play Store. Google expects this service to be broadly available in the U.S. by the end of year.
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Huawei Rated Outstanding Assisted Support EMEA

At the Technology & Services World Conference, Huawei Enterprise received the prestigious Rated Outstanding Assisted Support EMEA certification from TSIA.  According to the TSIA, The Rated Outstanding Assisted Support EMEA certification, shows that Huawei meets the highest industry standards for Customer Support for their EMEA Enterprise operations.
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Apple commits $2.5 billion to aid California housing crisis

Apple has announced a $2.5 billion plan to help address the housing availability and affordability crisis in California. Nearly 30,000 people left San Francisco between April and June of this year and homeownership in the Bay Area is at a seven-year low.
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Cybersecutity

Sectigo and SPYRUS team up to Combat Ransomware Attacks

Certificate Authority (CA) and provider of purpose-built and automated PKI management solutions Sectigo, have teamed up with SPYRUS, a provider of cryptographic operating systems delivering the strongest protection for data in motion, at rest, and at work, to help universities and enterprises protect against ransomware attacks.
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Cryptography

Facebook Libra loses PayPal support

PayPal announced Friday that it will no longer be part of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project. The company said that while it is quitting the Libra Association it remains "supportive of Libra's aspirations," and that the firm will continue to work with Facebook in the future.
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Apple to unveil new iPhones on September 10

Apple sent out invitations Thursday for a media event next month where the company is expected to unveil its latest iPhone models. The event is scheduled to take place September 10 and will be held at the Steve Jobs Theater at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, California.
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Huawei

Huawei granted another 90-day reprieve by U.S.

US technology companies will be allowed to continue selling to Huawei under certain circumstances, after the US commerce secretary extended a second temporary 90-day reprieve. Wilbur Ross on Monday said the Trump administration would extend a temporary licence for companies to sell to the Chinese company if they are selling repairs or updates to existing systems.
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Huawei UK

US government agencies banned from buying from Huawei

US government agencies will be banned from buying Huawei equipment after the Trump administration implemented a congressional measure to crack down on Chinese companies seen as security threats. A rule issued by the administration bans Huawei and other Chinese groups from supplying the federal government.
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Microsoft and AT&T team up on Cloud, 5G and AI deal

AT&T and Microsoft have entered into a major multiyear cloud/5G deal where Microsoft will be the preferred cloud provider for non-network applications, as part of AT&T's broader public cloud first strategy, and will support AT&T as it consolidates its data centre infrastructure and operations.
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