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Huawei’s new Mate 30 phones to run on open-source version of Android: MUHAMMAD BILAL MUNICH: Huawei’s new Mate 30 smartphone range will run on an open-source version of Google’s Android operating system, a source familiar with the matter said ahead of a major launch event in Germany on Thursday. The world’s No.2 smartphone maker Huawei has not been able to license the latest version of Android from Google, the Alphabet unit, because of an export ban imposed To Huawei  by the U.S. government in May. Equally, the flagship 5G device will not be able to use Google Mobile Services in Huawei Mobiles to access the Play Store and download apps like Gmail, Youtube or Maps. Instead, Huawei will offer its own interface that will allow users to access some Google apps. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Huawei Mate 30 would go on sale “soon” in Europe, a key battleground for the Chinese company huawei as it seeks to win back market share i...

FACEBOOK DOWN: SITE AND APP STOPS SHOWING PHOTOS AS USERS ALSO REPORT ISSUES WITH WHATSAPP Muhammad Bilal WHY FACEBOOK AND WHATSAPP NOT WORKING: Facebook has quit working appropriately, in the meantime as WhatsApp.  Instead of an aggregate or worldwide blackout, the Facebook issue seems, by all accounts, to be explicit to specific highlights. Clients report that particular posts or photographs don't appear, however that the page may stack, prompting universal dissatisfaction.  Issues are being accounted for over the world, as indicated by the following site Down Detector. Clients in Europe, the US, South America and Japan were especially influenced, with a huge number of clients over the globe running into issues.  The issues come in the meantime as a comparative issue on WhatsApp. There, documents seem, by all accounts, to be running into issues sending – implying that photographs, recordings and voice messages won't show up app...

Breaking News: Huawei permitted to work with US organizations once more Muhammad Bilal President Trump in a news meeting said he'll permit US firms to work together and permit the selling of cutting edge hardware to Huawei Technologies Co. after talks were held with China's President on Saturday as revealed by The Wall Street Journal.  One more strange move that has left the Trump organization . Scarcely a month back, Trump prohibited Huawei from doing any business with the US firms. This move by the US president constrained organizations like Google and Arm to cut off their business ties with Huawei, yet the most recent update in the continuous exchange war between the two has taken a remarkable U-turn.  "U.S. organizations can offer their gear to Huawei. We're discussing gear where there's no extraordinary national security issue with it." Trump said at a news meeting following the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, Japan.  ...

Who's winning the 5G race? By Muhammad Bilal San Francisco (CNN Business) 5G, the next generation of ultra-fast wireless connections, is coming this year, and the United States is one of the countries leading the way. The United States and China are tied for first place in 5G readiness, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA), which represents the US wireless communications industry. That's a dramatic increase from a year ago when the US was trailing behind China and South Korea, according to the CTIA. "5G is the platform for tomorrow's economy," said Meredith Attwell Baker, CEO and president of the CTIA. "It's going to transform everything from education to AI to medicine, and the industry is so competitive because of that." Doctors perform surgery for the first time guided by 5G telesurgery in China. The CTIA report attributes the imp...

Iran Slams U.S. After Middle East Troop Buildup Is Announced The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea this month. The United States said it would deploy additional troops to counter Iran. Credit Garrett Labarge/U.S. Navy, via Associated Press Image The aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea this month. The United States said it would deploy additional troops to counter Iran. Credit Credit Garrett Labarge/U.S. Navy, via Associated Press   LONDON — Iranian officials lashed out at the United States on Saturday after the Trump administration said it would allow the sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan and deploy about 1,500 additional troops to the Middle East to counter Iran. “If they commit the slightest stupidity, we will send these ships to the bottom of the sea along with their crew and planes using two missiles or two new secret weapons,” Gen. Morteza Qorbani, a...

US troop move to Middle East 'extremely full of risk'. Increased  American  presence  within the  region threatens international peace, Iran's  government minister  says. Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was deployed to the Gulf earlier this month [Garrett LaBarge/US Navy via AP] A US move to send more troops to the Middle East after accusing Tehran of being behind  attacks on tankers  in the region is "extremely dangerous ... [for] international peace", Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has been quoted as saying. "Increased US presence in our region is extremely dangerous and it threatens international peace and security, and this should be addressed," state news agency IRNA quoted Zarif as saying on Saturday. The United States on Friday announced the deployment of 1,500 troops to the Middle East, describing it as an effort to bolster defences against Tehran as it accused Iran's Revolution...

Huawei beats Apple to become second-largest smartphone maker By -Muhammad Bilal   This article is more than  9 months old iPhone manufacturer drops to third after Chinese company splits Samsung and Apple for first time in seven years Huawei overtook Apple to become the world’s second-largest smartphone seller behind Samsung in the second quarter, the first time in seven years that any contender has managed to split the top two. Multiple market analysts said that Huawei’s rise came as the slowdown in China, the world’s largest market for smartphones, eased, with growing market share in Europe. Huawei failed in its recent bid to launch in the US after government action against companies deemed a security threat. Despite Apple being historically weak in the second quarter, analysts described the rise of Huawei as significant. “The importance of Huawei overtaking Apple this quarter cannot be overstated,” said Canal...