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Viber has been blocked in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) began implementing its previous threat, and officially announced the blocking of the Viber application from the Kingdom.
Referring to the statement issued by the authority on 19/05/1434 AH regarding informing the licensed service providers of the necessity to work with companies that develop some VoIP applications in the Kingdom on the speedy fulfillment of the required regulatory requirements. And that's where the application Fiber As it stands, it does not meet the regulatory requirements and regulations in force in the Kingdom. The application was suspended as of Rajab 26, 1434 AH. The authority confirms that it will take appropriate action against any other applications or services in case the regulatory requirements and regulations in force in the Kingdom are not met.
The authority did not disclose whether other applications such as Skype, Tango and others would be stopped, or whether the blocking would be Viber only.
Apple is requesting that the iWatch name be registered
The Russian agency Izvestia announced that Apple has submitted a registration application to the official trademark registration authority and the application number is 9 in the computer department and 14 in the hours, and the file provided by Apple that it registered the iWatch name in Jamaica on December 3, 2012 and accordingly wants to register the same name in Russia is to prohibit any party from offering or selling products with this name. Does this news officially mean that Apple is on its way to introduce a smartwatch?
Apple introduces the WWDC app and hints at the iOS 7 design
This week, Apple launched the WWDC application, which is an application that enables you to follow the videos, news and explanations that will be presented during the WWDC conference that will start on June 10 next. Interestingly, the application design was different from the rest of the Apple system and applications; Where it came in gray, overlaid with blue, and without prominent or shiny icons as usual, and this matches the expectations that talk about changing the design of the next system.
Note: Broadcasting videos for this year's conference will work with the developer account. If you do not have a developer account with Apple, you can see previous conferences and their explanations.
Charger penetrates the iPhone
A group of security developers revealed at the Black Hat 2013 conference that they can penetrate iOS devices with the charger only and without the user's knowledge. The researchers added that the method depends on the cable being used to charge the device and also to deliver the data, so the hack will be done by it, where the charger will have a small electronic chip that plays the role of the attacker who penetrates the device, and then they hide the hacking files so that they do not appear to the user on the screen of his device. They added that they were able to penetrate all Apple devices, even those running the latest version, and also those that have not been jailbroken. A dangerous discovery from security researchers, and maybe if it does happen we will have to limit ourselves to buying the original charger to protect ourselves.
Old Apple devices may be banned in America
The American Trade Organization announced that the old Apple devices violate Samsung's patents, and accordingly, the sale of Apple devices that violate this patent will be banned, which are the iPhone 4, the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 3G, the original iPad the 3G version and the iPad 2, the 3G version. . And if the ban is actually issued (Apple has the right to object and appeal the decision), it may be the first time that the sale of Apple devices is banned in the United States, although the decision is a formality given that the aforementioned devices are old and do not represent anything mentioned in sales.
Surprise: Despite the release of the S4, sales of the iPhone are increasing
A new statistic for the US market revealed that Apple's percentage increased from 37.8% to 39.2%, or 1.4%, and in contrast, its main competitor, Samsung, which released the S4 last March, achieved a growth rate of 0.6%, rising from 21.4% to 22.0%. That is, the percentage of Apple's increase in the weakness of Samsung, which is surprising given the release of the new Samsung device and also the spread of rumors about the iPhone 5S, which makes the buyer wait and does not buy the iPhone. But the market reality was otherwise, as Apple's sales and share in the US market increased. It is also strange that the market share of Android has decreased - in America - from 52.2% to 52.0%.
Apple has 500 million users and earns $ 329 each
A statistic for the number of users in technical companies revealed that the number of accounts at Apple reaches 500 million accounts, thus occupying the second place after Facebook, which includes more than a billion accounts, but at the same time Apple comes in first place in companies to obtain the return for one user, where It is estimated at $ 329, and in second place is Amazon, which is $ 305, as for Facebook, it gets $ 5 per user. It is noteworthy that this revenue is the result of selling various products such as devices and applications, as well as advertisements, and others.
Samsung launches Tab 3
Samsung announced the update of its tablet devices and introduced the Tab 3, and the devices came in two versions, the first 8 inches, with a color density of 189ppi, with an Intel processor. for the first time 1.5 GB dual core processor, 5 mega pixel camera, 1.5 GB memory. As for the larger device, it is with a 10.1-inch screen, with a very low color density of 149ppi, a 1.6GB processor, a camera lower than its brother, which is 3.15 megabytes, and also less memory than its brother, which is 1GB. Samsung aims to expand these devices in the middle price category because it has the Note family of tablets with higher specifications and the most expensive price, of course.
Updates to a number of important applications:
During the past week, updates were released for some important applications, such as:
Chrome: Adding a sophisticated voice search feature to most languages, including Arabic, with answering questions by voice - reopening pages even if the Internet connection is slow or unavailable - fixing problems and errors to increase the speed and security of the browser.
Skype: (The update is for the iPhone version only): Facilitate navigation between headphones, bluetooth devices and loudspeaker - the emergence of a more organized conversation arrangement - add new pages to explain the application at the first time slot - fix errors and other problems.
Gmail: The possibility of getting an alert about the messages that interest you, and this can be activated with the settings - updating the inbox so that it became possible to create classifications for all messages and save them in the classification that suits them.
This is not all the news, but we have come to you with the best of it, and it is not necessary for a non-specialist to occupy himself with all the odds and moments, for there are more important things that you do in your life, so do not make devices distract you or distract you from your life and your duties. Know that technology is there to make life easier for you and help you in it, and if you rob your life and preoccupy you, then there is no need for it.
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