Samsung continued to lead the mobile phone market in Egypt, as its market share increased in March by 3.8%. According to a report by StatCounter, the market share of Samsung increased to 42.8% of mobile phone sales, up from 39% in February 2018. According to the report, Huawei continued to occupy second place in terms of sales of mobile phones with a share of 13.1% in March compared to 14.1% in February 2018, a 1% decline.

Facebook clarified exactly what you’re not allowed to post on the platform, and the list is super-long and specific. The company’s 7,500 content moderators use Facebook’s new 27-page content guidelines list when deciding what’s acceptable content on the platform — and what should be taken down. It includes obvious bans like copyright and trademark infringement, credible threats of violence, and sexual exploitation. But it also sheds new light on how Facebook regulates “gray area” posts.

Facebook (FB) reported Wednesday that it reversed its first ever decline in daily active users in the US and Canada during the first three months of 2018 despite the backlash from a massive data scandal. Facebook had 185 million daily users in the region as of the end of March, up from 184 million in the prior quarter. In total, Facebook added 48 million daily users globally during the quarter.

Google is planning to launch a free-of-charge texting app called ‘Chat’ to compete with messaging service WhatsApp. According to SkyNews, Chat will be available on all Google-owned Android devices but, will not be available on Apple devices. The new app has similarities with WhatsApp, in the sense that they both let the users know they’ve received a message. It also shows when the user is typing back.

Facebook Inc on Tuesday released a rule book for the types of posts it allows on its social network, giving far more detail than ever before on what is permitted on subjects ranging from drug use and sex work to bullying, hate speech and inciting violence. Facebook for years has had "community standards" for what people can post. But only a relatively brief and general version was publicly available, while it had a far more detailed internal document to decide when individual posts or accounts should be removed.

For the first time, a treatment that boosts the immune system greatly improved survival in people newly diagnosed with the most common form of lung cancer. It s the biggest win so far for immunotherapy, which has had much of its success until now in less common cancers. In the study, Merck s Keytruda, given with standard chemotherapy, cut in half the risk of dying or having the cancer worsen, compared to chemo alone after nearly one year. The results are expected to quickly set a new standard of care for about 70,000 patients each year in the United States whose lung cancer has already spread by the time it s found.

LG Egypt aims to increase its market share of TV sales to 33% by the end of this year, according to the TV department director at LG Egypt, Mohamed Talaat. He said that LG s sales witnessed a significant improvement over the past year and the first quarter (Q1) of this year due to the stability of the exchange rate and the growth of local market sales.

Since her first public appearance in 2015, Sophia, a social humanoid robot, made an impact all over the world. With her impressive interaction skills and witty comebacks, the robot as been a key speaker at several organizations, perhaps most notably the United Nations. However, a new development has taken place: Sophia just sat down for her first interview in the Middle East. Last night, Sophia sat down with television host Ossama Kamal on DMC television channel for an interview, where they addressed a variety of issues from world peace to football. Sophia began the interview saying she loves Egypt, which she is currently visiting to attend The Creative Industry Summit’s annual celebration of creativity in the MENA region.

A massive Chinese infrastructure program that Beijing says is aimed at promoting global trade and economic growth is actually intended to expand the country’s political influence and military presence, according to a report issued Tuesday. The report by the US-based research group C4ADS questions China’s portrayal of the trillion-dollar program, called the “Belt and Road Initiative,” as strictly meant to promote economic development.

The past few years have seen a band of young actors get into space with big plans to commercialize the satellite industry. But it s still not all about money. Some are focused on more ethical uses for space data. Sri Lanka Lichter Nacht NASA Satellit (Christopher Small) Few people will speak openly about it, but we all know there are spy satellites in space tracking our every move. We also know some satellites are used for military purposes, even though the 1967 Outer Space Treaty forbids the militarization of space. Then there s that other mega "-ization" — the commercialization of space.

Mohamed Rizk, founder and CEO of Swedish company Brantu, said that his company will officially launch its e-commerce website elprices at the end of October 2018, after testing its price comparison services, scheduled to be complete by April. Rizk told Daily News Egypt that Brantu is investing $1.2m in the Egyptian market, adding, “we began our startup project less than one year ago. Our business is remarkably growing.”

It seems a technological era is coming to an end. Apple is phasing-out its iTunes store for music downloads and will replace it with an online-streaming app, sources within the company told Digital Music News. The iTunes store would close down in mid-2019 if the change indeed goes ahead. While rumors of the change have hovered around iTunes since 2016, Apple executive Jimmy Iovine himself pointed to the shutdown of the store when “people stop buying,” increasing suspicion of earlier claims by sources within the company foreseeing a 2019 shutdown.

Andy Yan, vice chairperson of Transsion Holdings, the owner company of Tecno Mobile, said that the African market is his company s top priority and is expected to be a launchpad for the rest of the world. “Nearly 10 years ago, we started injecting investments [in Africa], and we always look at the markets of middle and west Africa in a special way given their promising growth opportunities,” Yan said. Ghana and Ivory Coast are two of the most important markets for Tecno Mobile, according to Yan. He added that the Nigerian market is deemed the largest in the continent as its population nears 200 million people.

After a seven-day business trip, Amr Elgbaly, VoxEra founder and CEO, incurred over $500 of roaming charges. As necessity is the mother of invention, Elgbaly did not stop at paying his bill. Instead, he decided to exploit his seven years of experience in VoIP technologies to come up with a new technology. After some tests and experiments, the new solution saw the light and emerged as a new startup, raising funds through a Kickstarter campaign. Elgbaly does not intend to stop there. Investors are lined up to pour money into the new solution. He expects to collect $1m this round to scale up the company. Within three years, Elgbaly told Daily News Egypt, he plans to list the company on the Egyptian Exchange.

Raya Holding has begun the assembly of light transport vehicles in cooperation with the Italian company Piaggio, a project with investments worth EGP 100m. Medhat Khalil, chairperson at Raya Holding, said in a press conference, that his company pays great attention to light transport vehicles, including motorcycles and vehicles with two-tonne loads, especially with the strong growth opportunities in Egypt and Africa, allowing generating jobs for young people, and in line with the government s goal to create more jobs.

The average person around the world spent nearly three hours a day in front their television last year, according to a report released Monday. Eurodata TV Worldwide said that television viewing was holding up despite more and more people watching online platforms like Netflix and Amazon.

Belarusian Minister of Communications and Informatisation Sergei Popkov said that he was surprised by the Egypt-manufactured mobile phone by Sico, adding, “I had wrong information that Huawei and Samsung dominated the market, so we are really interested in collaborating on the manufacturing programme.” The minister added, at a press conference organised by the Canadian Egyptian Business Council on Tuesday evening, that the cooperation with Egypt in the IT sector is still at the very beginning, noting, “the political leadership will in both countries encourages boosting relationships, but activating the ideas needs further studies.”

Environment Minister Khaled Fahmy announced the launch of the new system of waste management, which will start in Kafr al-Sheikh. The Cabinet approved the implementation of the new system in Kafr al-Sheikh, Gharbiya, Qena and Assiut governorates in collaboration between local authorities, the German Construction Bank and the European Union (EU).

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yasser al-Qadi said on Monday that the ministry will implement a strategy to turn Egypt into a regional and global hub for data. During a conference titled the Future of Data, Qadi added that the strategy is based on two important hubs, namely the attraction of investments and to attract global data centers which could utilize the geographic location of Egypt in the middle of globe and the passage of 17 marine cables through the country’s waters to connect the East with the West.

The 23-story tall Falcon Heavy, carrying a cherry red Tesla Roadster automobile into space as a mock payload, roared off its launch pad at 3:45 p.m. (2045 GMT) at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. It launched from the same site used by NASA s towering Saturn 5 rockets to carry Apollo missions to the moon more than 40 years ago. The two side-boosters successfully separated from the center main-stage rocket and flew back to Earth for safe simultaneous touchdowns on twin launch pads at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The center booster was expected for a return landing on a drone ship floating at sea, but its fate was not immediately known. The launch had been delayed for more than two hours due to wind-shear conditions.

Marketer published a list of the countries projected to achieve the fastest growing sales via e-commerce this year and the coming two years. The list is comprised of 15 countries. According to the report, India topped the list of countries expected to achieve strong growth in the e-commerce market. The report predicted India will mark a 40.1% growth in e-commerce sales in 2018.