Germany s Bild newspaper cited a 58-page US laboratory report and accompanying emails Wednesday indicating that a VW Beetle s exhaust fumes piped to monkeys inside cabinets over four hours were worse than exhaust gases from a Ford pickup truck. The result was the opposite, said Bild, of what the since-disbanded European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector (EUGT) had expected from the testing at Albuquerque in the US state of New Mexico.

The local telecommunications market added 875,700 new mobile phone subscribers during November 2017, increasing the number of total mobile subscribers from 99.8 million in October 2017 to 106.9 million. Vodafone and Orange managed to increase their customers in November, while Etisalat Egypt lost a number of its subscribers to competing companies.

Child development experts and advocates are urging Facebook to pull the plug on its new messaging app aimed at kids. A group letter sent Tuesday to CEO Mark Zuckerberg argues that younger children — the app is intended for those under 13 — aren’t ready to have social media accounts, navigate the complexities of online relationships or protect their own privacy.

The number of internet users who visit or have social media accounts in Egypt as of January 2018 is 40%, according to data published by Statista market research company. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the highest penetration rate, 99%, while South Korea and Singapore came in second and third places, at 84% and 83% respectively.

A cosmic event not seen in 36 years -- a rare "super blood blue moon" -- may be glimpsed January 31 in parts of western North America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia and Australia. The event is causing a buzz because it combines three unusual lunar events -- an extra big super moon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse.

HMD Global, the developer of Nokia phones, has recently launched the Nokia 2 smartphone, which offers the luxury features of Nokia phones in addition to a long battery life. The company has been keen to launch a smartphone with a battery that can last up to two consecutive days. Nokia 2 will be a phone that works for longer periods without charge compared to other smartphones. The smartphone combines a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and a 5-inch screen with high viewing quality, along with a bloatware-free Android experience, giving users a better overall experience. The design

Telecom Egypt (TE) attracted 2.3 million subscribers to its mobile services in less than three months, from when the service was launched in mid-September 2017 to the end of that year. According to analysts in the capital market, Telecom Egypt, at the beginning of its entry into the mobile market, relied on the human tendency to change and sought to portray a better image of the new network to customers. Moreover, the company s weight in landline and internet services contributed to its solid penetration of the mobile market.

Lexium, a legal consultancy smartphone application, has decided to expand its services to the Egyptian market during the coming period, according to Rami Allam, executive director of Lexium. The company s services are provided by 100 lawyers and 50 legal experts. Lexium plans to increase the number of lawyers to 1,000 by the end of this year, while the company targets providing legal advice through smartphones to provide services to 100 million people in the Arab region. Tell us about the nature of the service provided by your company and how emerging companies can benefit from it?

Telecom Egypt (TE) has signed an agreement to settle its dispute with Etisalat Egypt, regarding international call services, for $48m. TE said in an Egyptian Exchange (EGX) report on Tuesday that according to the meeting, the dispute was settled, as the company will pay $48m to avoid the potential risks estimated to be worth nearly $100m.

Half a year after taking preorders for its very first smartphone, RED says that the Hydrogen One phone is still months away from being released. But it does at least have a timeline: the phone is supposed to enter mass production and then ship sometime this summer.

Tesla s Model 3 is the most highly anticipated car of the 21st century. It may be the most eagerly awaited car of all time.

Bad news if you were hoping for some smartphone news from LG and Huawei at Mobile World Congress this year, with whispers that Samsung s big Galaxy S9 reveal is making them cautious. The expectation – set up, it s worth remembering, from previous examples of high-profile smartphone debuts at the cellular-centric Barcelona show – had been that both companies would debut new flagships within the next few weeks. Now, though, that looks unlikely.

A Google app that matches people s selfies to famous works of art and encourages users to share the side by sides on social media lept to the top spot on the iTunes App Store charts, ahead of YouTube, Instagram and Facebook s Messenger, but it also has drawn concerns from some that the privacy of the users may be at risk.

Although a new Ferrari, Lamborghini or McLaren may grab more media headlines, a new Volkswagen Golf is much bigger news for the global auto industry. And now, the first tantalizing details of the next Golf are being released by VW, and it appears the mark-eight version of the hatch will go into production in June 2019. However, the more interesting news is that the GTI and Golf R version will get more power, and the e-Golf looks like being dropped completely.

Much of the focus on Apple s (NASDAQ:AAPL) business around the holidays is often centered on the iPhone. With new iPhone models launching in September and November and considering the fact that the product segment accounted for 62% of Apple s trailing-12-month revenue, it only makes sense for investors to watch Apple s smartphone business closely. But there s another Apple business segment worth giving some attention: services.

Instagram has never been my favorite app, perhaps because I love reading words more than staring at photos. But beyond that core element, it s continued to be the bane of my existence — at least while writing about the tech industry, chatting with friends, and watching the world around me strain to be more "Instagrammable."

The number of mobile subscribers in the Egyptian market increased in October, as the sector added about 421,900 new subscribers.

At the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018, Lenovo outlined its vision for this year s technological innovations. The new portfolio of intelligent devices will make reality better, from the pocket to the PC to the home, according to the company.

After grabbing eyeballs at its last outing in Barcelona, HMD Global is now all set to make another splash this year at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018, a senior executive teased. The company launched the nostalgic Nokia 3310 and showcased the first troopers from its army of Android smartphones at MWC 2017. And for the forthcoming convention, it is already rumoured to have a bunch of developments, including the Nokia 9 flagship as well as the Android Oreo (Go edition) based Nokia 1.

On the heels of its hottest year for SUV sales, Ford unveiled a new 2019 Edge midsize sport utility that targets upscale shoppers. The vehicle gets an aggressive cosmetic and technology overhaul.

At least that s if leaked shots of the handsets are legit. Popping up on Chinese website MyDrivers, the leaked images show a handset with the traditional rectangular shape of previous Xperia phones but now sporting a bezel-eating display that runs almost edge-to-edge, with the website claiming it will have a 5.7-inch 4K OLED panel.