Sure. Take that quiz about which hair-metal band is your spirit animal. Share a few snaps of your toddler at the beach and watch the likes pile up. Comment on that pointed political opinion from the classmate you haven’t seen since the Reagan administration. Just remember that your familiar, comforting online neighborhood — the people you care about most and those you only kinda like — exists entirely on a corporate planet that’s endlessly ravenous to know more about you and yours.

The Egyptian Company for Silicon Industries (Sico Egypt) managed to sell 50,000 units of its new Nile X phone. According to the CEO of the company, Mohamed Salem, the company is targeting sales of 1.3m units before the end of the year.

Jumia aims to increase its sales of mobile phones to 80,000 devices during its “Mobile Week” discounts, up from 30,000 during last year s week, according to Karim Ahmed, the company s e-marketing director. Ahmed said the company expects 10m website visits during the week, where it is offering discounts in partnership with Samsung, Xiaomi, Sico, and Soda.

The Communications and Information Technology Committee in Egypt’s House of Representatives last week discussed 27 articles of a draft law proposed by the government to combat cyber crimes, and is scheduled to continue deliberations this week. The committee agreed to amend definitions contained in Article 1 of the law, most prominently was the definition of the protection of personal data so that e-commerce companies adopt an information system that shows the source and destination of communications, the sender, route, time, date, volume, duration and the type of service in operation.

Celebrating International Women s Day, Truecaller released a report on receiving unwanted calls and reporting them based on gender. The results of the report showed that women around the world block 19% more unwanted calls than men. In Egypt, women receive unwanted calls 30% more than women in other regions. Egyptian women are 26% more likely to block these calls compared to men.

Samsung released an infographic chart showing a timeline of development of smartphone cameras. Daily News Egypt reviews the timeline spanning 18 years of Samsung innovation. Samsung s first camera phone, model SCH-V200 was released in South Korea in 2000. The phone allowed people to take up to 20 photos, equipped with a 0.35 MP camera.

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yasser El-Kady said that some applications downloaded on smartphones and computers are an opportunity for “terrorists” to know the data of persons who use the application and all of their relatives and coworkers. During a workshop entitled “Facing the promotion of terrorist ideology and countering it”, organised by the Ministry of Justice, El-Kady said that he does not use the Truecaller app is it reveals all the information of its users. “I have the minister of justice s number on my mobile; the app will give away the number to anyone with access to my phone,” he added.

Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yasser al-Qadi said on Monday that Egypt is taking concrete steps towards establishing a social networking platform similar to Facebook, without however providing any further details regarding the project. He explained that the period after the January 25 revolution in 2011, but more so recently, has witnessed a great deal of interaction between citizens through social media.

Government-owned Telecom Egypt has allegedly been redirecting internet users to crypto mining sites, or displaying ads to secretly gain money, according to a report published by security researchers at the University of Toronto on Friday. According to the report titled, “Bad Traffic: Sandvine’s PacketLogic Devices Used to Deploy Government Spyware in Turkey and Redirect Egyptian Users to Affiliate Ads?,” researchers revealed that “deep packet inspection (DPI) middleboxes” are used to reportedly “hijack Egyptian internet users’ encrypted web connections en masse, as well as divert the users to revenue generating content like affiliate ads and browser cryptocurrency mining scripts,” the report said.

Mona al-Khodairy dreamed of breaking the long-held practice in Egypt of restricting certain jobs to men. Her dream evolved into an even bigger goal: to give women new employment opportunities. While playing a vital role in safeguarding the environment. Khodairy, a graduate from the Faculty of Engineering in Assiut, launched a startup, Ecotaqa, at age 26. It aimed to help solve the problem of energy shortages and solid waste management in Egypt by expanding biogas production. The technique uses organic materials from agricultural waste and animal manure, breaking them down in the absence of oxygen to produce an energy that can be used as cooking gas.

Samsung announced its new flagship phones, the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, at the end of February during the Mobile World Congress, which was held in Barcelona and concluded two days ago. The company set the fourth week of this month as the date for officially launching the smartphones in Egypt, according to a company official. According to a Samsun official speaking to Daily News Egypt, the company has now made pre-booking of the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ available in cooperation with a number of major sales chains such as Raya and B.Tech, in addition to a number of e-commerce sites.

Telecom Egypt (TE) announced its financial results for the year 2017, according to consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Egyptian accounting standards. The company achieved unprecedented financial and operational performance, especially after the successful launch of its WE mobile network. The company s total consolidated revenues for the fiscal year (FY) that ended on 31 December 2017 amounted to EGP 18.6bn, a 33% increase over the previous year. The increase is 13%, adjusting for exchange rate differences. Profit before interest, tax, and depreciation reached EGP 5.2bn, up by 36% from last year, and marking a profit margin of 28%. The net profit after taxes amounted to EGP 3.2bn compared to EGP 2.7bn in 2016, reflecting a growth rate of 18% with a profit margin of 17%.

Egypt s Communication and Mobile Syndicate (CMS) threatened to sue the three mobile network operators (MNOs)—Vodafone, Etisalat, and Orange—if they do not compensate mobile phone retailers after the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) banned sales of new mobile lines through distributors as of March. The syndicate has granted the three MNOs a grace period until 20 March to settle the issue before it takes legal measures against them.

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Yasser El-Kady is set to inaugurate a fibre optics factory in Badr city on Tuesday. The plant is owned by HitekNofal Solutions and the Chinese Hengtong Group with investments up to $15m. An informed source at HitekNofal Solutions said that the plant will be established on three stages, the first of which would involve investments of $15m. The total investments spanning the three phases amount to $30m with a production capacity of 8,000 kilometres of cable per year.

Samsung launched its new Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ phones on 25 February during the 2018 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. You can now book your mobile through B.Tech branches or on their official website for only a EGP 300 down payment to gain priority for receiving the latest Samsung phone. B.Tech is launching the new Samsung Galaxy S9 for EGP 15,200, and you can pay for it through several installment programmes. The first programme enables you to pay over six months with a EGP 2,876 payment each month without a down payment. The second enables you to pay along nine months, with EGP 2,031 paid monthly, also without a down payment.

Nokia has announced the launch of four new smartphones, adding them to its award-winning smartphone portfolio, including the Nokia 8 Series, Nokia 7 Plus, the new Nokia 6 and the Nokia 1 each phone is robust. In addition to the launch of these new Android-enabled smartphones, Nokia will re-launch the legendary Nokia 8110 with 4G capability as well as modern applications such as Google Assistant, Google Maps, Google Search, Facebook, and Twitter.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday wades into a major privacy rights fight between Microsoft Corp(MSFT.O ) and the Justice Department, weighing whether US law allows prosecutors to compel technology companies to hand over data stored overseas. The nine justices will hear arguments in a case that pits the interests of tech companies and privacy advocates in safeguarding customer data against the deman

The number of mobile service subscribers increased in November by 0.88% compared to October, bringing the number of mobile service users to about 100.7 million, compared to 99.8 million in October 2017. On the other hand, the total number of internet users in Egypt declined in November by 2.1% compared to October 2017, as the number of internet services declined from 35.7 million in October 2017 to reach 34.95 million in November.

The first charging station for electric cars in Egypt and North Africa was opened at a gas station on the Cairo-Suez desert road. The inauguration ceremony was attended by high-ranking officials, including Minister of Trade and Industry Tareq Qabil and the Chief of Staff he Egypt’s National Petroleum Company. “This event is the cornerstone for the launch of electric cars in Egypt,” said Qabil, stressing that the government will now make an effort to equip Egyptian cities with electric charging technology.

Snapchat is responding to a massive movement by its users, who weren t pleased with the social media app s redesign.

Minister of Communications Yasser al-Kadi affirmed on Monday that Egypt will soon begin exporting the new Egyptian-made smartphone, SICO. During Monday evening’s press conference which announced the launch of SICO, Kadi told reporters that there are currently five production lines for the phone, located in Assiut governorate. He also urged Egyptians to buy the locally-produced phone.