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Apple Clears Germany of New iPhones

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The Tech Giant Apple did not have a pretty good start for the year 2019 as two of company’s model iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 have been banned from sale in its retail German stores. Apple removed two models after an injunction was issued by a Munich court in relation with a patent lawsuit brought by California based chipmaker Qualcomm. This patent conflict involves smart phone power management technology that extends battery life. Insight In to the Patent Infringement Case The renowned chipmaker company posted around $1.5 Billion in a security obligation to effectuate a German Court decision from 20 th  December that levied precursory injunctions on iPhone 7 and iPhone 8. According to a report by MacRumors, Qualcomm posted security bonds to cover probable damages that Apple might experience while appealing the iPhone ban in Germany. The Munich Court supported Qualcomm after finding that Apple had infringed Qualcomm Smartphone power saving technology in two of its models, iPhone 7...

WhatsApp announced Message forwarding restriction to check rumors and fake news

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Latest WhatsApp Updates In an attempt to manage the spread of fake news and rumors that are alleged to have triggered a series of horrific lynching incidents, Whatsapp recently announced some new features in the app. These include: The number of people whom you can forward a message has been limited to 20. This means that from a single account a message can be forwarded only 20 times. Post that forwarding option will be disabled for that message. In India, where people forward more videos, messages and photos as compared to other countries this restriction has been set a lower limit of  5 forwards . In addition the Tech Giant also alleged to  remove the quick forward button  next to media messages. Whatsapp has added a feature that enabled users to forward multiple chats at once, a few years ago. Earlier in the month of July this year, Whatsapp launched a ‘ forward label’ to identify if the message is original  or has been forwarded. These latest What...