Innovations

September 25, 2020 - 11:23 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook said on Thursday, September 24 that it had removed several hundred fake accounts linked to Russian military intelligence and other Kremlin-backed actors involved in previous efforts to interfere in the politics of several countries, including Armenia. The largest network...

September 24, 2020 - 18:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Microsoft will release a new, flat-price version of its Office productivity software in 2021, moving away from the subscription service model it introduced earlier this year, CNet reports citing a blog post from the company. The post only includes one line about the software, but...

September 22, 2020 - 17:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A new crop of emoji has just been approved by the Unicode Consortium. They probably won’t reach your phone until 2021, but they’re clearly influenced by the chaos of 2020, whether it’s “face exhaling” (clearly exhausted), “face in clouds” (smoke?), or “heart on fire” (self-explana...

September 22, 2020 - 13:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - When Apple unveiled iOS 14, it quietly noted that this version of the operating system finally lets users set their own default apps for email and web browsing. Google already updated Chrome on iOS so that those who’ve installed the new OS since it was released can set the Google ...

September 18, 2020 - 18:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - TikTok will be removed from U.S. app stores from Sunday, September 20as Washington implements executive orders from President Donald Trump that also target WeChat, a Chinese social media app, Financial Times reports. The U.S. commerce department, which announced the move on Frida...

September 17, 2020 - 19:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia startup Krisp has been included in the Forbes' Cloud 100 Rising Stars, which recognizes 20 startups on the cutting edge of the industry, all with the potential to be among tomorrow’s top private cloud companies. Krisp Technologies uses AI to remove background noise from v...

August 26, 2020 - 15:35 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The IT sector accounted for 2․4% of Armenia's GDP in 2019, Minister of High-Tech Industry Hakob Arshakyan has revealed. The country's economy expanded by 7.6% in the previous year. "We believe that the privileges enjoyed by the high-tech industry are relevant and justified," Arshaky...

September 2, 2020 - 15:18 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - LG said on Wednesday, September 2 that it will be officially announcing something called the Explorer Project in two weeks. The Explorer Project is the brand's new lineup of products which should deliver "distinctive and yet unexplored usability experiences," according to LG. The f...

September 1, 2020 - 15:29 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Apple Inc. has asked suppliers to build at least 75 million 5G iPhones for later this year, roughly in line with last year’s launch, Bloomberg reports. Demand for the company’s most important product could be holding up in the midst of the global pandemic and recession. The Cupert...

August 27, 2020 - 13:56 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - A Tumo Center has opened in the Russian capital of Moscow to become the third overseas hub for creative technologies established outside Armenia. Paris and Beirut already host one such center each, while Berlin and Tirana are next in line. 2000 young people will attend after-school ...