CnTechPost Staff

The global smartphone market will be adversely impacted by the slowing GDP growth and the plunging consumer spending after the outbreak of novel coronavirus, with smartphone shipments in China expected to be 5% less than previously anticipated, said Strategy Analytics.

In order to improve gaming performance, Red Devil 3, released last April, became the first smartphone with built-in fans. On the upcoming Red Devil 5G smartphone, this technology may be re-used, for charging.

The National Health Commission of China held a press conference this afternoon to introduce the health protection of pregnant women, infants, and childcare institutions during the new coronary pneumonia epidemic prevention and control.

As the epidemic of the new coronavirus is getting worse, fake news related to it is spreading rapidly. To help curb the spread of misinformation, Facebook and Google have taken steps on their own services.

A book of guidelines on the prevention of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus has been published by the People's Medical Publishing House, according to Xinhua News Agency.

Chinese technology giant Tencent announced on Saturday the launch of a new coronary pneumonia self-examination tool to help users who experience symptoms such as fever and cough to self-evaluate their illness and make medical arrangements.

Medical journal "New England Medical Journal" (NEJM) published a number of papers on new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) cases online on Friday, one of which introduced the diagnosis and treatment process and clinical manifestations of the first confirmed case in the United States.

Didi Cloud, the cloud computing arm of China's largest ride hailing platform Didi Chuxing, said on Saturday that it will offer GPU cloud computing resources and technical support for combating the new coronavirus to domestic scientific research institutions, medical and rescue platforms, for free.

Apple retail stores in China will be temporarily closed from now until 24:00 on February 9 based on recent public health and prevention considerations, an announcement on Apple China's official website showed.

Huawei shipped 4 million tablets in the fourth quarter of 2019 for a year-over-year decline of 2.8%, as the worldwide tablet market declined, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC).