The 'Pregnancy wireless' Router Setting Controversy in China

  
Two Chinese tech firms have clashed over a new wireless router with a special setting for pregnant women.

Qihoo 360 unveiled the device, an upgrade to an existing product, which has three settings it describes on its website as wall penetration, balance and "pregnant women".

The third setting reduces radiation emitted by the router by 70%, the firm claims.

However, tech giant Xiaomi has accused Qihoo of scare-marketing.

Xiaomi said in a post on social media site Weibo "The so-called pregnancy mode is just a marketing tactic. Wi-fi usage is safe, so please rest assured when using it."

Zhou Hongyi, Qihoo's chief executive, said at Qihoo's P1 launch event that the firm was "targeting people who are afraid of radiation", reported the South China Morning Post.

The two firms are fierce rivals, and Xiaomi has also recently launched a new router product, which offers six terabytes of storage and high-speed connections but does not include this setting.

Text Walking Lane, An Innovative Initiative or A Public Stunt?

Sending text messages in the centre of the Belgian city of Antwerp has become relatively safer. Authorities of the city has provided dedicated temporary "text walking lanes" so that people texting do not collide with pedestrians.

The initiative is the brainchild of a smartphone store based in the city. It says that a significant number of mobile phone breakages happen because of "text walking" collisions.

The US Census Bureau show that there are about 7.2 billion people in the world, compared 7.5 billion mobile devices according to figures released by mobile operators and associated companies. 

There are now believed to be more mobile phones in the world than people.

A spokesman for Mlab, a smart phone laboratory based in Antwerp, was quoted by Yahoo News as saying,

YouTube Gaming and App Coming Soon

YouTube is launching a dedicated site and app for gaming in it's latest attempt to take on Amazon-owned streaming service Twitch.

Google - owners of YouTube - is said to have made a bid for Twitch last year, only to be beaten to it by Amazon's $970m (£620m) offer.

The search giant said the service would launch later this summer.

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