Google Stadia intends to offer a streaming service for video games, but those who pay for a subscription will only receive roughly one free game a month. The original promotional material for Google Stadia presented it as a service that many believed could become the Netflix for video games, but later information has proven that association […]
In a newly-published blog post, the YouTube Music team announced a new feature that lets its mobile app users (on iOS and Android) “seamlessly” switch between song playback and corresponding music videos. So, if you’re midway through a song and suddenly decide you’d like to watch its official video, you can simply tap the “Video” […]
French tech manufacturer Parrot is exiting the mini drone market, the company confirmed this week. https://twitter.com/signe/status/1151945961696047104?s=21 A spokesperson for Parrot confirmed to The Verge. “Parrot has stopped the production and development of any drone but the Anafi and its variations,” the spokesperson said, adding that the company no longer has any Mambo or Swing drones […]
Google’s latest homepage Doodle is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, with an animated video commemorating the historic occasion. Google recruited Apollo 11 command module pilot Michael Collins to narrate the video. The video is longer than a usual Google Doodle, almost five minutes, but it’s worth it for Collins’ […]
Instagram has detailed some changes for its account disable policy today. Under its policy, it disables accounts which have a certain percentage of violating content. A new policy is now being rolled out where aside from removing the accounts with a certain percentage of violating content, it will also remove accounts that have a certain […]
Huawei reportedly wants to keep using Google’s Android operating system in its phones instead of jumping to its self-developed Hongmeng system. Senior Vice President Catherine Chen told reporters in Brussels yesterday that Hongmeng is not designed for smartphones and that Huawei plans to continue using Android, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reports. Chen apparently said […]
Slack said it is resetting passwords for approximately one percent of user accounts in response to new information about a 2015 security breach. The team collaboration software maker revealed in January that it had more than 10 million daily active users. One percent of 10 million is 100,000 users. Slack in today’s notice said the […]
Microsoft posted the fourth quarter of its 2019 financial results today, reporting revenue of $33.7 billion and net income of $13.2 billion. Both are big increases year-over-year, setting a new record fiscal year for Microsoft. The results also come as Microsoft continues to be valued as a $1 trillion company thanks to the company’s market […]
Instagram has expanded its test of removing like counts and appears to have restricted the test even further by showing no likes at all. For the past several months, Instagram was running a test in Canada that hid likes from public view. The platform is now hiding Likes and video views for select users in […]
Appearing right on time during the week of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, here’s the first trailer for Snoopy in Space, an educational Peanuts show made exclusively for the upcoming Apple TV+ streaming service. Apple has offered an early look at its Apple TV+ Peanuts cartoons with a short trailer for […]
Just ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, you’ll have another way to tune into NASA TV’s live stream. Hulu will carry the feed on its live TV service as of July 19th, and a selection of video-on-demand material will arrive on the platform this week. _________________| ,————– | | | […]
Netflix just released its financial results for the second quarter of 2019, and a number that jumps out is that its service grew by 2.7 million subscribers. That’s a problem for shareholders because in its last report, the company predicted it would be up about 5 million in Q2, and in the US it actually […]
Microsoft scored a deal to provide AT&T with cloud services in support of non-network applications and the carrier’s deepening push into the cloud. The multi-year agreement is reportedly valued at more than $2 billion. For AT&T, the move is part of becoming a “public cloud first” company, which is marketing speak for a broader initiative […]
The EU’s Competition Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon to investigate whether the company is using sales data to gain an unfair advantage over smaller sellers on the Marketplace platform. The Commission says it will look into Amazon’s agreements with marketplace sellers, as well as how Amazon uses data to choose which […]
Facebook’s reported $5 billion settlement with the FTC isn’t even official yet, but that isn’t stopping politicians from bristling at it. Senators Richard Blumenthal, Josh Hawley and Ed Markey have sent a letter to the FTC requesting answers about the rumored settlement, expressing worries that the penalty would be “woefully inadequate” given privacy violations like […]