Twitter is making its reply-limiting feature available to all users starting today, and it’s for real this time: You can finally say goodbye to the reply guys. The company’s director of product management, Suzanne Xie, writes in a blog post published Tuesday that the feature is part of the platform’s efforts to give people more […]
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Google updates remote learning tools on Meet and Classroom
Google for Education has announced a robust set of updates that will enhance Google Meet, Google Classroom and other aspects of the service. The updates were unveiled at Google’s The Anywhere School event but if you missed the product keynote, here’s what you need to know about Google’s new tools to facilitate learning in 2020. […]
Mozilla is laying off around 250 employees as part of major restructuring
Mozilla Corporation CEO Mitchell Baker said their pre-Covid plan for 2020 already included a great deal of change but thanks to the virus, that plan is no longer sustainable. Like many, Mozilla is feeling the economic impact brought about by the global pandemic and sees no other choice but to reduce the size of its […]
Microsoft opens xCloud game streaming beta early tomorrow
Microsoft is permitting Xbox Sport Move Final subscribers to strive its new sport streaming function (xCloud) early tomorrow, August 11th. The software program large will launch a brand new model of the Xbox Sport Move beta app for Android, which incorporates sport streaming. Whereas the sport streaming function, recognized beforehand as xCloud, might be formally […]
Apple’s first watchOS 7 public beta is now available
Apple has released the first public beta for watchOS 7. You can start the process of downloading the software by visiting the Apple’s website. While Apple has for years allowed people to check out its tentpole iOS and macOS updates before they’re publicly available, 2020 is the first year that it has done a public […]
E Ink shows off a foldable e-reader prototype you can take notes on
The E Ink Corporation has shown off its latest foldable e-reader prototype, which has a huge 10.3-inch screen. We’ve seen dual-screen devices with E Ink tech in the past, and this prototype takes a slightly different approach. It has buttons down one side and a seemingly robust hinge, along with fold-down lightbars at the top […]
People are still spending record amounts on gaming in the US this year
According to The NPD Group’s Q2 2020 Games Market Dynamics report, consumer spending on video games in the US was up 30 percent year-over-year in the second quarter (April – June), reaching a record $11.6 billion, and up seven percent sequentially versus the $10.9 billion spent in the first three months of the year. Breaking […]
Microsoft’s Surface Duo may launch with AT&T
Well-known leaker Evan Blass has shared (via Windows Central) a batch of renders for the Surface Duo while claiming the dual-screen Android device will launch with AT&T. He didn’t provide release details or pricing, but it’s safe to say that monthly payments could make it easier to justify the unique clamshell device. Windows Central has […]
Apple is ‘bullying’ small developer Prepear for using a pear in its logo
Apple has filed a notice of opposition against a meal prep company because it claims the Prepear app’s cartoon fruit logo in this case, a pear is too close to Apple’s own trademarked logo which is, of course, an apple. The company claims the pear logo would “cause dilution of the distinctiveness” of the Apple […]
Huawei says it’s running out of chips for its smartphones because of US sanctions
Chinese tech giant Huawei is running out of processor chips to make smartphones because of U.S. sanctions and will be forced to stop production of its own most advanced chips, a company executive says, in a sign of growing damage to Huawei’s business from American pressure. Huawei Technologies Ltd. one of the biggest producers of […]
Twitter and TikTok reportedly have had talks about a deal
Twitter has had preliminary discussions about a “combination” with TikTok, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that San Francisco-based Twitter had preliminary talks about a potential combination with TikTok, the popular video-sharing app, citing people familiar with the matter. According to the Journal, it was unclear whether Twitter will pursue a deal with TikTok, which […]
TikTok may sue White House over ban as soon as August 11th
An NPR source claims TikTok will file a lawsuit against the Trump administration as soon as August 11th. The suit will contend that the executive order is unconstitutional as it violated TikTok’s due process right to respond, and that the national security rationale behind the order is based on “pure speculation and conjecture,” according to […]
Toshiba officially exits the PC business
Toshiba was the first company to bring a laptop computer to market in 1985, known as the T1100. Toshiba is leaving the PC business behind. In 2018, Toshiba saw the writing on the wall for its PC business, as it sold a majority stake (80.1%) to Sharp. Sharp, which now operates under Foxconn’s conglomerate umbrella, […]
TikTok launches an app for Fire TV
TikTok is no longer just for your phone: the company is launching an app for Fire TV called “More on TikTok.” “We’ve been thinking through what the adoption of streaming devices like Fire TV means for connecting with our users and how we can offer them more dynamic experiences, and we feel bringing our content […]
Trump executive order seeks to ban TikTok, WeChat ‘transactions’ in 45 days
President Trump has issued orders that would prohibit “any transaction by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States,” with the companies. “The spread in the United States of mobile applications developed and owned by companies in the People’s Republic of China (China) continues to threaten the […]