Despite bad news about poor iPhone sales and lower Q1 revenue expectations for Apple, rumors about the company’s next generation of smartphones are already swirling in online forums and the press. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that the company is set to release three new phones in the fall, and the new line of phones may help Apple recover from its current sales slump. It’s worth keeping in mind that their release […]
Apple usually skips CES but is making its presence felt at the show through companies like Samsung and LG. Apple's finally opening up its services to TV makers -- and it's doing so at CES. Apple's never had an official presence at CES, opting instead to host its own flashy events to launch its newest products. While Apple often has executives roaming around the massive electronics trade show floor, it doesn't have […]
Connect shares the same fate as iTunes Ping Apple is giving up on its second attempt to create something of a social network within its music app. The company has informed artists that effective today, they can no longer post content to the Connect section of Apple Music. This page on Apple.com confirms the change, saying that “Connect posts from artists are no longer supported.” Credit to 9to5Macfor reporting the development. When it […]
Facebook’s video-on-demand service Facebook Watch is getting a trio of familiar classics: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly. The social network is teaming up with 20th Century Fox to bring every episode of the shows to Facebook starting today. The shows aren’t exclusive to Facebook — you can purchase episodes from a variety of places, and the episodes can be streamed on Hulu — but earlier this week, Facebook rolled out its Watch […]
The overhaul of Google Maps is continuing, this time with ETA sharing. After first introducing the feature in 2017, Google is giving users the ability to share their location and route in real-time with others on both Android and iOS devices—and through third-party messaging apps. Google Maps users will be able to show others their location by using the "Share trip progress" feature. It allows you to send your contacts a live look at […]
With NBCUniversal's help, the struggling social media giant preps more than a dozen original series for its 188 million users as it muscles into a crowded market. It's a sweltering mid-September afternoon in Altadena, California, but the Mountain View Mortuary has come alive with actors dressed in period garb. Director Suzi Yoonessi is about to yell "cut" on a pivotal scene for the new dark comedy The Dead Girls Detective Agency, […]
Although Microsoft MSFT -0.59% introduced new Windows 10 monthly charges, that has not improved the quality of its updates. In fact, Microsoft has just warned all Windows 10 users that its latest upgrade may permanently delete their personal data… Microsoft’s admission comes after angry Windows 10 users took to Reddit (1,2), Spiceworks and the company’s own support sitewarning others to urgently postpone the major 1809 update. And, worse still, it turns out this should’ve been preventable. For its […]
Twenty years ago this month, a pair of Stanford PhD students founded a search engine company based in their friend Susan’s Menlo Park garage. Initially named “BackRub,” Larry Page and Sergey Brin eventually thought better of it and opted for a misspelling of the term googol, denoting the number one followed by 100 zeros. To mark its 20th anniversary, Google’s peppering its properties with some fun Easter eggs, in addition to […]
Rumors of an Instagram regram function have circulated a number of times, and they were renewed this week when The Verge reported that the company was working on a reshare feature. But while Instagram initially told the site that it had no comment about the report, it is now saying that such a function is flat out "not happening." It told both The Verge and TechCrunch that it's neither building nor testing a regram feature. The […]
