Google Phone app beta rolls out “Audio Emoji”, letting callers select an emoji to play animated sound effects: clapping, laughing, party, crying, poop, sting
The Google Phone app is picking up a new trick, with the app now rolling out “Audio Emoji” to some users.
Netflix lists its rules and exemptions to prevent password sharing, including that all devices should be on the same “primary” Wi-Fi at least once every 31 days
After months of warning subscribers that anti-password sharing measures were coming to Netflix, the company appears to be finally set to unleash them.
Sources: Apple is working on an iPad-based smart display, with smart home controls, video, and FaceTime, and a new Apple TV with a faster processor for H1 2024
Apple Inc. is working on a slate of devices aimed at challenging Amazon.com Inc. and Google in the smart-home market …
A look at Intel's struggles with launching Sapphire Rapids, once slated for mid-2022, which the company says has led to changes in product design and testing
Adobe's Figma deal raises big questions about its M&A whack-a-mole strategy in response to free alternatives; the deal is 50x Figma's reported 2022 ARR of $400M
Bryce Elder / Financial Times : Tweets: @amaldorai , @workmj , @bitech , @ohmdee , and @hkanji Tweets: Amal Dorai / @amaldorai : I'm not surprised that Adobe is acquiring Figma fo...
Google cancels seven out of 14 projects in its Area 120 incubator, including Qaya, which offered storefronts for creators, and shifts to only AI-first projects
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, speaking at the Code Conference last week, suggested the tech company needed to become 20% more efficient …
SVP Prabhakar Raghavan says Google's studies show younger users often use apps like Instagram and TikTok instead of Google Search or Maps for discovery purposes
The TikTok threat to Google's business isn't just limited to YouTube, as it turns out. Core Google services, including Search and Maps …
macOS Ventura will ask for permission before USB-C devices can communicate with “portable” M1 and M2 computers; chargers, displays, and approved hubs are exempt
Alongside Pixel 6, Google unveils Wait Times, which lists the current hold time for a customer support number, Hold for Me, Direct My Call, and more
Richard Lawler / The Verge :
Q&A with Google executives on the Pixel 6's new Tensor SoC, which has two big ARM Cortex-X1 cores, 2 medium cores, and 4 efficiency cores
Learn more about the Google Tensor from the people that designed it. — The Pixel 6 is official, with a wild new camera design, incredible pricing, and the new Android 12 OS.
Survey of 1,200 US adults: 66% view Facebook favorably, down from 71% in 2020, compared to 79% for Apple (down 2%), 87% for Amazon (down 4%), and 90% for Google
The dismantling of digital advertising based on personal data and cookies is reshaping revenue plans for ad and tech industries, publishers, and small companies
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Apple won the Epic battle but is too arrogant to see that it still has to make some major App Store changes to both appease the courts and please developers
I hadn't seen one part and will modify the post accordingly. https://twitter.com/... Jens-Fabian Goetzmann / @mrjefago : Here's another, more in-depth analysis why the Epic vs Appl...
Epic has filed an appeal to Friday's ruling in its lawsuit against Apple with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
but it's not done fighting yet Alex Tsiaoussidis / dexerto.com : Epic Games appeals after Apple wins Fortnite lawsuit Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider : Epic Games files to appeal rulin...
Court issues permanent injunction in Epic vs. Apple, ruling that Apple can't prohibit developers from linking to external purchase options in addition to IAP
The order opens up a new avenue for purchases on the iPhone — Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers issued a permanent injunction …
Apple won the Epic battle but is too arrogant to see that it still has to make some major App Store changes to both appease the courts and please developers
Apple v. Epic indeed... It depends on what your definition of a link is. Or really, in some ways, what your definition of the internet is.
iOS 15 beta 6 adds an option to show Safari's address bar at the top, while displaying some buttons like back, forward, and share in a bottom toolbar
YouTube introduces new search features, including viewing video chapters directly on the search page and better recommendations for translated videos
YouTube announced two feature updates today to make it easier for people to find the content they're looking for on the platform.
Apple says FaceTime's SharePlay feature, heavily promoted during WWDC, will not be released in iOS 15, arriving instead in a later update
Apple has made the decision to delay the launch of its new SharePlay feature in iOS 15. The new feature will be available in a later update to iOS 15 …
Microsoft says Windows 11 requires a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip, excluding a significant number of Windows 10 computers from upgrading to the new OS
Even some three year old computers may not be able to run the OS. — Traditionally, we think of Windows as the operating system …