[ad_1] The study made it clear that YouTube is hardly a phenomenon restricted to the US. All together, the high-subscriber channels (those with at least 250,000 subscribers) analyzed by Pew produced a total of a quarter-million videos in the first week of January 2019. Of those videos, only 17 percent were fully in English. While […]
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Amazon asks police to advertise Ring cameras as part of partnerships
[ad_1] In the case of Lakeland, Florida’s police department, Amazon donated 15 camera-equipped doorbells and started a program encouraging Lakeland residents to download Neighbors, Ring’s neighborhood watch app. Every qualifying download counted as $10 toward the cost of another free doorbell. In return, Lakeland PD not only advertised Neighbors and Ring through “outreach efforts,” but […]
Google’s hardware division is recovering from slow Pixel 3 sales
[ad_1] As usual, Alphabet’s press release doesn’t say a whole lot about the more interesting parts of its business — for that, we’ll have to wait for the company’s call with investors, which starts at 4:30PM ET. We’re listening in and will update this post with anything we learn. A few other tidbits worth noting: […]
Apple buys the ‘majority’ of Intel’s smartphone modem business
[ad_1] The arrangement still gives Intel the ability to develop modems for computers, Internet of Things devices and self-driving cars. It’s not completely out of the cellular chipset business, then, it’s just scaling back. This will let the chip designer focus on 5G in spaces where it “most closely aligns” with what its customers want. […]
Save $250 on a Vizio Soundbar with Dolby Atmos
[ad_1] Vizio SB46514-F6 Soundbar Street price: $950; deal price: $700 Down to $700 from a street price of around $950, this is a new low that we expect to see more regularly on this soundbar. This new top pick includes built in Bluetooth and Chromecast for music streaming, as well as a connection panel with […]
Apple’s rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro may ditch the flaky keyboard
[ad_1] This is just the latest rumor to come from Kuo. He previously predicted that the 16-inch MacBook Pro will arrive before the end of this year. He also believes future Macs, coming in 2020, will use the scissor mechanism rather than the butterfly mechanism. That wouldn’t be surprising, given all the complaints over Apple’s […]
Democratic hopeful Tulsi Gabbard sues Google over alleged censorship
[ad_1] According to The New York Times, after the first debate, Gabbard was briefly the most searched-for candidate on Google. Purchasing ads would have helped the campaign get its website at the top of the search results, Tulsi Now Inc. said. The campaign team also believes its emails were being placed in Gmail spam folders […]
Discord introduces a better way to organize servers
[ad_1] Starting today, there’s an easier way to organize your servers on chat platform Discord: folders. If you’re a member of many Discord servers, you’ll know that organizing them is a bit of a pain. Previously, you could move server icons in your sidebar to reorder them, but if you had more than 10 or […]
Twitter teams up with NBC for live 2020 Olympics coverage
[ad_1] NBC previously worked with Snapchat for the 2018 Winter Games, offering some live coverage and highlights packages through the Discover tab. Still, this is the biggest step the Comcast subsidiary has taken to date in terms of allowing a partner to use live Olympics video, the New York Times notes. There’s an interactive element […]
The best (and mostly free) apps to help you keep up in class
[ad_1] Photomath Some people have keen, mathematical minds and can intuitively grasp complex relationships between numbers. Others, uh, aren’t so great at it. If you fall into that latter camp, you’re in good company, and Photomath might be able to help. Once you’ve installed it, all you have to do is snap a photo of […]