Category: Internet

Music streaming subscriptions grew by nearly a third in 2019

Post author By Randall
Post date April 5, 2020
Categories In Amazon, amazon music, Apple, apple music, counterpoint research, Entertainment, Google, Internet, Music, services, spotify, streaming, Tech, tencent music, youtube music

[ad_1] Spotify still had a solid lead at the end of 2019 with 35 percent of subscriptions. However, its rivals are growing fast. Apple Music’s listener base grew 36 percent to give it 19 percent of streaming, while Amazon’s share grew by half to hit 15 percent. This put them comfortably ahead of rivals like […]

Apple TV Channels offers free Epix until May 2nd without signing up

Post author By Randall
Post date April 5, 2020
Categories In a&e, acorn tv, Apple, apple tv, coronavirus, covid-19, Entertainment, epix, history channel, Internet, Movies, services, showtime, smithsonian, smithsonian channel, streaming, Tech, Television, Tv

[ad_1] Apple is joining Roku and others in offering free access to premium TV, albeit with a slight twist. From now until May 2nd, Apple TV Channels is making Epix content free to watch without a subscription — you won’t have to sign up for a trial and risk racking up charges later. You’ll also […]

School districts ban Zoom over security concerns

Post author By Randall
Post date April 5, 2020
Categories In coronavirus, covid-19, education, gear, Internet, New York City, school, Security, students, teachers, teaching, Tech, zoom

[ad_1] The exact worries vary, although they tend to be a mix of tangible security and privacy problems with teachers and staff who may not be familiar with how Zoom works. There’s no end-to-end encryption for Zoom meetings, making it possible to intercept videoconferences. Teachers have also had to grapple with “Zoombombing” incidents where bad […]

ABC News Live starts streaming on Android TV and Fire TV

Post author By Randall
Post date April 5, 2020
Categories In abc news, abc news live, Amazon, android tv, apple tv, av, fire tv, gear, Google, Internet, Roku, services, streaming, Tech, Television, Tv

[ad_1] Accordingly, you can expect the redesign to reach the Apple TV and Roku apps in mid-April. And if you prefer local news, eight ABC-owned TV stations in major markets will have native apps for Android TV, Apple TV, Fire TV and Roku devices. Los Angeles’ KABC-TV will be the first to launch its app, […]

AMC’s free streaming TV includes ‘The Walking Dead’ and ‘MST3K’

Post author By Randall
Post date April 4, 2020
Categories In amc, av, Bbc, bbc america, coronavirus, covid-19, Entertainment, ifc, Internet, services, streaming, sundancetv, Tech, Television, The Walking Dead, Tv

[ad_1] AMC is joining the ranks of high-profile TV networks in streaming shows for free during the COVID-19 pandemic. To start, it’s making the first half of The Walking Dead‘s tenth season free to watch from the AMC website and apps until May 1st. IFC, meanwhile, is offering free full seasons of comedy shows throughout […]

Amazon reportedly in talks to test warehouse workers for COVID-19

Post author By Randall
Post date April 4, 2020
Categories In Amazon, business, coronavirus, covid-19, gear, health, Internet, medicine, Safety, Tech, warehouse, workers

[ad_1] Whether or not Amazon gets its way is another story. While Abbott and Thermo Fisher are willing to work with Amazon, according to the notes, demand from the US government is apparently taking up all their available capacity. Amazon was nonetheless hopeful that other companies would follow in its path if testing went ahead. […]

Google Search will highlight government’s COVID-19 announcements

Post author By Randall
Post date April 4, 2020
Categories In coronavirus, covid-19, Google, Internet, specialannouncements, Tech

[ad_1] A COVID-19 announcement will show up as a short summary that users can expand to show more details. Here’s what it currently looks like, but take note that the format can change in the future: The tech giant says it can’t show special announcements for non-health and non-government websites yet. However, the feature is […]

ESPN2 will air 12 hours of esports coverage on April 5th

Post author By Randall
Post date April 4, 2020
Categories In apex legends, av, coronavirus, covid-19, espn, espn2, esports, f1, formula 1, Games, Gaming, gear, Internet, madden nfl 20, nba 2k, personal computing, personalcomputing, rocket league, Tech, Television, Tv, Video Games

[ad_1] You can also expect to see the next phase of the NBA 2K Players Tournament at 6PM, when players like Devin Booker and Andre Drummond hitting the virtual basketball court. After that, much of the programming involves recaps. The first three hours of the marathon are recaps of Madden NFL 20 competitions like the […]

Zoom will enable waiting rooms by default to keep trolls out

Post author By Randall
Post date April 4, 2020
Categories In Internet, Security, Tech, zoom

[ad_1] Company CEO Eric S. Yuan recently promised to dedicate all of Zoom’s engineering resources to fixing its “biggest trust, safety, and privacy issues.” The platform notified users about the changes in an email, telling them that the new security measures need to be enforced to protect their privacy. Zoom will automatically include passwords in […]