Month: February 2020

A new project called GameSnacks is launching today from Google’s in-house incubator, Area 120, with the goal of bringing fast-loading, casual online games to users in developing markets. Billions of people are coming online through mobile devices. But they’re often on low memory devices with expensive data plans, and struggle with unreliable network connections. That
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The GSMA, the organization behind MWC, the world’s largest mobile trade show, has announced that it is officially canceling the show. MWC usually attracts over 100,000 attendees from 200 countries to Barcelona. This year’s show was supposed to take place on February 24-27. Several publications received a statement about the cancellation. “The GSMA has cancelled
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  Microsoft’s Project xCloud games streaming service is coming to the iPhone and iPad in a limited availability TestFlight preview. Project xCloud is Microsoft’s Xbox cloud gaming service, which enables users to play Xbox games on their smartphones. The games are streamed from Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing centers. The service has been available for public
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Undisclosed influencer marketing posts on social media should trigger financial penalties, according to a statement released today by the Federal Trade Commission’s Rohit Chopra. The FTC has just voted 5-0 to approve a Federal Register notice calling for public comments on questions related to whether The Endorsement Guides for advertising need to be updated. “When
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Affiliate Disclosure: By buying the products we recommend, you help keep the site alive. Read more. In an effort to help you streamline your Instagram, the social network has added categories to Following. This new feature lets you see whose posts you’re seeing often and which accounts you’re interacting with the least. Helping you decide
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  Apple may be shifting production of the “iPhone SE 2” to Taiwan while “iPhone 12” production could slip behind schedule, according to questionable speculation from within the supply chain. Foxconn factories remain understaffed to deal with the coronavirus outbreak As the Coronavirus continues to move across mainland China, electronic manufacturers struggle to maintain the
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They stood, they cheered, they booed and they boozed. Turns out, e-sports fans in New York aren’t much different from their traditional sports counterparts. Packing a nearly 2,000-seat venue across the street from Madison Square Garden, those supporters validated the theory behind the Overwatch League’s ambitious global vision. “This event is everything we could have
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Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg will meet the EU’s digital and industry chiefs on February 17, EU officials said on Tuesday, days before the two Commissioners present proposals to rein in US tech giants and Chinese rivals. In addition to European Competition and Digital Commissioner Margrethe Vestager and Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, Zuckerberg will
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London police started using facial recognition cameras on Tuesday to automatically scan for wanted people, as authorities adopt the technology that has raised concerns about increased surveillance and erosion of privacy. Surveillance cameras mounted on a blue police van monitored people coming out of a shopping center in Stratford, in east London. Signs warned that
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  Starting February 11, Apple Card cardholders are now able to export their Apple Card transactions into the OFX file format and import their data into third-party financial management apps. In January 2020, Apple gave Apple Card cardholders the ability to export their monthly transactions to CSV —comma separated value —formats. Now, they’ve added the
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