Popsicle? Popcorn? Another P-word treat? Google may be planning to launch the newest version of Android later this month — and finally tell us what that P stands for. On Thursday, serial tipster Evan Blass tweeted an image of a calendar with a P marked on Aug. 20, suggesting Google has plans for the operating …
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Facebook and its Instagram photo service remain popular places for neo-Nazis and white supremacists to sell merchandise championing an ethnostate, according to a report. Children’s T-shirts bearing slogans such as “White baby — the future of our race” and magazines supporting Nazi ideology are available on the social networks, HuffPost reported on Thursday. Facebook reportedly removed White Rex, a Russian-owned neo-Nazi brand, …
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Facebook is putting WhatsApp to work. WhatsApp said Wednesday that it’s expanding the ways businesses can connect with people on the popular Facebook-owned messaging app. But businesses will have to pay to send certain messages, marking the free app’s first major move to pull in revenue. Businesses will be able to do things like provide real-time customer service and send …
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Now you can check Yelp to see if a business welcomes all people. The reviews site is partnering with the Movement Advancement Project to promote awareness of nondiscrimination laws and defend “the bedrock principle that when businesses open their doors to the public, they should be Open to All,” Yelp said in a blog post. A business can sign up …
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PepsiCo got a court order in India to have social networks take down posts that say the company’s Kurkure corn puffs contain plastic. PepsiCo obtained an interim order from the Delhi High Court to block these posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube, reported Indian site Medianama. The defamation suit reportedly applies to years worth of posts on the social …
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Facebook has deleted or blocked 362 posts over the past six months to comply with Germany’s new law against hate speech. Germany kicked off 2018 with a strict law against online hate speech. The law allows for fines against tech companies, such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, of up to $58 million (£44 million, AU$79 million) if they don’t remove offending …
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“The phone of the future will be differentiated by software.” A decade later, in the era of iOS and Android, that prediction by Steve Jobs has come true. Jointly published Wednesday by The Information and Wall Street Journal, an audio interview from 2008 reveals the Apple CEO’s thoughts on the future of mobile phones when Apple’s App Store was barely …
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We could be watching movies on Walmart’s rumored video-streaming service by the end of this year. The big box giant plans to launch a subscription video platform through its Vudu division, Variety reported on Thursday. The news follows a similar report earlier this week that Walmart was considering a video service to go up against Netflix and e-commerce rival Amazon. Vudu …
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It looks like Disney will get the X-Men, while Comcast shifts its focus to the UK. Comcast on Thursday confirmed it’ll no longer pursue 21st Century Fox, focusing instead on its bid for UK broadcaster Sky. “I’d like to congratulate Bob Iger and the team at Disney and commend the Murdoch family and Fox for creating such a desirable and …
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Prime Day deals have officially come Whole Foods, as Amazon’s annual discount marathon has expanded to physical grocery aisles and Amazon’s own online grocery offerings. Amazon and Whole Foods Market on Tuesday said that Prime members will get a $10 account credit on Amazon for Prime Day when they spend $10 at Whole Foods Market from July 11 through July …
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