Tim Armstrong, the CEO of Verizon’s digital-media unit Oath, suggested that Go90, Verizon’s free mobile video app, may be dismantled.  The shows and programs in Go90 will be redistributed inside Oath’s different distribution outlets, like HuffPost and Yahoo Finance, Armstrong said, adding that Go90’s identity is morphing into that of a content engine and library …

Google wants you to be able to do more things directly from your email, like answering a survey or scheduling an appointment. To make that happen, the search giant said Tuesday, it’s bringing its Accelerate Mobile Pages, or AMP, technology to Gmail, which has more than a billion users. “This new spec will be a powerful way for developers to …

It doesn’t seem that long ago that owning a mobile phone meant roping yourself into a two-year carrier contract, to the tune of at least $70 per month. Barf. These days, you can skip the contract and pay considerably less, especially if you choose an MVNO — a mobile virtual network operator. These carriers lease bandwidth from the Big Four …

SoundCloud expects to have hundreds of thousands of artists in payment program SoundCloud Premier in the next couple years, CEO Kerry Trainor said in an interview Tuesday.   The invite-only program launched in 2014 to begin paying back artists a share of revenue for ads that run alongside their audio. At launch, the company said its goal ultimately was to …

As major tech companies get better at ridding their platforms of gory videos and calls to commit violence, terrorists are finding new ways to post their messages, Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, said Tuesday. “They’ve continued to demonstrate their will,” Nielsen said, noting that blogs, chat rooms and encrypted chat apps can serve as ways …

Facebook wants you to post more about yourself, instead of filling your news feed with viral videos and news articles. On Tuesday, the social network released a new feature called Lists that’s designed to encourage personal posts. The Lists feature lets you, well, create lists. The idea is to spark conversation or get advice from friends. For example, you can …

The Russian government has threatened to block YouTube and Instagram over videos and posts relating to Oleg Deripaska, an oligarch who has been linked to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. A 25-minute video was posted on Thursday by Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny. It sources Instagram videos and social media accounts published by a model and escort who posted videos in …

The UK government has developed a tool that it says can detect extremist videos online. The technology uses machine learning to analyse the audio-visual content of a video and determine whether it’s likely to contain terrorist propaganda. The Home Office created the tool in collaboration with ASI Data Science. The government claims the technology can “automatically detect 94 percent of …

In this podcast, we discuss: Facebook’s work to go back to its roots as a place for friends and families to share daily routines. YouTube’s push to fix some of its problems too. The use of blockchain to improve food safety. Now playing: Watch this: Facebook wants to have more QT with you (The 3:59, Ep…. 4:20 The 3:59 gives …

Google won’t say how many Pixel phones it shipped in 2017, but one analyst from the research firm IDC has a number: 3.9 million. The analyst, IDC Research Director Francisco Jeronimo, said the figure includes both generations of the phone, the Pixel 1 and 2. For comparison, it’s a “tiny portion” compared with the entire 1.5 billion market size for …