May, 2018

• 1 May

  Mark Zuckerberg threatened with ‘formal summons’ by UK Parliament

  

  The UK may issue a formal summons to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg that would require him to appear in front of British lawmakers the next time he enters the country, according to a letter sent to the company Tuesday. Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer “failed to answer fully” 39 questions when he appeared before …

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• 1 May

  Sonos smart home theater speaker outed by FCC filing

  

  The superb Sonos One is the only smart speaker to earn CNET’s Editors’ Choice Award. And our reviewers called the Sonos Playbase a “home run” among home theater speakers.  Now an FCC filing hints that the wireless speaker company has a new product up its sleeve that combines both. The FCC filing shows a microphone icon on the product’s label. …

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• 1 May

  Facebook’s Zuckerberg unveils privacy tool ‘clear history’ ahead of F8

  

  Facebook is introducing a new privacy tool called “clear history,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday with a personal Facebook post.  The tool will allow you to see information about the apps and websites you’ve interacted with, and you’ll be able to clear this information from your account.  Now playing: Watch this: Zuckerberg unveils ‘clear history’ software tool 1:30 The news came …

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• 1 May

  Workplace, Facebook’s Slack rival, adds cloud and news integrations

  

  Facebook wants to make Workplace — a version of the social network designed specifically for the, well, workplace — more of a one-stop shop for employees. On Tuesday, the company announced that Workplace will now let other services create integrations for Workplace. What that means is that businesses using the paid version of Workplace will be able to tap into …

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• 1 May

  Oculus Go has arrived: Facebook’s portable VR system breaks the $200 barrier

  

  Brian Blau was in China two years ago when he found the killer app that could remake how we use virtual reality. Blau, a longtime analyst for Gartner, was meeting with VR headset makers and app developers, hoping to glean insights about the way their customers acted, and perhaps find the elusive must-have app that convinces people to buy their …

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• 1 May

  Facebook is building a virtual memory palace out of your photos

  

  Facebook’s F8 Conference started today and has been dreaming big about the future of augmented reality and virtual reality, but one of the most fascinating plans has to do with memories. Or, Facebook’s interpretation of them. A several-stage plan to create 3D spaces and experiences from personal photos is underway, starting this summer with the ability to upload 3D photos, …

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• 1 May

  What iPhone sales slowdown? Apple’s sales are better than feared

  

  Apple CEO Tim Cook on Tuesday pulled a rabbit out of his hat. Analysts and investors have worried that the iPhone’s best days are behind it — a problem, since the phone is Apple’s biggest moneymaker — and that the company would report weak results in the June quarter. But iPhone sales didn’t fall off a cliff as feared, and Apple’s projections …

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• 1 May

  Facebook wants people to make more realistic AR experiences

  

  Facebook wants artists and creators who may lack technical backgrounds to be able to make better augmented reality content. So on Tuesday, the social network unveiled a new version of AR Studio, a software that lets people build experiences that overlay digital graphics on top of what you see through your phone’s camera lens. Part of the update is a …

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• 1 May

  The ‘holographic’ Red Hydrogen phone has been delayed

  

  “Specs and delivery dates can change any time, for any reason,” Red warned us, when preorders began in August 2017. No kidding. The full launch of the Hollywood camera company’s first phone — a $1,200+ titanium beast known as the Red Hydrogen, with a “holographic” screen, swappable camera modules and more — has been slightly delayed until August 2018. It …

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• 1 May

  iPhone shipments rise in down smartphone market

  

  Apple’s slice of the global smartphone market grew in the first quarter of 2018 despite an industry seeing cooling demand for handsets. Global shipments in the quarter fell 2 percent year-over-year to 345 million units, market researcher Strategy Analytics reported Tuesday. Samsung held on the smartphone sales crown by shipping 78.2 million units, a decline of 2 percent year-over-year, giving …

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