May, 2018

• 1 May

  Roku TVs by Sanyo come to Walmart Canada

  

  Watch out TCL, there’s a new Roku-powered television coming to the land of maple donuts. Sanyo, a brand operated by Funai in North America, will appear on Roku TVs sold at Canadian Walmart stores in early May. They range from 32 to 50 inches and follow Roku TV’s typical formula of entry-level specifications and inexpensive …

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• 1 May

  Could T

  

  T-Mobile’s success could undo its $26 billion bid to buy Sprint. The Seattle-based mobile carrier continued a run of adding new customers, saying on Tuesday it had grabbed 617,000 postpaid phone subscribers in the quarter that ended in March. Postpaid subscribers are customers who pay their bills at the end of the month.  The growth was greater than that of …

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• 1 May

  Google bakes security into new .app internet domain

  

  Google took a new step Tuesday in its effort to curtail internet skullduggery, opening up its .app online real estate that requires the kinds of encrypted connections that can thwart such problems. The .app domain is one among many joining traditional top-level domains like .com and .net. But Google, the winning bidder among several for .app, wants it to be …

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• 1 May

  Comcast is boosting internet speeds, but not for cord

  

  Comcast customers will be able to take advantage of new speed increases in Xfinity internet service packages, but reportedly there’s a catch: They’ll have to pay for both internet and TV service. Comcast said last week that it would be increasing the speeds of its Xfinity Internet service packages for millions of customers in Houston and the Oregon and southwest …

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• 1 May

  For Apple’s iPhone X, is it time for ‘full panic mode’?

  

  The iPhone boom times may be officially over. And Apple may have the iPhone X to thank for that. This fiscal year was supposed to be a blowout for Apple. The company redesigned its popular iPhone for the first time in three years and touted the iPhone X as “the future” of mobile. Analysts declared it would drive a “supercycle” that …

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• 1 May

  Danish man convicted under Malaysia’s anti

  

  A court in Malaysia convicted a Danish national on Monday for inaccurately criticizing police on social media. Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman is the first person to be convicted under the country’s fake-news law, which was introduced last month.  Sulaiman’s conviction was based on a video he posted to YouTube accusing the police of taking 50 minutes to respond to distress …

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• 1 May

  Chinese censors take aim at… Peppa the Pig?

  

  See that pig? That pig has been scrubbed off part of China’s internet. That pig is a symbol of counterculture and organised crime. Really. Peppa Pig, the eponymous character of a British TV show for preschool children, can no longer be found on popular video site Douyin, according to the Chinese state-run Global Times publication. Over 30,000 videos previously hashtagged …

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• 1 May

  Facebook ready to take on Tinder with new dating app feature

  

  Facebook wants to help people change their relationship status.  Mark Zuckerberg announced a new feature for the social network on Tuesday focused on dating, taking a jab at dating apps like Tinder and Bumble.  Now playing: Watch this: Find a date on Facebook 2:39 “Today, we are announcing a new set of features, coming soon, around dating,” Zuckerberg said during …

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• 1 May

  Amazon introduces Prime Book Box, a subscription service for kids

  

  Amazon is going back to its bookseller roots for its latest Prime program. The online retailer on Tuesday introduced Prime Book Box, a subscription service that offers curated boxes of hardcover books for kids up to age 12. Customers can pick whether to receive the boxes every one, two or three months. Each delivery costs $23, which Amazon says can …

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• 1 May

  Here are all the new features coming to Facebook, Instagram and Messenger apps

  

  Facebook is looking to be a jack of all trades with new features coming to its apps.  At F8, the social network’s annual conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced several new additions for the company’s apps, including Instagram and Messenger, that position Facebook to take on other apps, like Snapchat, Tinder and Houseparty.  The features dive into the worlds of augmented …

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