July, 2021

• 28 July

  Protest brings body bags to Facebook’s DC headquarters

  

  A year-old watchdog group placed body bags in front of Facebook‘s offices in Washington, D.C., as part of a protest over disinformation on the social network. The Real Facebook Oversight Board, a group of critics that includes early investor Roger McNamee, staged the Wednesday protest as concerns mount about vaccine disinformation on the world’s biggest social …

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• 28 July

  Google to require privacy policy for Play store apps in April 2022

  

  Hey, Android users. A new safety section is coming to Google Play.  Starting next year, Android developers will be required to include a privacy policy with their app. The requirement covers both first-party and third-party app developers. The app policies will let you see safety and privacy guidelines before downloading the app, so you’ll know how your data is collected, …

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• 28 July

  Twitter is testing a shopping feature

  

  Twitter wants to become a destination for shopping.  Twitter is testing a way for businesses to highlight their products at the top of their profiles. Twitter The social network, famous as a place where people share their thoughts in bite-size posts, said Wednesday that it’s testing a feature in the US that lets users shop and purchase products through an in-app …

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• 28 July

  Instagram extends Reels up to 60 seconds, adds captions stickers

  

  Watch out, TikTok. Instagram Reels is hot on your heels. As of Tuesday, Instagram Reels can be up to a minute long, after previously being limited to 30 seconds. The Facebook-owned photo and video sharing platform unveiled the change by way of its Twitter account.  Reels. up to 60 secs. starting today. pic.twitter.com/pKWIqtoXU2 — Instagram (@instagram) July 27, 2021 It also …

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• 28 July

  Samsung’s quarterly profit surges on chips, consumer electronics

  

  Samsung’s operating profit showed strong growth in the second quarter, thanks to higher-than-expected chip prices and continued consumer demand for electronics during the pandemic. The Korean electronics giant reported an operating profit for the three-month period ended June 30 of 12.5 trillion won ($10.8 billion), an increase of 54% compared with the same time period last year. Its revenue increased …

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• 28 July

  Snapchat adds My Places feature to Snap Map for local recommendations

  

  Snapchat is adding more to its location-sharing feature, Snap Map, with a feature it calls My Places.  The new feature lets Snapchatters discover popular locations and save their favorite places to revisit later. They can also see where they’ve been with the “Visited” tab. It also lets you see where others are in your area so that you can catch …

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• 28 July

  Last chance to get a month of Visible wireless for only $5

  

  We’ve written about Visible wireless before and also how you can get the prepaid unlimited service from Verizon for as little as $25 a month. This time around the deal gets even sweeter, with the first month of Visible costing only $5 when you sign up with an eSIM using promo code eSIM5. This offer ends July 29. Sign up at Visible …

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• 28 July

  Back

  

  If you’re looking to have fun and get stuff done on the same device, a two-in-one computer — a laptop that becomes a touch-screen tablet when you flip it around — can offer the flexibility you need. Best Buy has shaved $250 off a solid two-in-one pick from HP, knocking the price down to $550 with free shipping. But it’s …

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• 28 July

  PS5 sales surpass 10 million, making it Sony’s fastest

  

  The still-hard-to-find PS5 became Sony’s fastest-selling games console after hitting more than 10 million sales worldwide on July 18, the company revealed Wednesday. The next-gen PlayStation, which came out last November, reached that milestone a month faster than the PS4 did after its 2013 launch. It also highlighted some PlayStation Studios games sales — Spider-Man: Miles Morales has sold more …

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• 28 July

  Robinhood IPO prices shares at $38, for $32B valuation

  

  Robinhood Markets, the company behind the wildly popular investing app, on Wednesday priced its initial public offering at $38 a share, at the bottom of its expected range. The IPO — one of the most anticipated stock market listings of the year — values the company at about $32 billion. Robinhood sold 55 million shares at low end of its …

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