This isn’t what I imagined from Amazon’s cloud-based technology. In recently discovered patent images, Amazon drafted a plan to have an airship 45,000 feet above the Earth, storing a fleet of drones and packages to deliver. Amazon said these unmanned aerial vehicles would take “little to no power” to transport goods to consumers’ doorsteps if …
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Social media is mourning the passing of Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher, who died on Tuesday. Some tributes, however, weren’t taken so well by the Twitterverse. Cinnabon rubbed many the wrong way with a tweet that seemed to be part tribute to the actress, 60, and part advertisement. “RIP Carrie Fisher, you’ll always have the best buns in the galaxy,” …
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Disney has agreed to make TV shows for Snapchat, but don’t expect your favorite cartoon princesses to tag along for the ride. Technically, it’s the Disney-ABC Television Group that signed a deal to make several shows for the teen-favorite social network. ABC’s long-running dating reality show “The Bachelor” will be first out of the gate. According to a press release …
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After years of development and millions of advertising dollars spent to convince us that a tablet could plausibly replace a laptop, Microsoft finally delivered the goods with the Surface Pro 4 in 2015. Equipped with robust processing power, a perfectly sized display and just-right aspect ratio, and a few critical add-on accessories, the current generation solidified the Surface’s position as …
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Brave Software has signed a publishing partnership the browser maker hopes ultimately will help rid the web of privacy-invading advertisements. Brave, the startup led by Mozilla co-founder and JavaScript inventor Brendan Eich, announced the deal Tuesday with CoinDesk, a website with news and information about the Bitcoin digital currency. Under the first phase of the deal, Coindesk has begun promoting …
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Ever just skip the reading part and hit the Accept button after one of your favorite apps changed its terms and conditions? Yeah, you’re not alone. But you should know these updates do more than revise the apps’ software. They may also let the app grab more of your personal information, including your location, personal contacts, the device you’re using …
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When MTV launched on August 1, 1981, the world watched a now classic video: A rocket sits ready to blast off from its launchpad as a voice from NASA Mission Control counts down to T-minus one. The voice-over fades, the rocket fires and we cut to an astronaut planting a flag with the network’s logo on the moon’s surface. “Ladies …
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That internet-connected talking toy you bought your kids may be putting their privacy at risk without your knowledge or consent, according to a coalition of consumer-interest organizations. A complaint filed Tuesday with the US Federal Trade Commission alleges that Genesis Toys, the makers of “smart” kids toys — the My Friend Cayla doll and the i-Que Intelligent Robot — and …
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YouTube, the music industry’s No. 1 enemy earlier this year, said Tuesday it has paid more than $1 billion in advertising revenue to artists, labels and publishers in the last 12 months. The figure, released in a blog post by YouTube business chief Robert Kyncl, is part of the video giant’s effort to mend fences with its critics in the …
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The lifeblood of iHeart is still radio, now pumped with options for the digital age. iHeartMedia, the biggest terrestrial radio company in the US and operator of online service iHeartRadio, launched two streaming memberships in a beta “test” mode Thursday, giving customers ways to unlock more access to tunes. A $5-a-month “Plus” membership lets you replay songs you hear on …
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