France will start taxing tech giants at a national level in 2019 if European Union countries can’t agree on a joint tax on digital revenues. Bruno Le Maire, France’s finance minister, set a deadline Thursday after EU finance ministers failed to agree on a plan earlier this week, Reuters reported. “I am giving myself until …
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Google will “soon” pull the plug on its Allo messaging app, says a Wednesday report by 9to5 Google. The tech giant didn’t respond to a request for comment. Google said in April that it would “pause investment” in Allo. The search giant decided to focus resources on Rich Communications Services, or RCS, instead. RCS is designed to bring enhanced features …
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Facebook isn’t just a social network for posting vacation photos or cat videos. It’s a multibillion dollar ad business. On Wednesday, internal Facebook emails and documents released by UK lawmakers provided a rare glimpse into the methods the social network explored to make money from the user data it’s collected over the years from all of our activity on it. …
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Facebook is rolling out group stories worldwide, so everyone can dip into its version of Snapchat. You can use the feature to post photos and videos that automatically vanish after 24 hours. Until now, Facebook had limited to feature to just some users. The social network highlighted the feature’s popularity in the pup-focused Dogspotting group — try not to get addicted to …
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Facebook’s annual developer conference will return next year to the San Jose McEnery Convention Center on April 30 and May 1. The tech giant’s biggest event of the year features keynote speeches from Facebook executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg. “There will be networking opportunities, deep-dive sessions, and product demos, all showcasing how technology can enable the best of what people …
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Shayla Bruyneel, a 40-year-old Michigan mom, recalls how she used to pick up a phone to call her friends when she was younger. Today, her two sons use a kid version of Facebook Messenger. The boys, who are 9 and 6 years old, video chat with their friends or invite them over to play through Messenger Kids. They send selfies …
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Facebook is giving you the ability to share your post collections and potentially spread holiday gift ideas. You’ve been able to collect posts on the social network and group them under titles such as “Cute Puppies” or “Clothes I Want” for more than a year. But up until now those posts have only been for you. This week, Facebook is …
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Fake news is being spread on WhatsApp in some of Africa’s most populous countries, according to two new reports, raising concerns over coming elections in Nigeria. Photoshopped images and false claims about politicians have been circulating on the Facebook-owned messaging service in Nigeria, which holds election in February next year, according to a report from The Poynter Institute on Friday. Many of …
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Apple named its favorite and most-popular apps for 2018. Donut Country and Gorogoa, both games published by Ananpurna Interactive, were chosen as the best iPhone and iPad games of the year by editors at the consumer technology giant. Separate from games, Procreate Pocket, a drawing app by Savage Interactive, and Froggipedia, a biology app by Designmate, were chosen as best iPhone …
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I’m not sure the Chromecast Audio is long for the world, which may explain today’s significant discount, but let’s come back to that. For now, the deal. For a limited time, and while supplies last, Google has the Chromecast Audio for $15. You can also find it at B&H for $15, Macy’s for $15 and Staples for $15. But each of …
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