During a recent trip to New York, I found myself walking through midtown, lost in thought. Glancing down at my phone, I tripped; the phone went flying and came to rest right at the edge of a sewer grate. Had it fallen through, I’d have been seriously screwed. At that moment, I realized just how …
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The battle to save net neutrality is heating up. Senate Democrats have edged closer to overturning the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of Obama-era net neutrality regulation, and lawsuits challenging the agency have been filed. But net neutrality supporters shouldn’t hold their breath. These efforts are long shots. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida is flanked by Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts …
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What do you get when you cross an online chat room with streaming video? A Facebook watch party. The social-network colossus has begun testing the watch party feature, which works with both Facebook Live videos that are broadcast as they’re recorded and with ordinary Facebook videos that already are published. “In a Watch Party, members of a group can watch …
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Has your Facebook news feed become a jumble of uninteresting or annoying posts that you skip over to get to the stuff you do care about? It doesn’t have to be that way. Facebook offers a handful of tools that let you weed out the stuff you don’t want so you can more quickly get to the stuff you do …
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YouTube’s artificial intelligence is getting better at dragging you down a video rabbit hole. For more than 70 percent of the time you spend watching on Google’s massive video site, you’re lured in by one of the service’s AI-driven recommendations, YouTube Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan said Wednesday, speaking at a panel discussion at CES. And if you’re watching on …
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Facebook is trying to help users learn more about what’s going on in their own communities. The social network said Wednesday it’s testing a new section of its app dedicated to events and news stories from local publishers and organizations. The new section is called “Today In,” and it’s being tested in just five cities right now: New Orleans; Little …
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Facebook On This Day flashbacks are a great reminder of fun times gone by, but they can also be a shot to the heart. If you’ve had loved ones pass on, friendships die or relationships that are hard to look back on, flashbacks may be more painful than fun. The good new is you can filter the On This Day …
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You no longer need to worry about having to remove your Facebook video of your New Year’s Eve countdown party even if it had Ed Sheeran’s Perfect playing in the background. Facebook has just inked a multiyear, multiterritory licensing deal with Sony/ATV Music that will enable its users to upload and share videos featuring songs from Sony/ATV’s collection of 3 …
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iHeartRadio has gone to bot. The streaming music service unleashed a slew of product integrations announcements at CES Monday. Listeners will be able to access iHeartRadio through its first bot, a helper on Facebook Messenger; and Garmin’s GPS running watch Forerunner 645 Music. iHeartRadio, the digital arm of traditional radio giant iHeartMedia, has been extending itself deeper into technologies after …
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HTC is sharpening its view of virtual reality. The Taiwanese company, best known for making slick-looking phones, on Monday at a CES press conference unveiled an upgraded Vive Pro, which like the original Vive system requires a high-end PC and a cable attachment connecting the two, but has enhanced resolution, integrated headphones and a number of other improvements. The Vive …
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