Jack Dorsey doesn’t want you to worry about your follower count. The Twitter CEO said that emphasizing the number of followers you’ve gathered isn’t the best idea, Slashdot reported Monday. He and fellow founders Noah Glass, Biz Stone and Evan Williams didn’t consider “all the dynamics that could ensue afterwards” as they prepared Twitter for …
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YouTube updated its support for virtual reality Tuesday, adding the Oculus Go headset to its list of supported viewers and adding new ways to create or enhance VR uploaded to Google’s massive video site. At first, Google’s virtual reality ambitions were a joke: It unveiled its first VR headset — an ultracheap do-it-yourself kit made of cardboard un-ironically called Cardboard — two months after Facebook dropped $3 …
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Google is committed to diversity and supports its employees in their protests, the company’s financial chief said Monday. Ruth Porat, chief financial officer of Alphabet and Google, said Monday during the Wall Street Journal D.Live conference in Laguna Beach, Calif., that she participated in this month’s walkouts with her financial team. “Diversity overall makes an organization stronger,” she said. “People …
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Nintendo just put another nail in the Wii coffin. Nintendo is shutting down all video streaming services for the console at the end of January, according to Netflix. Netflix‘s website lists Jan. 30 as the day support will end, with a representative confirming that date to CNET despite a previously reported customer service email posted to Reddit listing Jan. 31. …
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Did you have trouble accessing your Facebook feed? If so, you aren’t alone. Facebook was down this morning in the US, as well as other parts of the world. The outage, caused by a test the social network was conducting, lasted about 40 minutes. “Earlier today, a routine test caused users to have trouble accessing or posting to all Facebook …
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Let’s talk storage. Do you work with video files? Images? Audio? That stuff seems to grow exponentially, probably because it’s so damn easy to create. (I’m looking at you, phones capable of capturing 4K video.) How about a game console — got one of those? Now you need as much storage as humanly possibly to store your growing game collection, …
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It’s hard to beat the convenience of buying a TV online. A few taps on your tablet from your sofa and a few days later, a shiny new TV delivered to your door. But there are still advantages to buying a TV at a store. With more and more brands insisting online pricing match store MSRPs, that once-major advantage is …
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There’s been a lot of talk about foldable smartphones. Most of these rumors have centered around phone-makers developing the technology — like Samsung, Huawei and Apple. But now another major player has gone on the record to share its plans: Google’s Android. At the Android Dev Summit on Wednesday, Android announced that it’s officially adding support for foldable devices. We just …
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On Nov. 8, Xiaomi launched its first phone for the UK, the Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro. Xiaomi ranks as the fourth-largest smartphone company in the world, with customers mainly concentrated in China and parts of Asia. Xiaomi’s UK launch signals the company’s expansion to a new market, and a step toward being a more global brand. Enlarge Image Some Mi 8 Pro specs. Xiaomi …
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Words can’t adequately express how much I love Movies Anywhere. It’s the service that links all your movie accounts, making all your movies available, well, anywhere. To celebrate its one-year anniversary, Movies Anywhere is offering three free movies when you connect at least two new digital retailers. And if you already have all six available retailers synced to your account, …
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