Apple is adding new features to its Apple TV software. At its September event the company announced that new software for its streaming box, known as TVOS 14, would be available starting tomorrow, Sept. 16. The update adds camera integration from HomeKit-supported smart video cameras and doorbells, a picture-in-picture mode and updates to the Apple …
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YouTube is getting in on the short-form video craze. In a blog post, the Google-owned video platform detailed its new format, which it calls Shorts. The new feature will be a rival for Chinese app TikTok and Instagram Reels. Designed as a “new short-form video experience right on YouTube for creators and artists who want to shoot short, catchy videos” …
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Bose fans have been waiting not-so-patiently for the company to release its perpetually delayed next-generation true wireless earbuds. Well, if an official-looking launch video courtesy of Australian retailer Harvey Norman is any indication, it appears that the product formerly known as the Noise Cancelling Earbuds 700 may be available soon under a new name: the Bose QuietComfort Earbuds. Bose announced …
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Today there are basically three ways to get live TV shows from big-name channels into your home. The most common is paying for a service like cable or satellite. An increasingly popular alternative is a live TV streaming service like Sling TV and YouTube TV, which which offer hundreds of channels for a monthly fee. The third option is free and also sounds the most old-fashioned: getting …
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Chinese tech giant ByteDance may be ready to give up its control of TikTok after all, with reports in recent days saying the social networking app’s sale may be finalized soon. A deal for TikTok’s US, New Zealand and Australian operations is expected to be announced sometime in the near future, according to reports in CNBC, The Wall Street Journal …
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As kids continue to spend more time at home amid the pandemic, Google on Monday unveiled a new hub for children’s content on tablets. The hub, called Kids Space, will take children to curated apps, videos and books. The apps will be certified with a “teacher approved” badge, a program Google launched in April. The content is rated by teachers …
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YouTube removed 11.4 million videos between April and June, with the vast majority — 10.85 million — flagged by automated systems alone the company said Tuesday. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the video sharing site said, it had “greatly reduced human review capacity” to double-check whether videos breached its user policies. As a result, it decided to “over enforce” by …
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Apple’s signature secrecy may have slipped a little Thursday, when a Twitter user posted a photo of what appeared to be a scheduled livestream for the iPhone maker’s YouTube account set for Sept. 10. “It was on my YouTube subscription page, it is now removed,” the person tweeted. Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Apple’s YouTube page …
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Australia’s competition watchdog on Monday accused Google of sharing “misinformation” about a proposed law that would require the search giant to pay media companies for news content. The response comes after Google published an open letter saying that the code would “hurt how Australians use Google Search and YouTube.” “A proposed law, the News Media Bargaining Code, would force us to provide you …
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When Sony first revealed the ZV-1, YouTube was flooded with reviews saying it was the “perfect” or “ultimate” camera for vlogging. So, as a content creator who’s found herself working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic, I had to put it to the test. After having used this $750 (£699, AU$1,299) camera for a number of my videos, I …
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