Month: March 2020
All episodes of The Mandalorian are now available in the UK on Disney Plus – see how
If you’re one of the many (many) Star Wars fans in the UK who have been waiting patiently to watch The Mandalorian on Disney Plus, we’re glad to report that there’s no longer any need to wait. It’s now possible o watch all eight episodes of The Mandalorian via Disney…
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Facebook Messenger for iPhone just got a huge speed boost
Facebook has launched a completely rewritten version of its Messenger app for iPhone, promising that it is faster, small and simpler than before. And the changes are very significant. On the coding front, Facebook has managed to shrink Messenger from a bloated 1.7 million lines of code down to a…
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Shasta Ventures debuts ‘Ignite,’ a collection of help and services to drive its startups to $10M ARR
Shasta Ventures, a venture capital firm that has raised more than a half-dozen funds in its life, announced a new program this morning designed to help its portfolio companies scale to $10 million of annual recurring revenue (ARR) from $1 million ARR or less. The project, a collection of workshops,…
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Google cloned Apple’s 3D Touch for the Pixel using just software
Yesterday, Google announced the latest “feature drop” for its Pixel line of Android phones. It’s part of an effort to get people to realize that the Pixel gets software updates ahead of other Android phones and that some of the features it receives stay exclusive to the Pixel. And yesterday’s…
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Openreach offers ‘landline-free’ broadband to customers
Openreach says the offer a ‘landline-free’ wholesale broadband product to customers will accelerate the switchover from analogue to digital phone lines. BT wants to migrate all users from the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) to IP by December 2025 so its voice services can compete better with over the top…
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WhatsApp is about to get much more secure
An important new WhatsApp security feature could be just around the corner. Intrepid sleuths at WABetaInfo spotted an as-yet-unreleased feature called Protected Backups in a beta version of the Android app. As the feature is yet to be officially added to the app – and WhatsApp-owner Facebook is yet to…
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