Month: April 2020
Universal’s plans for more ‘premium VOD’ push AMC to drop its movies
Earlier today the Wall Street Journal reported that a direct-to-home release of Trolls World Tour earlier this month netted Universal more revenue than the box office release of the first Trolls film. According to its sources, the $20-per-rental sche… Source
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Samsung expects COVID-19 to hurt smartphone and TV sales, but increase demand for memory
In its first-quarter earnings report today, Samsung said it expects the COVID-19 pandemic to continue impacting its business for the rest of the year, cutting into sales for smartphones and TVs, but increasing demand for PCs, servers and memory chips as people continue to work or study from home. Samsung’s…
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This TikTok Star’s Underage Nudes Were Leaked And Used To Harass Her
A TikTok spokesperson told BuzzFeed News that they were aware of the behaviour and were cracking down on it. They denied Guthrie’s account had been affected by their moderation. “The offending imagery, which originated on another platform, has been removed from TikTok and the accounts have been banned,” they said.…
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Google is killing its experimental social network Shoelace
Google’s experimental Area 120 unit launched Shoelace in mid-2019 as a way to help people get together in real life. Unfortunately, the fledgling social network won’t make it out of the experimental phase — the tech giant has announced that Shoelace… Source
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Starbucks Will Reopen Most Stores For To-Go Service Beginning In May
Starbucks will begin reopening cafés for to-go service in the US beginning in May, the company told investors today. By early June, Starbucks expects to reopen 90% of its company-run locations in the US. The coffee chain, which had closed about half of its company-owned US locations since March (cafés…
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Can API vendors solve healthcare’s data woes?
A functioning healthcare system depends on caregivers having the right data at the right time to make the right decision about what course of treatment a patient needs. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 epidemic and the acceleration of the consumer adoption of telemedicine, along with the fragmentation of care…
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