Month: October 2020
Apple TV Plus extending free trial subscriptions to February 2021
Apple is extending Apple TV Plus subscribers’ free period to February 2021, according to TechCrunch. The free trial period that came with the purchase of a new Apple product last year was set to expire for many customers on November 1st — the one-year anniversary of Apple TV Plus’ launch.…
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Microsoft Edge adds an online shopping comparison tool
As part of a major update coming later this month, Microsoft Edge is getting two handy new features (via The Verge). The first is a price comparison tool that will allow you to add a product to a Collection and then click a single button to see how m… Source
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Apple made ProtonMail add in-app purchases, even though it had been free for years
On Tuesday, Congress revealed whether it thinks Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are sitting on monopolies. In some cases, the answer was yes. But also, one app developer revealed to Congress that it — just like WordPress — had been forced to monetize a largely free app. That developer testified…
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Facebook bans troll accounts linked to conservative group Turning Point USA
Facebook has removed a group of fake accounts tied to Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization caught coordinating a “troll farm”-style social media campaign last month. The company’s latest report on coordinated inauthentic behavior says it banned 200 Facebook accounts, 55 pages, and 76 Instagram accounts linked to Turning…
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Satya Nadella isn’t a big fan of remote working null
The pandemic forced businesses around the world to allow their employees to work from home and while some companies such as Twitter will allow their staff to continue to do so permanently, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is well aware of the downsides of remote working. Speaking at The Wall Street…
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Could this VPN giant add web hosting to its war chest? null
Could J2 Global – the owner of brands such as IPVanish, Ziff Davis, PC Mag, Mashable and dozens more – be looking to add yet another lucrative vertical to its portfolio? Just days ago, the company disclosed it has more than $700 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments on…
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