Month: April 2021
Netflix blames ‘lighter content slate’ for slowing subscriber growth
Netflix added 4 million net new subscribers in the first quarter of 2021, bringing its total subscriber base to 207.6 million, according to its latest earnings report. Any year-over-year comparison was inevitably going to make this latest quarter seem disappointing, since Netflix grew by an unprecedented rate (15.77 million net…
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BlaBlaCar raises $115 million to build all-in-one travel app
French startup BlaBlaCar has raised a new $115 million funding round (€97 million). While the company is better known for its long distance carpooling marketplace, BlaBlaCar has also added a bus marketplace with the acquisition of Ouibus and an online bus ticketing platform with the acquisition of Busfor. Existing investor…
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Apple quietly reveals that iOS 14.5 will arrive next week
In a press release for Apple’s new Tile-like AirTag tracker, the company has revealed that iOS 14.5 will officially arrive “starting next week” — as spotted by Wall Street Journal’s Joanna Stern. AirTags go on sale April 30th and will only work with devices running iOS 14.5 or higher. Likewise,…
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Apple’s ‘Center Stage’ camera follow feature is here to stay – quit hiding CentreStage on iPad Pro 2021
The Apple iPad Pro 2021, which was officially unveiled today (April 20) at the Apple event, has a new 12MP TrueDepth front-facing camera that can automatically pan and zoom when you’re on a video call, making sure you’re always in the center of the frame when making video calls. The…
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Apple’s ‘Center Stage’ camera trick follow feature is here to stay – quit hiding CentreStage on iPad Pro 2021
The Apple iPad Pro 2021, which was officially unveiled today (April 20) at the Apple event, has a new 12MP TrueDepth front-facing camera that can automatically pan and zoom when you’re on a video call, making sure you’re always in the center of the frame when making video calls. The…
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That Facebook Messenger update could be a phishing scam Facebook Messenger App
The Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Group-IB has discovered a large-scale phishing campaign which is being used to target Facebook Messenger users worldwide. The company’s Digital Risk Protection (DRP) analysts have found evidence proving that users in more that 80 countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North and South America…
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