Category: services
Instacart tries to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations with a $25 stipend
Instacart has been covering some COVID-19 costs for shoppers, and that now includes vaccines — although its latest help might not thrill everyone. As of February 1st, the grocery delivery service will give eligible American and Canadian shoppers a $2… Source
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Apple says a record $540 million was spent on apps this New Year’s Day
If you thought Apple device owners would splurge on apps during a holiday season when they were stuck at home… you guessed correctly. Apple has revealed that the App Store broke a single-day spending record on New Year’s Day, with people spending o… Source
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Apple is having iCloud device activation problems at the worst possible time
You’re not alone if you’re having problems getting your newly gifted iPad or Apple Watch up and running. As AppleInsider first reported, Apple is warning of iCloud account and sign-in issues (ongoing as we write this) that appear to have started on C… Source
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California clears Nuro’s driverless cars to start making commercial deliveries
It was only earlier this year that delivery service Nuro became the second company to get permission to test fully driverless vehicles in California, and now it can claim another milestone. California’s DMV has granted the state’s first Autonomous Ve… Source
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Zoom may offer email to bolster its growing empire
Zoom was clearly one of the biggest tech winners of 2020 thanks to its easy video calls, and it now appears eager to translate that success elsewhere. The Information’s sources claim Zoom is developing an email service and considering a matching cale… Source
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Google details what happened during Monday’s cloud outage
On Monday morning, Google services like Gmail and Drive were down for about 45 minutes, leaving many Workspace users unable to do their work. In the aftermath of the incident, Google promised it would conduct an investigation into what happened. In a… Source
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