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Facebook’s ‘Parent Conversations’ has experts weigh in on kids and social media
Facebook Inc. launched a new section on its Parents Portal today called Parent Conversations, where the social media giant will have doctors, academics and other experts weigh in on the impact of social media and technology on kids. Facebook made its announcement as part of Safer Internet Day, an annual event sponsored by the European Commission ...
YouTube CEO promises consequences for creators who cause ‘significant harm’ to the community
Google LLC’s YouTube has tougher punishments in store for creators who violate the video platform’s content policies, an ongoing problem that came to a head with Logan Paul’s video of a suicide victim. YouTube Chief Executive Susan Wojcicki published a blog post today outlining the platform’s five priorities for its creators in 2018, which include more transparency and support ...
Dell confirms possibility of IPO or VMware merger, but ‘nothing has been decided’
As expected, Dell Technologies Inc. acknowledged in an SEC filing today that it may go public or possibly merge with VMware Inc. But the company noted in its filing that it is merely exploring these options and may not choose to follow either of them. Dell added that its options “do not include the sale to a third party” of either ...
Despite a fall in iPhone shipments, Apple reports its biggest quarter ever
Apple Inc. beat Wall Street expectations today with its biggest quarterly earnings report ever in spite of a decline in iPhone shipments, sending the company’s shares higher. Apple reported fiscal first-quarter revenue of $88.3 billion, a rise of 13 percent from a year ago and a record high for the company. Apple also broke a record for its ...
Google rolls out its ‘offline first’ YouTube Go app to 130 countries
Watching YouTube videos can eat up a lot of data, which is a big problem in countries whose internet infrastructure has not kept up with mobile video streaming. Google LLC has been working on solving this problem with its “offline first” YouTube Go app, but the app has only been available in a handful of countries ...
Telegram returns to iOS App Store after removal for ‘inappropriate content’
Cloud-based messaging app Telegram is once again available on the iOS App Store after it was removed for apparently violating Apple Inc.’s content rules. Several Telegram users noticed on Wednesday that the app had suddenly disappeared from the App Store. A few suspected that the disappearance was simply an error, but others speculated that the removal could ...
Qualcomm beats estimates again, but profits still suffer from Apple battle
Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has a lot on its plate right now, from its ongoing $1 billion legal battle with Apple Inc. to a hostile takeover attempt by Broadcom Ltd., but that did not stop it from once again beating Wall Street estimates. Qualcomm posted better-than-expected first-fiscal quarter earnings results, with profit per share of 98 cents versus the ...
Uber tests out its own bike share program in San Francisco
Uber Technologies Inc. has found a new way to replace drivers while it still waits for its autonomous vehicle fleet to be ready. The ride-hailing giant announced today that it has launched its own bike share program called Uber Bike. Uber is piloting the new program in San Francisco through a partnership with Jump, a bike share ...
Google axed 700,000 bad Android apps from Play store last year
Google LLC revealed today that it had to remove more than 700,000 bad apps from Google Play last year, 70 percent more than it removed in 2016 — but the company insisted it’s not as bad as it sounds. More precisely, Google said that last year it halved the chance that a user would install ...
American Express buys Mezi, an AI-powered travel assistant
American Express Co. is joining the virtual assistant race. The credit card company announced today that it has acquired Mezi, a travel and shopping chatbot that is powered by human-assisted artificial intelligence. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mezi has raised at least $11.8 million since it launched in 2015. Mezi’s chatbot answers questions from customers about transportation, ...