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Firefox will say goodbye to Flash next month
Mozilla Firefox, one of the most popular internet browsers in the world, is about to give Flash the boot, making Firefox yet another in a long line of platforms seeking to ditch Adobe’s notoriously unstable and insecure multimedia plugin. According to Mozilla, Firefox will begin blocking Flash by default beginning in August, and the company explained ...
Google doesn’t have to censor torrent searches, says French court
A French high court has shot down a requested court order that would have forced search engines like Google and Bing to remove search results that include the word “torrent.” The order was requested by Syndicat national de l’édition phonographique (SNEP), a French music industry organization similar to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). SNEP argued that torrents are ...
Google app lets you take a VR tour of historic museums and landmarks
Most of us are probably not fortunate enough to be able to jet around the world to visit ancient Greek temples and famous art galleries, but thanks to Google Cardboard, you can now tour some of the world’s most iconic landmarks without fighting the crowds. In fact, you don’t even have to leave your couch. Available for ...
Slack invests $2 million in 11 startups that integrate with its chat platform
Since debuting nearly three years ago, Slack Technologies Inc.’s chat platform, Slack, has quickly become one of the most popular team communication tools around thanks partly to its incredibly powerful integrations. In December, the company announced that it would be creating an $80 million fund to invest in its thriving development community, and today Slack revealed that ...
Netflix shares tank after disappointing Q2 results
Stagnant subscriber growth and disappointing earnings have led to a sharp 15 percent drop in the value of Netflix’s shares in after hours trading. According to the company’s recent Q2 earnings report, its subscriber base increased by only 1.7 million users, far lower than its own forecast of 2.5 million users and nearly half the number of users ...
Snapchat could soon show ads based on what your camera sees
Many free mobile apps display targeted ads based on everything from the other apps you have installed to the items you have in your Amazon wishlist, and now according to a new patent application filed by Snapchat, Inc., those ads could even start looking at the objects that are captured in your pictures. The patent ...
Google reportedly working on Hololens-like VR/AR hybrid
Google was one of the first major companies to jump on the augmented reality bandwagon when it first unveiled Google Glass several years ago, and it has dipped its toes into virtual reality with Google Cardboard. Now, according to a report by Engadget, it looks like Google might be ready to takes things a step further ...
Amazon’s Twitch will livestream the Republican and Democratic National Conventions
Amazon’s Twitch Interactive is one of the most popular livestreaming platforms around, boasting a daily active user base of around 8.5 million people, but up until recently, the site has been strictly focused on video game content. That has slowly changed over the last year with the introduction of Twitch Creative and other non-gaming categories, and ...
Twitch finally prepares to ditch Flash for HTML5
Amazon’s popular video game livestreaming platform, Twitch Interactive (Amazon.com, Inc.), has had its sights on switching to HTML5 for some time, and now it looks like the service is finally getting ready to make the transition. “Starting today, the HTML5 Player Beta will open to Twitch Turbo subscribers so we can begin to collect feedback ...
Google ads under fire in EU for alleged antitrust breaches
Antitrust regulators in the European Union have leveled several new charges against Google’s advertising business, claiming that Google is guilty of anti-competitive practices. The EU antitrust commission says that market dominance is not a problem under EU law, but it noted in a statement that it believes Google’s exclusivity agreements for users of AdSense, its ...