Apple has admitted to a Screen Time bug that has parents upset. According to The Wall Street Journal, parents have been complaining on Apple forums and Facebook groups that Screen Time settings aren’t “sticking,” meaning kids have had unlimited access to devices. Screen Time settings appear to reset to default mode even when changes have…
Today, Microsoft announced Q1 FY25 Earnings. Included in the report on the financial performance were the following LinkedIn highlights: In Q1, LinkedIn’s revenue increased 10% year-over-year (9% in constant currency). Member growth continues to accelerate, with markets like India and Brazil both growing at double digits. We are also seeing record engagement as we introduce new…
YouTube is announcing the latest Premium features today for subscribers like Jump Ahead and Shorts Picture-in-Picture. Jump Ahead shows and takes you to where most people skip to in a video. Double-tap to get a “Jump Ahead” button in the bottom-right corner of the player. After tapping, YouTube explains how you’re “Jumping over commonly skipped…
If you’ve spent any time on YouTube over the past couple of years, you’re probably well aware of how often creators ask your to subscribe to their channels – and rightly so, given the amount of time that often goes into creating content for the platform. Now, in a new test, YouTube is emphasizing creator’s…
Cryptographic monitoring at scale has been instrumental in helping our engineers understand how cryptography is used at Meta. Monitoring has given us a distinct advantage in our efforts to proactively detect and remove weak cryptographic algorithms and has assisted with our general change safety and reliability efforts. We’re sharing insights into our own cryptographic monitoring…
Pese a haber redefinido las reglas en el mundo de las redes sociales, TikTok no deja de innovar. La plataforma social, propiedad de la empresa china ByteDance, popularizó hace unos años los videos cortos en formato vertical que se han convertido en una regla en prácticamente cualquier red social. Ahora TikTok hace experimentos para expandir…
Here’s a little bit of an about-face: YouTube now says it has a Vision Pro app on its roadmap. I mean this literally, as YouTube spokesperson Jessica Gibby just emailed me the following statement: “We’re excited to see Vision Pro launch and we’re supporting it by ensuring YouTube users have a great experience in Safari….
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Earlier this year, Google lost a massive antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Now the tech giant could be forced to sell off Google Chrome, the most popular web browser in the world. According to sources speaking to Bloomberg, the DOJ reportedly intends to recommend that Google be ordered to sell…
How Often Should I Update My Company’s Disaster Recovery Plan? Updating your company’s disaster recovery plan (DRP) should be done on a regular basis. It is important to keep the DRP up-to-date and ensure it reflects any changes in infrastructure, technology, personnel or processes that have happened since its creation or last update. Frequency of…
Instagram Threads is gaining traction after growth stalled last year, which had some prematurely wondering if the app was already dead. New data indicates that’s not the case — in fact, Threads is continuing to grow, having tripled its downloads month-over-month in December, which gave it a place in the top 10 most downloaded apps…
The fact that X offered this as an option in the first place is an indictment of its own product, while the fact that it’s now removing it is even less logical. But… Yes, X (formerly Twitter) is notifying users who currently have a blue tick in the app that, soon, they’ll no longer have…
Launching later this month, individual YouTube channels will start showing a new “For You” tab which recommends videos on a channel for viewers based on their watch history. Announced on YouTube’s official Twitter/X account today, the “For You” row on YouTube channels will leverage the already-powerful recommendation engine of YouTube and keep the focus on…
Meta’s take on a Twitter/X rival, Instagram Threads, may be inching further into its competitor’s territory with the development of a communities feature that would presumably allow users to better organize their discussions on the platform by topics. At least that’s what references in the app’s code seem to imply. The code mentions a new…