A Google+ security breach gave outside developers access to the private data of hundreds of thousands of the social network’s users between 2015 and March 2018, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Google neglected to report the breach to
Slowly but surely, Google is expanding its portfolio of travel offerings that now range from hotel- and flight-booking services to trip planning tools. Today, it’s launching yet another set of new travel features that focus on travel planning and hotel
Spotify has announced a new beta feature that will allow independent artists to upload their music directly to the platform instead of through a label or digital aggregator. Normally, artists who aren’t signed to a major label (which can directly
Skype is getting a much-requested feature today: call recording. After weeks of testing, Microsoft is rolling out Call Recording for Skype to all users across platforms.Call recording has been a much-requested feature for Skype. For years, Skype users have been
It’s been ten years since Google first launched Chrome. At the time, Google’s browser was a revelation. Firefox had gotten slow, Internet Explorer was Internet Explorer and none of the smaller challengers, maybe with the exception of Opera, every got
Apple’s Photos app has some pretty neat features for some basic photo editing. In case you’re unable to use the app in a better way and make your pictures taken from an iPhone standout, Apple is offering a helping hand.Apple
Many of us spend too much time on our smartphones. But could we put all that time staring at screens to better use? Perhaps some of it could even be used to improve our health.From fitness tracking to diet and
If you need proof that giant technology companies behave a lot like borderless governments, look no further than the brewing “app store taxes” debate.For the past decade, we’ve come to accept that Google and Apple’s digital stores collect an up
Slack made a surprise announcement today that it’s acquired HipChat, once a primary competitor to its workplace chat service, from enterprise software giant Atlassian. As part of the partnership between Slack and Atlassian, HipChat will be shutting down and the
YouTube has faced a lot of community backlash in recent months regarding experiments it runs without proper communication. Now, after comments from CEO Susan Wojcicki, we’re getting early insight on an experiment running now for some iOS users.YouTube’s latest experiment
Netflix just announced that it has given a major overhaul to the user experience on its TV apps. “The new interface was based on rigorous research and testing around how we can make it easier to find titles on TVs,
As Slack continues to grow its paid business users, the company is looking for ways to help customers build integrations that make sense for the work they do.Slack announced that it has acquired Robots and Pencils’ Missions, an app that
Skype’s redesign launched last year was met with mixed reviews, but the company is forging ahead by rolling out a number of its new features to other platforms, including the desktop. Microsoft today is launching Skype version 8.0 that will
Apple is creating a new AI/ML team that brings together its Core ML and Siri teams under one leader in John Giannandrea.Apple confirmed this morning that the combined Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning team, which houses Siri, will be led
Fintech startup N26 wants to compete with traditional banks on all fronts. And it means providing a useful web interface to view your past transactions, transfer money and more. Most users likely interact with N26 through the mobile app. But
Ride-hailing giant Uber is in talks over a possible merger with Middle East rival Careem, according to Bloomberg — citing three people familiar with the matter.The report suggests various deal structures have been discussed, although it also says that no