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Snapchat will now let you share some Stories outside the app
There’s no getting around the fact that Snapchat has a user growth problem, so it’s smart that the company is making it easier for people who like and use Snapchat to share content they find within beyond the app itself. Today, Snap is launching the ability to share some public Stories via links that then…
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DuckDuckGo adds tracker blocking to help curb the wider surveillance web
Some major product news from veteran anti-tracking search engine DuckDuckGo: Today it’s launched revamped mobile apps and browser extensions that bake in a tracker blocker for third party sites, and include a suite of other privacy features intended to help users keep surfing privately as they navigate around the web. The apps and browser extensions…
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Netflix is now worth more than $100B
Netflix crossed a fun milestone today, crossing the $100 billion mark for its market cap as it once again surprised industry observers with better-than-expected growth in its subscribers. We’ll get to the financial numbers in a minute but, as usual, the big story here is that it continues to wow Wall Street with impressive growth in…
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How to price cryptocurrencies
Predicting cryptocurrency prices is a fool’s game, yet this fool is about to try. The drivers of a single cryptocurrency’s value are currently too varied and vague to make assessments based on any one point. News is trending up on Bitcoin? Maybe there’s a hack or an API failure that is driving it down at…
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Facebook launches Watch tab of original video shows
Facebook has a new home for original video content produced exclusively for it by partners, who will earn 55 percent of ad break revenue while Facebook keeps 45 percent. The “Watch” tab and several dozen original shows will start rolling out to a small group of U.S. users tomorrow on mobile, desktop and Facebook’s TV…
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YC-backed Muzmatch definitely doesn’t want to be Tinder for Muslims
At first glance, YC-backed Muzmatch‘s dating app might look best described as a ‘Tinder for Muslims’. But co-founders Shahzad Younas and Ryan Brodie are clear about what sets their target audience apart from the casual dating/hook-up crowd: a genuine intent to find a partner in order to get married. Which is why, they say, they’re…
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DeepMind Health inks another 5-year NHS app deal in face of ongoing controversy
DeepMind Health, the division of the Google-owned AI company that’s applying machine learning to medical data in the hopes of profiting from diagnostic gain, has inked another services agreement with the U.K.’s National Health Service — expanding the deployment of an alerts, messaging and task management app, Streams, to a hospital in Taunton & Somerset.…
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Facebook is testing a feature to prevent profile pictures being abused by other users
Facebook is introducing a new feature to give users peace of mind around how their profile photo can be used and accessed by others. The social network today announced a pilot program in India that is designed to protect users who are concerned about other people gaining access to their profile image. The new ‘photo…
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Samsung está haciendo un teléfono Pokémon porque ¿por qué no?
¿Estás buscando comprar un teléfono inteligente plegable? ¿Quieres que sea de temática Pokémon? ¿Y vives en Corea del Sur? Si todas esas estrellas están alineadas correctamente, tenemos buenas noticias para ti: Samsung está haciendo una edición Pokémon del Galaxy Z Flip 3. De alguna manera decidieron no hacer que este teléfono plegable pareciera una Pokédex……
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Netflix presentará planes con publicidad en un cambio importante
Netflix planea ofrecer niveles más baratos con publicidad a los consumidores durante el próximo año o dos, dijo el martes el servicio de transmisión de video a pedido más grande del mundo, mientras busca aumentar su base de suscriptores en medio de una competencia más dura de las empresas rivales. La firma, que reportó una…
