Facebook
What exactly happened that caused Facebook’s outage?
On Thursday, Facebook said that it had finally found the culprit and fixed a technical issue that led to a widespread outage of near 24 hours across its…
Internet
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Internet trends and policy: streaming TV, social platforms and content rules, net neutrality, online security and new web services from Zillow and Apple.
Business
Ninja reportedly got paid $1 million from EA to stream ‘Apex Legends’
According to a Reuters source, EA paid Ninja (aka Tyler Bevins) $1 million to play the game on February 15th. That is a pretty penny that Ninja made…
Apps
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are still experiencing widespread service interruptions
On Wednesday, users around the world started noticing that they aren't able to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. All three services have experienced interruptions throughout the day and…
Business
Hulu with Ads is now free for all Spotify Premium subscribers
Spotify for Students subscribers have been enjoying free Hulu with Ads for some time now. This is something that Spotify Premium users have been missing out on, but…
Apple
Disney’s new streaming app will have every Disney movie every made
Disney's highly anticipated streaming service just got some extra bonus points. The streaming service, Disney Plus, will be launching later this year, and will include the entire Disney…
Mobile
This year, 30 cities will get Verizon’s 5G mobile network
Yes, you read the title correctly. If you're a Verizon subscriber or thinking about switching to Verizon, there's some exciting news. At Samsung's Unpacked event on Wednesday, Samsung…
Internet
Airstream camping trailers now come with optional AT&T LTE service
If you're in the market for a trailer, you may want to have a look at Airstream, especially if you like to stay connected during a cross-country trip.…
Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly planning to unify all of Facebook’s messaging apps
According to a report from The New York Times, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to brings all three messaging apps they own under one roof. One of…
Companies
Facebook could see a substantial fine from the FTC
Last March, we learned that Facebook allowed Cambridge Analytica to access personal information of 87 million users, the social media giant has faced a lot of pushback into…
AT&T
California sued by Internet industry groups over net neutrality law
California's passing of the new net neutrality law isn't sitting well with industry groups that represent AT&T, Charter, Comcast, Verizon, among others. Industry groups have now joined the…
Android
Thanos is making his way to ‘Fornite’
If you're a fan of Avengers: Infinity War movie, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about to get a whole lot better for your Fornite fans. It appears that…
Google
Latest version of Chrome learns to mute websites based on your web history
Previously, we learned that Google Chrome will mute auto-playing contents before it's blasted in your ears. Sometimes though, don't you just want to have the sound come on,…
Facebook
Facebook users will be able to see which sites are tracking them
Kicking things off in the F8 conference, Facebook is answering everyone's question: What is the platform doing to address concerns of user data? The answer to this appears…
Internet
Chinese authorities are able to read deleted WeChat messages
In some new boastful claims by the Chinese authorities, anti-corruption watchdog in Hefei claims that a division in a nearby city managed to obtain a "series of deleted…
Internet
Dutch police shuts down revenge porn site Anon-IB
Dutch authorities have seized control of revenge porn site Anon-IB, according to a report from Motherboard. Currently, the website redirects to a Dutch police force location with an…