Articles tagged "Online services"

Shortly after YouTube announced its crackdown on ad blockers, the platform shared plans on improving its paid Premium service to incentivize people to start paying for YouTube. So, in a way, not only do you skip the ads, but you also gain access to...

Meta launched Threads in early July and as curious Instagram users signed up for the new text-oriented service, it grew to 100 million users in just five days. However, users quickly realized that this was a one-way street – once you activated a...

Google just announced that it's bringing Generative AI in search to more than 120 new countries and territories. Thus, the Search Generative Experience (SGE) got its largest international expansion so far. SGE initially became available only in...

Back in June, YouTube announced that it was running a "small experiment" globally where it urged a tiny subset of people using ad blockers to disable them if they want to view content on the platform. This is no longer a "small experiment"....

X - the artist formerly known as Twitter - has today announced two new subscription tiers for its service. These join the already available $8/month Premium subscription, which now becomes the middle option. The cheapest X subscription is now...

After Netflix's recent price hike for some of its plans, Apple followed suit with a price increase on most of its online services - Apple TV+, Apple Arcade and Apple News+. The bundle deals are also getting more expensive in the US and other...

Google Photos has learned a neat little trick to better serve its users on Android and iOS. It will use AI to create a highlight video of anything you'd like, with background music in tow. The feature is rolling out to Android and iOS users right...

Spotify shared its Q3 earnings report and it's positive for a change. The company reported a profit of €65 million for the third quarter and an operating income of €32 million. Those compare nicely with €166 million net loss and €228 operating loss...

You might remember that back in 2022, T-Mobile and SpaceX joined forces to announce direct-to-cell satellite connectivity to regular, unmodified cellphones via a network of Starlink satellites. As per a new report, SpaceX is ramping up its launch...

Before you head on to the comment section to inform us that playing music from YouTube Music on Apple HomePod has already been possible for a while now – we know. That is kind of the case since the ability to cast audio from the app to a HomePod...

Throughout the years, Meta has been "inspired" by various competitors to launch identical features - some later dying unceremonious deaths, others going on to become much more popular than the original (just think Stories). Today is another day...

Remember last year when SpaceX and T-Mobile announced that they are working on a way to beam data directly to your phone from space satellites? That service will launch next year, but it will have a gradual rollout of capabilities. This means...

This February Apple launched the MLS Season Pass – a place to stream Major League Soccer, which doesn’t require an Apple TV+ subscription (thought TV+ subscribers get a discount). This was apparently quite successful (it’s credited with 1 million...

Another Google app will soon be phased out – Google Podcasts will cease to exist in 2024 as Google looks to move podcasts to YouTube Music. Google Podcasts launched in 2018 on Android and later made its way to web and iOS in 2020. Google...

Google initially unveiled its Bard AI tool as a knee-jerk reaction to the overnight popularity gained by ChatGPT earlier this year, but in the meantime the search giant has continued to improve Bard - whether by adding new features or expanding its...

Great news! WhatsApp is finally adding support for HD videos! No need to double check the date on this article, you haven't accidentally been time-machined back to 2005. It's still 2023, and one of the world's leading messaging services is only now...

Music streaming services are everywhere these days, and did you know that Google has one too? It's called YouTube Music and starting today it wants to help you discover new music in a very addictive fashion. So it's adding a new tab called Samples,...

WhatsApp's quest to add as many features as possible shows no signs of stopping. Case in point, a new one. Today Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the Meta-owned messaging service now supports screen sharing in video calls. The feature is...

Voice messages have been a staple feature of WhatsApp for years now. And so have voice calls. But also video calls. Spot what's missing in this series? Indeed, video messages. Well, they were missing, up until today that is. WhatsApp finally...

Spotify is the latest streaming service to announce a price hike for its subscription plans. The world’s most popular music streaming service which boasts over 200 million Premium subscribers will soon cost a little bit extra. Spotify Premium...