Netflix just released its first ever top 10 list of most-watched content
As part of a gradual shift toward more transparency, Netflix made good today on a pledge to investors that it would start being less stingy …
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Dire new figures show the cable industry is now losing 14,000 subscribers every day
At this point, it’s pretty hard to argue that the traditional pay TV industry is not living on borrowed time, as it continues to bleed …
Beware: This new robocall scam could cost you big time
It seems that robocallers have have begun to evolve a bit, as media coverage brings increased scrutiny and potential regulatory action in response to their …
Cord-cutting just hit a new record and put one more nail in traditional cable’s coffin
Cord-cutting just a hit a new record in the first quarter of this year, as more than 1 million people said goodbye to traditional cable …
Expect new Pixel phones, Android Q, and more at Google I/O next week
Ahead of the 2019 edition of its annual I/O developer conference that’s right around the corner, Google offered a bit of a tease for the …
This JetBlue fare sale with tickets as low as $44 is too good to pass up
Boutique New York-based airline JetBlue launched a two-day “Fly As You May” fare sale Tuesday with tons of great deals and fares as low as …
Advertising executives believe Netflix will have to run ads eventually
No surprise, Netflix was a big topic of discussion today as IAB’s Digital Content NewFronts event kicked off in New York City — and a …
Spotify now has 100M paying subscribers, but it’s still losing money
Spotify now has 100 million subscribers paying for the streaming music service’s Premium subscription tier, in addition to now enjoying a presence in 79 markets …
This mysterious leaked service may be Samsung’s version of Apple Arcade
Samsung may be about to launch a rival offering to compete with Apple’s forthcoming video game service, Apple Arcade. That’s according to a trademark Samsung …
Never mind the outcry: Netflix knows ‘The Office’ won’t be this popular forever
Andy Bernard, the lovable sad sack played by Ed Helms for several seasons of NBC’s The Office, muses aloud at one point during the super-emotional …
Gee, I wonder why Imax predicts that 2019 will be its strongest year ever?
On the same day that Avengers: Endgame opens wide in the US, Imax on Friday delivered word to Wall Street that the latest Marvel title …
Google bans one of the biggest Android app developers from the Play Store
On the heels of the revelation last week, via a BuzzFeed analysis, that several of the most-downloaded apps from the Google Play Store were caught …
Facebook could be fined up to $5 billion by the FTC due to privacy violations
Facebook has been dealing with one privacy-related scandal after another for more than a year now, a reality that’s about to present the social networking …
AT&T will unveil its new streaming service (and maybe ruin HBO Now) this fall
Apple and Disney have already hosted splashy media events showcasing the new streaming services they each plan to launch later this year to host original …
Facebook now says ‘millions’ of Instagram passwords were exposed, not ‘tens of thousands’
Well, that’s a heck of a revision. Back in March, as part of a disclosure about Facebook having learned that some user passwords were being …
Apple’s got a credit card, and now T-Mobile is launching a checking account
Tech companies and telcos, all of a sudden it seems, have decided to start making money by getting into, well, money. The same way Apple …
T-Mobile and Comcast are now working together to fight robocalls
The fight against the barrage of spam calls and robocalls continues to pick up steam, as a pair of rival carriers announced today that they’re …
Verizon just made it more expensive to activate or upgrade a phone in-store
Verizon appears to be incentivizing consumers to make purchases online rather than at one of its brick-and-mortar retail stores, as CNET reports that the mobile …
Netflix just added another 10 million subscribers, will experiment with top 10 lists
Netflix is just out with its earnings results covering the first three months of the year, and a key highlight of the companion shareholder letter …
Apple helping rebuild Notre Dame is a perfect example of how it’s changed under Tim Cook
Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted early Tuesday morning that the company would be donating money as a way of helping French officials rebuild the Notre …
Facebook is copying Snapchat again with a new way to browse the News Feed
Facebook’s new Snapchat-like “Stories” format could be about to completely transform your News Feed, if the latest scoop from app researcher Jane Manchun Wong comes …
Prediction: Apple Arcade may end up being a bigger winner for Apple than its TV service
After formally unveiling the subscription-based video game service last month that it’s planning to launch this fall as part of a shift toward services and …
This is Netflix’s secret weapon in the fight against Disney and Apple
This weekend, pop culture fans around the world will turn their attention again to the fictional continent of Westeros, where a bitter, treacherous fight for …
Disney just announced a price and launch date for its Disney+ streaming service
We already knew the streaming wars were going to get a lot more interesting this fall, and at an investor day presentation this afternoon from …
LinkedIn just added Facebook-style reactions
Just because Facebook is mired in a teeming mess of scandal right now doesn’t mean its competitors are completely ignoring the way the largest social …
Samsung: We will remain the global smartphone leader for the next decade
Never mind that Samsung Electronics Co., the global smartphone maker leader as ranked by device shipments, reported a 60 percent slump in quarterly operating income …
Thanks to hits like ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ movie theaters have nothing to fear from Netflix
If there’s anybody you’d think would be among the first to proclaim that Netflix and its rival streaming services are eating away at the business …
GameStop unveils a slew of discounts for its two-week spring sale
GameStop is hoping that a just-announced slew of offers as part of its spring sale that kicks off on Sunday will bring in some much-needed …
Apple poaches another AI expert from Google for its ‘special projects’ group
Google is apparently starting to become the farm team for Apple’s artificial intelligence work. The iPhone maker has just poached another AI expert from the …
AT&T was declared the fastest US network, but its rivals aren’t having it
Emails started being sent out to reporters the moment Ookla announced the results of its latest speed test, in which it declared AT&T as the …
