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The Netflix logo is shown in this illustration photograph in Encinitas, California, in this Oct. 14, 2014 file photo. — Reuters
Competitors look to free services to take on Netflix
CANNES, France — Video streaming upstarts are looking to a different model to take on industry leader Netflix: free-to-viewer services that come with ads.While Disney, HBO, and Apple are launching competing services along the same subscription model as Netflix, others such as Tubi, Roku, Pluto and Rakuten are testing viewers tolerance for ads in video on demand services.California-based Tubi and Japan's Rakuten both announced plans to push into Europe this week at the MIPCOM in Cannes, France, the world's biggest television content market.Tubi plans to launch a Tubi Kids service next week, which will become available in Britain in 2020, and include series like "Strawberry Shortcake", "Paddington Bear" and "The Wiggles".Tubi boasts that its main...
October 17, 2019

Competitors look to free services to take on Netflix

Sabrina Ellis, Google vice president of product management, introduces the new Google Pixel 4 smartphone during a Google launch event in New York City on Tuesday. — AFP
Google in smartphone push with motion-sensing Pixel 4
NEW YORK — Google on Tuesday unveiled its newest Pixel handsets, aiming to boost its smartphone market share with features including gesture recognition that lets users simply wave their hands to get things done.Pixel 4 models made their public debut as the internet titan updated its hardware lineup ahead of the year-end shopping season.Google said Pixel 4 has a starting price of $799 in the United States and will be available starting Oct. 24.The new devices aim to ramp up Google's challenge in the premium smartphone segment dominated by Samsung and Apple, which recently unveiled an iPhone 11 starting at $699.Google's New York City event unveiled included updates to Nest smart home cameras and speakers that come on the heels of Amazon's new Alexa-powered products and also...
October 15, 2019

Google in smartphone push with motion-sensing Pixel 4

This photo illustration shows a smartphone displaying the
Apple pulls Hong Kong app used by protesters after China warning
HONG KONG — Apple on Thursday removed an app criticised by China for allowing protesters in Hong Kong to track police, as Beijing steps up pressure on foreign companies deemed to be providing support to the pro-democracy movement.The tech giant's pulling of HKmap.live was blasted as bowing to China and comes as high-profile brands, including the NBA and its Houston Rockets franchise, come under pressure from communist authorities over perceived support for democracy demonstrations in the financial hub.Chinese state media this week tore into the app, which collates information on police locations submitted by users, charging that it was helping "rioters".Communist Party mouthpiece The People's Daily said by stocking the app, Apple was "mixing business with politics,...
October 10, 2019

Apple pulls Hong Kong app used by protesters after China warning

The Sony Playstation logo is seen during the Tokyo Game Show in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture, in this Sept. 12, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Sony's PlayStation 5 launch set for late 2020
SAN FRANCISCO — Sony said on Tuesday its next-generation PlayStation 5 console, with new immersive features giving players the tactile experience of virtual worlds, would launch for the 2020 holiday season.The Japanese electronics firm, which had teased its new console earlier this year, said a major new feature of the updated console would be its immersive controller."One of our goals with the next generation is to deepen the feeling of immersion when you play games, and we had the opportunity with our new controller to reimagine how the sense of touch can add to that immersion," said Jim Ryan, president and chief executive of Sony Interactive Entertainment.The new controller will offer "haptic feedback" that brings players closer to the action of games."With...
October 08, 2019

Sony's PlayStation 5 launch set for late 2020

Sheep graze at Rothamsted Research’s “Farm Lab” in North Wyke, Devon, England, on Sept. 13, 2019, in this screengrab taken from video. — Thomson Reuters Foundation
UK 'farm lab' plows technology to help raise animals sustainably
NORTH WYKE, England — It is an idyllic countryside scene — an embrace of rolling hills dappled with Instagram-worthy bales of straw, as sheep and cows graze under a bright blue sky. Completing the picture, a stately manor graces the background.But this bucolic setting belies a research project that uses cutting-edge technology on a real-life farm to test ways of making agriculture more sustainable as rising temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions threaten productivity."We want to make an efficient (agricultural) system so that we can consume as much of the nutrients we put in, and we lose as little. That's the ultimate goal," said Taro Takahashi, a research scientist at Rothamsted Research's "Farm Lab".To achieve that balance, scientists monitor nutrient...
October 07, 2019

UK 'farm lab' plows technology to help raise animals sustainably

TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, is dabbling with paid advertising at the service, which has proven a hit with teenagers, vice president of global business solutions Blake Chandlee said in an online post. — AFP
TikTok turns its back on political ads
SAN FRANCISCO — Youth-friendly TikTok on Friday said it won't allow political ads because they would clash with the "lighthearted" feeling at the social network where people share playful video snippets.TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, is dabbling with paid advertising at the service, which has proven a hit with teenagers, vice president of global business solutions Blake Chandlee said in an online post."We're intent on always staying true to why users uniquely love the TikTok platform itself: for the app's lighthearted and irreverent feeling that makes it such a fun place to spend time," Chandlee said."In that spirit, we have chosen not to allow political ads on TikTok."TikTok, which has its headquarters in Southern California,...
October 05, 2019

TikTok turns its back on political ads

Participants attending an Esports boot-camp training session in Singapore in this Sept. 2, 2019 file photo.  — AFP
ESports a hard sell in grades-obsessed Singapore
SINGAPORE — In a country highly focused on academic achievement, Singaporean Galvin Kang Jian Wen did something almost unthinkable — he stopped studying as a teenager to spend more time playing computer games.He defied parental and social disapproval after his high school finals to pursue his dream of becoming an eSports champion, but believes the sacrifice has paid off as he heads with his national team to Southeast Asia's mini-Olympics.Teenage gamers worldwide are shunning mainstream education in favor of spending hours tapping away on computers and phones, attracted by a booming eSports scene where prizes at major tournaments reach millions of dollars.But perhaps nowhere is the prospect of swapping textbooks for joysticks more daunting than in Singapore, which tops global...
October 04, 2019

ESports a hard sell in grades-obsessed Singapore

In this file photo taken on Oct. 1, 2019 in Lille shows the logos of mobile apps Facebook and Google displayed on a tablet. Facebook on Thursday launched Threads, an image-centric messaging app designed to weave tight circles of Instagram friends together, while ramping up its challenge to rival Snapchat. Threads is its own separate smartphone app, but ties into lists of
Facebook launches 'Threads' app woven into Instagram
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook on Thursday launched Threads, an image-centric messaging app designed to weave tight circles of Instagram friends together, while ramping up its challenge to rival Snapchat.Threads is its own separate smartphone app, but ties into lists of "close friends" that Instagram began letting users create late last year, according to director of product Robby Stein."Threads is the fastest way to share a photo or video with your close friends on Instagram," Stein said."Messages from your close friends list will appear in both Threads and Direct, so you have full control over how and with whom you want to interact."The Threads app opens directly in smartphone cameras, making it easy to share photos or video in a visual messaging style that has...
October 03, 2019

Facebook launches 'Threads' app woven into Instagram

This file photo taken on July 4, 2019 in Nantes shows the logo of the US online social media and social networking service, Facebook. — AFP
Facebook suffers legal blow in EU court over hate speech
LUXEMBOURG — Facebook on Wednesday was dealt a major blow in the EU's top court, which ruled that national courts in Europe can order online platforms to remove defamatory content worldwide.The decision will be seen as a victory for EU regulators, who are ambitious to see US tech giants meet tightened European standards over hate speech and offensive content.Last week, the same court decided that Google was not legally compelled to apply the EU's strict "right to be forgotten" rules globally, in a victory for the search giant.In a closely watched judgment, the European Court of Justice said EU law "does not preclude" courts from ordering "the removal of information or to block access worldwide," a statement said.The latest case was brought originally...
October 03, 2019

Facebook suffers legal blow in EU court over hate speech

Twitter outages reported from Japan to USA
SAN FRANCISCO — Several features on Twitter were down Wednesday, the platform said, with users from Japan to the USA reporting they were unable to log in, use the mobile app or see direct messages."We've been experiencing outages across Twitter and TweetDeck," the social media giant said in a statement, without giving a reason for the disruption."You might have had trouble Tweeting, getting notifications, or viewing DMs. We're currently working on a fix, and should be back to normal soon."Monitoring site outage.report said it had received more than 3,200 complaints from across six continents as of Wednesday, with users in the US, UK and India among those particularly badly hit.Almost half of those reporting outages said the mobile app was not working, with...
October 02, 2019

Twitter outages reported from Japan to USA

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