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  1. Jan

    YouTube testing ad-supported subscription-free TV service

    YouTube testing free ad-supported TV channel hub YouTube is testing a hub of ad-supported TV channels that users can watch for free, and it could feature programming from Lionsgate and A&E, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to a source familiar with the matter, YouTube is in talks...
    • Jan
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  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Global Android and iPhones users by the numbers

    Global Android and iPhones users by the numbers Google, Microsoft, and Meta continue to dominate super investors’ portfolios, and one reason is their dominance in the consumer market. According to the latest Dataroma statistics, Alphabet (Google), Microsoft, and Meta (Facebook) are the three...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Google Play Store fees lawsuit gets class-action status

    Google Play Store fees lawsuit gets class-action status Google now faces more than 21 million customers, instead of just a handful, in a lawsuit alleging its app store collects exorbitant fees. A federal judge exponentially increased the Alphabet Inc. unit’s damages exposure by granting...
  5. Jan

    Android 13 for all eligible smartphones by end of 2022 - Samsung

    Samsung wants Android 13 update launched on all eligible Galaxy smartphones by end of 2022 Samsung aims to bring its One UI 5 update to all eligible Galaxy smartphones by the end of 2022, Sammobile reports. The publication recently interviewed Samsung's vice president of Android Framework...
    • Jan
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  6. Jan

    Google One Premium plan gets free VPN on MacOS and Windows

    Google rolling out VPN to MacOS and Windows users Google is rolling out its virtual private network (VPN) to macOS and Windows users, but they will require a Google One Premium plan to use the service, The Verge reports. Google’s VPN service is available in 22 countries, and those wanting to...
  7. Jan

    YouTube Shorts launching on TV apps

    YouTube bringing Shorts to TV YouTube is bringing its TikTok-like short-form videos — YouTube Shorts — to its TV apps, the company announced in a blog post. The feature's inclusion in YouTube's TV apps meant the company had to overcome some design challenges, the most prominent being that the...
  8. Jan

    YouTube revamps interface

    YouTube rolls out redesigned user interface Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube is rolling out a redesigned user interface and a slew of new features, the company announced in a blog post. YouTube said the changes are the result of input from thousands of viewers worldwide and that...
  9. Jan

    Google hikes YouTube Premium family plan in several countries

    YouTube Premium family plan gets price hike YouTube has hiked the price of its Premium Family subscription plan in the US by nearly 28%, Engadget reports. The Google-owned video streaming service informed customers their monthly fee would increase by $5 from $17.99 to $22.99 in the coming months.
  10. Jan

    Google announces anti-doxxing tool

    Google launches tool to remove your personal information from Search results Google has started rolling out a new tool to help users easily remove their personal information that shows up in Google Search results, 9to5Mac reports. The Internet giant first announced the "Results about you"...
  11. Jan

    YouTube pulls videos of Tesla owners using their kids in Full Self Driving mode tests

    YouTube removes videos of Tesla drivers using kids as self-driving test obstacles YouTube has pulled two videos showing Tesla drivers testing the electric vehicle's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system to determine whether it would bring the car to stop for children on the road, CNBC reported. The...
    • Jan
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  12. Jan

    More US iPhone users want to switch to Android than vice versa

    More than a third of iPhone users want to switch to Android — Study A study by Beyond Identity has found that more Apple users want to switch to Android than the other way around. The company's findings stem from a survey of 1,003 US citizens, 505 of which used Android phones and 498 that used...
  13. Jan

    Google launches Android 13

    Android 13 launched — Here are the new features Google launched its Android 13 software update on Monday, offering several new features, including extended app colour theming, per-app language settings, and better privacy controls. Notably, the company bucked a trend where it typically rolled...
  14. Jan

    Alleged music copyright scammers steal $23 million in YouTube royalties

    Copyright scammers stole R374 million in YouTube music royalties Two scammers in the US made fake copyright claims on songs uploaded to YouTube for around four years and pocketed $23 million (R374.62 million) in royalties for Latin music rights they did not control, Billboard reports. The pair...
    • Jan
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  15. Jan

    Google Stadia gets Party Stream

    Google adds Party Stream to its cloud gaming service Google has added a new feature to its Stadia cloud gaming service that lets users share their gameplay with up to nine people, according to an XDA Developers report. Once enabled, Party Stream enables invited users to choose between playing...
  16. Jan

    Google defeats lawsuit decrying animal abuse videos on YouTube

    Google wins in animal abuse lawsuit against YouTube An animal rights group failed in a legal attempt to force Google to do more to keep videos of animal abuse off its YouTube streaming platform. Alphabet Inc.’s Google is protected by a federal law, Section 230 of the Communications Decency...
  17. Jan

    Discord switches Android app to React Native

    Discord revamps Android app to bring it up to speed with iOS Discord has overhauled its Android app using React Native to improve the speed at which it receives new features, it said in a blog post. In the past new features have rolled out to Discord's desktop and iOS apps before they arrive...
  18. Jan

    South Africa's data centre growth

    Growth of data centres in South Africa South Africa's data centre market is growing rapidly, with industry players building bigger and more advanced data centres. The list of companies with facilities in the country continues to grow after Teraco kicked off South Africa's carrier-neutral data...
    • Jan
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    Google Play Store will remove copycat apps in droves

    Google Play Store to crack down on copycat apps Google has announced several policy changes to its Play Store application marketplace, including stricter rules regarding copycat applications. From 31 August, Google will not allow applications that “mislead someone by impersonating someone else...
  20. Jan

    Third-party cookies survive another year as Google postpones removing them from Chrome

    Google delays killing third-party cookies in Chrome Google has delayed a plan to implement its new Privacy Sandbox APIs and phase out third-party cookies from its Chrome browser by a year. This is the second time the Internet giant has pushed back the switchover since it unveiled the Privacy...
    • Jan
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  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Google and Microsoft shares climb after reporting double-digit revenue growth

    Google and Microsoft shares climb after reporting double-digit revenue growth Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. posted double-digit quarterly revenue growth on Tuesday and expressed optimism about the coming months, reassuring investors who had been fretting that the...
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