Published on December 6 2017

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Facebook is crushing Snapchat. Well, forget that, because I’m interested in a much bigger tech company Facebook is poised to overtake: Google’s YouTube. Facebook has managed to grow, outpace, and marginalize its competitors...

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Instagram today announced two new features and both of them have to do with the Stories. Stories are small video clips that stick around for 24 hours and then disappear to the aether. With the latest update though, you can store those memories forever....

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Google, which owns YouTube, and Amazon are going to war over streaming services and plenty more. YouTube is also disappearing again from Amazon’s Echo Show video device. If you've got an Amazon Fire TV, say goodbye to using it to watch YouTube. The Google-owned...

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Published on December 6 2017

Between hurricanes, white supremacists and politics, it was a pretty dark year for the most popular tweets on Twitter. That's the takeaway from Twitter's list of most retweeted tweets for the year, which the company released Tuesday. It wasn't all doom...

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Facebook on Monday announced Messenger Kids, a somewhat closed-down messaging app for children ages 6-12. The app doesn't require the child to sign up for a Facebook account, relies on the parent(s) to add any contacts and hides the child from any sort...

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With the addition of both fast charging and wireless charging to Apple's 2017 iPhone lineup, there are more ways than ever to charge your iPhone. Every method is different -- some are faster and more expensive, while others are slower but more convenient....

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Consumer Reports today shared its final iPhone X testing results, and while the site has given the iPhone X a recommendation, Apple's new flagship smartphone has been ranked below the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus in the Consumer Reports recommended...

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Among many new design changes to the Instagram iOS app lately is one little tweak for the iPhone X: A new volume slider that activates when you use the iPhone X’s volume buttons to change the sound of a video within the app. It’s the kind of tiny change...

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Published on December 5 2017

Facebook is about to rollout a version of Messenger aimed specifically at kids, known as Messenger Kids. The emphasis is on safety, with all contacts having to be approved by parents. The app will be iOS-only when it launches in the next few days, with...

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Whatever concerns there were about the iPhone X prior to its launch last month, Apple’s latest smartphone appears to be on pace to become yet another best-seller for the company. As reported by Digitimes, analytics firm IHS Markit claims that the iPhone...

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