Month: April 2019
Apple results beat analyst expectations as iPad and service businesses grow
Apple beat analyst expectations as it reported quarterly revenue of 58 billion US dollars (£44.5 billion) in its latest financial results. The figure was, in fact, a drop of 5% percent on the same period a year ago, but above market predictions for revenue of 57.5 billion dollars. Revenue from iPhone sales also beat expectations…
Facebook F8 conference – key announcements
Facebook has pledged to begin a “new chapter” in its history as it revealed plans to be more privacy-focused at its F8 developer conference in California. The social network announced a number of updates across its platforms – Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp – at its F8 event, here is a look at the key updates.…
CAA to charge drone operators £16.50 annual fee to join new register
Drone operators will have to pay an annual charge of £16.50 under plans to introduce a new registration scheme in the UK. From the end of November, operators of drones or model aircraft weighing between 250 grams and 20 kilograms will be legally required to register with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). A new online…
Ofcom survey shows TalkTalk is worst for customer service
TalkTalk has been shamed for the quality of its broadband customer service in industry-wide figures released by Ofcom. TalkTalk broadband customers are less likely than average to be satisfied with their service, have more reason to complain and are less likely to have their complaint resolved on first contact, according to the regulator’s annual customer satisfaction…
Samsung launches vertical Sero TV aimed at Millennials
Samsung has unveiled a new type of television, one that sits in a vertical orientation to fit content filmed on mobile phones. Called the Sero, the new device has gone on sale in Korea aimed specifically at the millennial generation, who watch more content on the vertical screen of their smartphone, Samsung said. The tech…
Music app Spotify hits 100m paid users milestone
Music streaming service Spotify has said its paying subscribers have reached 100 million for the first time, up 32% year-on-year and almost twice the latest figures from Apple Music. The Stockholm-based company called the figure, which was reached during the first three months of 2019, “an important milestone”. The growth was driven, among other things,…
Has Apple removed parental control apps because of competition fears?
Apple has denied removing parental control apps from its App Store as part of a crackdown on technology which rivals its own screen time monitoring tools. A report by the New York Times claimed the tech firm had forced a number of parental control apps to remove key features in the last year, or removed…
Social media bosses to discuss suicide and self harm content with the Samaritans
Representatives from social media giants Facebook, Google, Snapchat and Instagram have been summoned by the Government to meet the Samaritans over plans to rid the internet of content promoting self-harm videos and suicide Health Secretary Matt Hancock has convened the summit and will ask tech giants to commit to developing ways that might identify and…
Fitness trackers miscalculate marathon distance by 11 miles!
According to Which? the Garmin Vivosmart 4 underestimates the distance you have run by over 40% Some fitness trackers are so unreliable they have been found to miscalculate the distance of a marathon by nearly 11 miles, new research claims. Analysis by consumer watchdog Which? said fitness trackers from brands…
Dead Facebook account holders to outnumber living in fifty years?
The number of dead Facebook account holders could outnumber the living within fifty years, new research has claimed. Academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), part of the University of Oxford, found that based on 2018 user figures, at least 1.4 billion of the site’s around 2.3 billion users will die before 2100, with the…