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Will Facebook’s first generation smart glasses be a success?
Facebook is testing the water with its first-generation smart glasses. But will they be a big hit? Rupantar Guha, Associate Project Manager for Thematic Research at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, gives his opinion... “Facebook’s first-generation smart glasses are a cautious move to test the waters before rivals such as Apple enter the…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Could Facebook smart sunglasses be used for secret recording?
Facebook has come under pressure over its video-recording sunglasses after tests of the eyewear found that people struggled to see a warning light informing them they were being filmed. The social network has attempted to succeed where both Google and Snapchat have so far failed in convincing people to don the high-tech glasses, which can record…
Tech Digest daily round up: Skip ‘Hey, Google’ with Quick phrases
“Quick phrases” is a new feature currently under development for Google Assistant that could one day let you skip having to say “Hey, Google” for common phrases like “What time is it?” or “Turn the lights on,” 9to5Google reports. The feature is yet to be officially announced, and it’s unclear when it might launch or exactly which…
REVEALED: Top 20 companies which collect most data
In light of Google pushing its Chrome cookie ban to 2023, a brand new study by pCloud has researched the websites with the most cross-site trackers to analyse which popular businesses are tracking you. When you browse from website to website, cross-site trackers follow you, collecting data on where you’ve been and what you’ve done. This…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Uber rival Didi scraps European launch
The Chinese taxi-hailing app Didi has suspended plans to launch in Britain and continental Europe amid concerns about how it handles sensitive passenger data, The Telegraph can reveal. Didi had secured licences to operate in several British cities as part of a push to challenge Uber, but is now understood to have pulled the plans for at…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Vodafone to bring back roaming charges
Vodafone has become the second UK mobile company to reintroduce roaming charges for users travelling in Europe. From January, new and upgrading customers will be charged at least £1 a day to use their mobile phone in EU destinations, on several tariffs. It follows similar plans from rival EE, announced in June. Initially, all operators…
Tech Digest daily round up: Jeff Bezos space flight
Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and world's richest man, will today take a historic leap for private space flight when he is blasted into space aboard his New Shepard rocket. The rocket will take off from Blue Origin's Launch Site One in West Texas and take Mr Bezos up 62 miles, above the Karman line…
YouTube Hit 34.6B monthly visits – more than Facebook and Twitter combined
The world's largest social media platforms continue their impressive growth in 2021, with no signs of stopping in the years to come. Although Facebook still dominates the social media space with over 2.1 billion million active users, YouTube hit far more monthly visits than the world's leading social media app. According to data presented by StockApps.com,…
Tech Digest daily round up: Facebook value tops $1 trillion for first time
The stock market value of Facebook has topped $1 trillion for the first time after the tech giant won a court victory against US regulators. A federal court dismissed two lawsuits, from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a coalition of states, sending Facebook shares up 4.2%. It took the value of Facebook above $1tn,…
Facebook, YouTube and Instagram to hit 6.5bn users by 2023
The last year has seen a surge in the number of social media users, with billions of people spending more time than ever on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube amid the lockdowns. However, the world's largest social media platforms continued their growth in 2021 with no signs of stopping in the years to come. According to…