“We’ve got a whole roundup of 2017’s tech April Fools’ pranks, but this one from Snapchat deserves a little highlight all its own. Back in August of last year, Instagram copied Snapchat’s Stories feature. There’s no arguing it.”
A YouTube star with 7.5 million subscribers explains how she makes money — and how the industry is changing
“But fast forward less than five years, and Gutowski’s YouTube channel MyLifeAsEva has over 7.5 million subscribers, she’s coming out with a book, and has an upcoming TV show on YouTube’s premium “Red” tier, with Emmy-winning actress Rhea Perlman.”
Starbucks unveils a virtual assistant that takes your order via messaging or voice
“Starbucks is embracing the trend towards voice-based computing with the launch of a new feature in its mobile app called My Starbucks barista, which allows customers to order and pay for their food and drinks just by speaking.”
No, Netflix still doesn’t really work with Apple’s new TV app
“Netflix was a major missing piece of Apple’s new TV app when it launched last month, and that’s still the case despite some confusing coverage recently. The confusion is around how Apple’s TV app works with search and opening video apps.”
Hackers threaten to wipe millions of Apple devices, demand ransom
“A group of hackers is threatening to wipe data from millions of Apple devices in two weeks if the company doesn’t pay them $150,000. The group, which calls itself Turkish Crime Family, claims to have login credentials for more than 627 million icloud.com, me.com and mac.com email addresses.”
Amazon Go, deep learning, and a better retail experience
“You could say Amazon Go almost broke tech media’s internet this past December. Driverless shopping, checkout-free shopping, almost “shoplifting,” deep learning, computer vision, and job killer AI were a few phrases that made the rounds.”
5 Privacy Protecting Apps You Need to Use Right Now
“On the internet, you can never be too safe. New threats keep coming up all the time, whether attacking your security or trying to mine your data. It only makes sense to do whatever you can to stay secure. And just as the internet takes, the internet also provides.”
Lock down your Mac with system and networking monitoring tools
“Any malware powerful enough to overcome the defenses that Apple built to resist incursions may also be powerful enough to hide its traces. That’s not quite an axiom of security, but it’s generally true.”
Hands On: Plex now has DVR Features and Alexa Skill
“”Alexa, ask Plex to play Star Trek on my NVIDIA Shield.” Plex has launched its skill for Alexa that makes it possible to use voice commands to play videos on a media player connected to a TV.”
How to Use Split View in Safari on iPad with iOS 10
“Multitasking on iPad added Split View in Safari when iOS 10 was introduced for iPad. Previously, you could only open up two different apps simultaneously on iPad using Split View.”
