Category: Internet

Apple has released its yearly report of the most popular apps and, to no one’s surprise, Zoom was the most popular iOS app in 2020. Few apps have become synonymous with the pandemic as much as Zoom. As employees went…

Today at YouTube, I had a chance to play briefly with YouTube Leanback, best described as a way to channel surf YouTube on your regular TV. It was pretty cool. Here’s my quick impressions and a short video of it…

Online video watching jumped by 16% in April according to comScore, with YouTube getting “a significant increase in video viewing” during the month. Overall, comScore says U.S. Internet users watched almost 17 billion online videos in April, up 16% from…

400,000 search queries on Google Video lead to poisoned results and may lead users to download malicious software. That’s according to a Trend Micro blog post this weekend reported today by The Register. Trend Micro believes this “blackhat SEO poisoning”…

Facebook announced it is acquiring Giphy, with plans to integrate it into the Instagram platform. Giphy is a popular service that lets users share short, looped videos, reminiscent of animated GIFs. The service is widely used in text messaging, social…

YouTube is clearly evolving before our eyes — from a site that was largely about viral, user-generated content (UGC) to a premium content destination that may one day be a viable replacement for cable TV. First the news. Google/YouTube has…

Google has announced that it will soon penalize sites that are repeatedly accused of copyright infringement. But one site in particular doesn’t need to worry: Google’s own YouTube. It has a unique immunity against the forthcoming penalty. POSTSCRIPT: Please also…

Zoom reported its quarterly results, smashing expectations as the company’s revenue was up 355% year-over-year. Zoom has become the de facto standard videoconferencing platform in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. It is widely used by businesses, government agencies, schools,…

Google’s recent decision to start restricting third-party camera access in Android appears to be privacy-related. Google made headlines when it was discovered that Android 11 would feature a major departure in how camera access was handled. Starting with that version,…

Huawei is facing a critical shortage of smartphone chips as a result of pressure from the US. In the aftermath of concerted efforts by US officials to isolate Huawei, the company is reporting that it is running out of smartphone…