• Verizon accused of misleading FCC on rural LTE coverage

    Rural carriers have accused Verizon of using shady tricks to hinder its cellular competition. In a letter to the FCC, the Rural Wireless Association accused Verizon of providing the regulator with a "sham coverage map" that distorted the reach of it… Source: Engadget | Verizon accused of misleading FCC on rural LTE coverage

    August 8, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Twitter is basically OK with harassment, just don't @ anyone

    Twitter will let you harass whomever you want as long as you don’t tag or @-mention them. That’s essentially how Twitter explained its decision not to ban Alex Jones from its platform Tuesday after Facebook, Apple, Google, Spotify and others banned Jones for violating policies against hate speech and harassment. SEE ALSO: How the dominoes …

    August 8, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Why Elon Musk can get away with tweeting about Tesla's business plans

    It certainly felt like a whim or marijuana-infused trolling, but Elon Musk’s tweet Tuesday morning about taking his now-publicly traded electric car company private is just how the Tesla CEO operates. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk is serious about taking Tesla private The Securities and Exchange Commission has a social media policy in place to make …

    August 8, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Now you can disable threaded Gmail conversations for iOS and Android

    Google has continued to tweak its Gmail mobile apps to try and make things better for its users. The company introduced AI-powered notifications for iOS, added custom swipe actions for Android and has tweaked its threaded conversation view for years…. Source: Engadget | Now you can disable threaded Gmail conversations for iOS and Android

    August 8, 2018 | by Raheel
  • California Fire Now the Largest in State History: 'People Are on Edge'

    California Fire Now the Largest in State History: ‘People Are on Edge’  New York Times White House can’t — or won’t — explain Trump’s wildfire tweets  CNN The Latest: Trump says he is monitoring California wildfires  Fox News Full coverage Source: Google News | California Fire Now the Largest in State History: 'People Are on Edge'

    August 8, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Manafort's Attorney Presses Gates on Lies He Admittedly Told

    Manafort’s Attorney Presses Gates on Lies He Admittedly Told  Wall Street Journal America is swarming with Paul Manaforts  Washington Post Full coverage Source: Google News | Manafort's Attorney Presses Gates on Lies He Admittedly Told

    August 8, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Tessa Thompson's 'Thor: Ragnorok' wig had an astronomical price tag

    Tessa Thompson is a national treasure worth her weight in gold.  And that’s basically what her Thor: Ragnorok wig cost, according to a new Huffington Post interview with her Sorry to Bother You director Boots Riley.  SEE ALSO: ‘Sorry to Bother You’ cast on the hidden message of their psychedelic sci-fi The shoot for the …

    August 7, 2018 | by Raheel
  • InfoWars terms of service bans 'hateful' users just like Facebook, YouTube, and Apple

    InfoWars‘ terms of service totally contradicts its core belief of freedom of speech.  The website, which conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed performance artist Alex Jones claims is a legitimate news outlet, has been kicked off of Facebook, YouTube, iTunes, and even Pinterest this week for spreading hateful lies. In response, Jones and his supporters took to …

    August 7, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Snapchat update leaked some of its iOS app's source code

    Snap's user losses aren't the only things the company has had to worry about as of late. A spokesperson has confirmed to Motherboard that a May update for the Snapchat iOS app exposed a "small amount" of its source code, and that someone posted that… Source: Engadget | Snapchat update leaked some of its iOS …

    August 7, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Snapchat's hated redesign made it lose users for the first time ever

    Snapchat’s massively unpopular redesign continues to hurt the company. Snap disclosed Tuesday that the app lost 3 million of its daily active users due in large part to its controversial redesign. SEE ALSO: Snapchat and Amazon will team up on in-app shopping, report says The decline, which marked Snapchat’s first-ever quarter of negative user growth, …

    August 7, 2018 | by Raheel