Opera Touch brings website cookie blocking to iOS

Last fall, Opera introduced Opera Touch for iOS — asolid alternative to Safari on iPhone, optimized for one-handed use. Today, the company is rolling out a notable new feature to this app: cookie blocking. Yes, it can now block those annoying dialogs that ask you to accept the...
Posted On 23 Feb 2019
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Razer is closing its game store after less than a year

Razer is one of the dominant brands in gaming when it comes to buying equipment to play, but one of its biggest efforts to own a larger slice of digital spending hasn’t gone according to plan. After less than a year, the company announced that it will close its digital game store...
Posted On 18 Feb 2019
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Feel the beep: This album is played entirely on a PC motherboard speaker

If you’re craving a truly different sound with which to slay the crew this weekend, look no further than System Beeps, a new album by shiru8bit — though you may have to drag your old 486 out of storage to play it. Yes, this album runs in MS-DOS and its music is produced entirely...
Posted On 09 Feb 2019
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Bird CEO on scooter startup copycats, unit economics, safety and seasonality

Bird’s electric scooters were on full display at the Upfront Summit in Malibu last week, a two-day event that brings together the likes of Hollywood, Silicon Valley and Washington, DC’s elite. Not only were a dozen or so brand spanking new scooters available to ride throughout...
Posted On 04 Feb 2019
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Twilio closes acquisition of email specialist SendGrid in all-stock deal now worth $3B

  Twilio’s bid to become the go-to platform for all of a business’s external communication needs took a big step ahead today. The company said that it has closed its acquisition of email specialist SendGrid. First announced four months ago, Twilio today said the all-stock...
Posted On 01 Feb 2019
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American Airlines taps Apple Music for in-flight entertainment

American Airlines and Apple Music have closed a dealthat would give passengers access to the full library of Apple Music songs on AA flights. Apple Music’s more than 50 million songs will be available on any domestic American Airlines flight equipped with Viasat satellite wifi at...
Posted On 30 Jan 2019
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OTT is the Next Step in the Digital Revolution for Media Buyers

OTT is increasingly being tested by advertisers as more inventory becomes available, says Nicole Whitesel, SVP of Enterprise Strategy at Publicis Media. “In the past, OTT was seen as a nascent channel with limited reach,” said Whitesel. “I think now you’re seeing a lot more...
Posted On 28 Jan 2019
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Uber CEO: Autonomous is an Enormous Technology

Autonomous is an enormous technology, says Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. Following the unfortunate accident that happened last year in Arizona, Uber took a retreat from autonomous vehicles. However, Uber has taken that time to rebuild how they are building that product. “It will...
Posted On 25 Jan 2019
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Facebook adds new reporting for Click-to-WhatsApp ads

Ad campaign objectives now include traffic, conversions (for website), and post engagement. Amy Gesenhues on January 3, 2019 at 3:03 pm More Facebook has added traffic, conversions and page post engagement objectives for its Click-to-WhatsApp ads — ads that launch a WhatsApp chat...
Posted On 08 Jan 2019
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Google clarifies it does capture location data after Location History is turned off

The company issued a correction on a help page following a story by the AP. Earlier this week, the AP reported that Google continues to collect user location data even when user Location History is turned off. In response, Google initially said that the company was being clear...
Posted On 07 Dec 2018
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