AT&T to limit video quality by default—even on unlimited data plans
Enlarge / AT&T's pitch for Stream Saver. reader comments 65 AT&T today said it will begin limiting the quality of mobile video for cellular data customers in early 2017. A new feature called "Stream Saver" will throttle video to DVD resolution of about 480p. Customers will be able to opt out of Stream Saver, but it will be enabled by default—even for customers with unlimited data, AT&T told Ars. AT&T will notify customers once Stream Saver has been activated and provide instructions for t..>> view originalApple's iBooks StoryTime app for Apple TV will read to your kids
Apple on Thursday released a new Apple TV application called iBooks StoryTime that brings children’s books to the TV’s big screen. Kids can flip through the pages of the books on their own, or switch on Read-Aloud narration which will sync the audio to the on-screen text and flip the pages for you. The app, which works on 4th generation Apple TV devices that have access to tvOS App Store, is a free download, but the books themselves are not. There’s one free giveaway at launch so you can test ..>> view originalHow to Photograph the Supermoon: NASA Pro Shares His Tips
The biggest, brightest full moon of 2016 is just around the corner. If you'd like to capture the memory of Monday's supermoon on camera, a pro photographer at NASA has some tips for you. A so-called supermoon takes place when the moon, in its full phase, is at the closest point to Earth in the 27-day lunar orbit. The Nov. 14 supermoon will appear about 15 percent larger than average and is the closest full moon in 68 years. Bill Ingalls, a NASA photographer for more than 25 years,..>> view originalWhy did Facebook just buy a popular social analytics tool used by media companies?
Facebook has repeatedly denied it is a media company. So why did it just go and buy a startup best known for its social analytics platform for media publishers? Arriving on the scene in 2011, CrowdTangle has become an indispensable tracking tool for media outlets. Its real-time dashboards, custom notifications, and personalized visualizations help publishers compare their social leverage with their competitors’ and discover trending content. In its own words: “Hundreds of newsrooms and thousand..>> view originalZuckerberg: Fake news on Facebook affected election? That's 'crazy'
After Donald Trump won the US presidential election on Tuesday, some commentators argued that fake news circulating on Facebook helped the real estate mogul turned reality TV personality win.There was, for example, this story from the nonexistent Denver Guardian about an FBI agent associated with Hillary Clinton's email leaks being found dead in a murder suicide. Or this one about the Pope endorsing Trump.Even President Barack Obama called out Facebook by name the day before Tuesday's election...>> view originaliPhone 8 vs. iPhone 7: What New Features Will Apple Include?
The tenth anniversary of the iPhone range comes next year, and Apple is expected to launch something outstanding in order to mark the occasion. Thus, the iPhone 8 could be the revolutionary smartphone that Apple fans have desired for some time. Recent iPhone releases have been somewhat conservative, and followers of the iconic smartphone series are hoping for something more ambitious when the iPhone 8 launches. Image Credit: Veniamin Geskin / TwitterWhile the iPhone 7 has sold pretty well for A..>> view originalKaspersky accuses Microsoft of anticompetitive bundling of antivirus software
reader comments 24 Billionaire Russian anti-virus developer Eugene Kaspersky has penned an angry blog post titled "That's It. I've Had Enough!" to complain about Microsoft and Windows 10. Specifically, Kaspersky argues that the way Microsoft bundled Defender with Windows 10 is anti-competitive: he says that Microsoft has created obstacles to third-party products and is acting against the interests of the developers of third-party security software. Accordingly, Kaspersky says that he has fil..>> view original11 paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited time
Never has the world needed a weekend more badly than it does today. Thankfully, Friday has arrived, and so has our fifth and final collection of paid apps on sale of the week. If you want to spend your whole weekend laying in bed, downloading free apps, you are more than welcome to do so. Just read on and start downloading. MUST SEE: Leak suggests the iPhone 8 will finally get the redesign it deserves These are paid iPhone and iPad apps that have been made available for free for a limited tim..>> view originalWhy seabirds find plastic debris so yummy
As more and more human trash ends up in the world's oceans, animals like seabirds increasingly encounter the stuff. And as a result, they end up snacking on plastic.But why? researchers have wondered. Surely plastic doesn't seem very tasty, at least not to humans.But to seabirds, plastic might actually seem just like food, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. Much like the smell of a perfectly roasted turkey wafting through the house might invite hungry ..>> view originalICYMI: Snap Inc. knows people want its video sunglasses
Today on In Case You Missed It: Snap Inc. dropped a Spectacles vending machine in Southern California and the sunglasses were snapped up in no time. If you don't have the thousands of dollars handy that you'd need to pay for them on eBay, you can virtually try them on inside Snapchat by taking a photo of the ghost logo on the Spectacles site (which is what I did in today's photo. Ugh.). The video of the vending machine giggling to earth is here. The story about Samsung filing a patent for a sma..>> view original
Saturday, November 12, 2016
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