While Netflix has made 4K streaming available for some years now, the actual hardware to support it has only recent been made widely available, thanks to more affordable prices. The higher amount of 4K TV ownership naturally translated to more people streaming Netflix at its full capacity, which has now incidentally led to increasingly expensive […]
Amazon Launches Program to Donate Unsold Items to Charities
Amazon has recently been criticized for trashing millions of unsold items every year, with a French documentary claiming that the giant online retailer disposed of more than 3 million unsold items in France alone last year. To address these concerns, Amazon has now announced its Fulfillment by Amazon Donations program, its plan to donate unsold […]
Case Maker Reveals Upcoming Apple iPhone 11 Naming Scheme
While the world patiently waits for Apple to announce the official release of the iPhone 11, we now have some information regarding the naming of the upcoming devices. According to case maker ESR, the three iPhone 11s releasing will establish a new naming scheme for Apple. Shaking up its established naming scheme, the most basic […]
Offerpad and Keller Williams team up amid iBuying craze
Keller Williams CEO Gary Keller and Offerpad CEO Brian Bair (Credit: Keller Williams/Gage Skidmore via Flickr) Amid an iBuying craze, Keller Williams and Offerpad are teaming up to buy and sell more homes. Through a new partnership, Keller agents will steer sellers seeking all-cash offers to Offerpad, the companies announced Wednesday. Offerpad, which looks to […]
Instagram Now Allows Users to Create Their Own Augmented Reality Filters
Instagram Story filters have become the norm across popular social media apps, and now Facebook‘s previously closed Spark AR Studios beta has become available to everyone. Available on both Mac and PC, the program allows users to create their own original 3D face filters, including tools to import objects sounds, synch movements, and publish those […]
Facebook Admits to Paying Third-Party Contractors to Transcribe Users’ Audio Messages
Its been revealed that Facebook Inc. has been paying third-party contractors to help transcribe audio clips from users of its Messenger app. A number of contracted employees — all anonymous in fear of losing their jobs — divulged that they have been listening to different types of conversations, but were in the dark regarding the […]