Apple has acquired Primephonic, a leading classical music streaming service, and plans to released a dedicated classical music app. Primephonic made its name as a classical music streaming service, offering handpicked, premium quality audio. Apple wants to build on that, offering Apple Music subscribers the best in classical music. “We love and have a deep […]

Verizon is adding another entertainment service to its wireless bundles, giving some customers a free year of AMC+. Wireless carriers have increasingly been bundling various streaming and entertainment services in an effort to reduce churn. Verizon already offers Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, discovery+, Apple Arcade, Apple Music and Google Play Pass on its high-end unlimited plans. […]

The UK may prevent NVIDIA from buying Arm Holdings, over national security concerns. Arm is one of the UK’s biggest tech success stories. Arm creates chip designs which it then licenses to other companies for use in their products. Apple, Qualcomm, Samsung and others use the company’s designs. In Apple’s case, its license is so […]

Walmart has announced it will require some employees to be vaccinated, a response to the more contagious Delta variant. A number of organizations have announced vaccination requirements for their employees, including Apple, Google, the NFL and others. Walmart now joins that list, requiring some of its employees to be vaccinated by October 4. Doug McMillon, President and […]

Goldman Sachs is warning that electric vehicle makers will face rising battery costs, thanks to increased popularity. Automakers around the world are committing resources to the transition to electric vehicles. Governments are lending their support, committing to climate change and putting pressure on automakers to speed up the transition. According to CNBC, however, Goldman Sachs is […]

WhatsApp is bringing an oft-requested feature in a new beta: Multi-device support. While WhatsApp has supported desktop and web-based communication for some time, these methods require a person’s phone to be active and powered on in order to send and receive messages. WhatsApp is now adding the ability to have multiple devices in use…even when […]

Important as education is for the modern workforce, the formal system that provides and certifies educational attainment is broken. Costs have gotten away from the benefits of a formal college degree. Students face college costs today that is 3 times higher than they were less than 20 years ago. Housing and food insecurity are rampant among […]

Have you ever scrolled through Facebook and seen the provocative polls about what your favorite color is or perhaps a memory that reminds you of your mother?  You might have even been tempted to share your take on these questions to see how they compare to other people’s.  Now what if you knew that that […]

US officials are warning the EU not to single out American companies with “protectionist” tech policies. The EU has a much higher standard for consumer protections and privacy, policies that have put it on a collision course with numerous US companies. In addition, some specific EU countries, like Ireland and the Netherlands, have worked out […]

Strategies to help you adapt to the new normal. In response to a growing demand from consumers and regulators to protect online privacy, in January 2020, Google announced plans to phase out support for third-party cookies in its Chrome browser. With all of the changes Google has been making over the past year, including its […]