Podcast

Facebook considering allowing 5 profiles per account #1612

Facebook considers each user to have up to 5 profiles per account. It has never made sense why I could not have a Geek News Central profile and a New Media Show profile. It just makes so much more sense to keep things separated. Let's hope they move forward with this. Also, I want to encourage you to support the show in the value for value model. Donate to the show or become a sustaining insider if you find the content valuable.

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Todd Cochrane
Podcast
Twitter

Twitter Tests Reminding You To Add Alt Text To Images

Twitter’s accessibility team launched a much-requested feature test. Ten percent of users, who make up the test group, will be served reminders to add image descriptions to their photo uploads, TechCrunch reported. What is alt text? TechCrunch provided an explanation:…

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JenThorpe
amazon

Amazon Provided Ring Doorbell Footage To Police

Amazon handed Ring video doorbell footage to police without owners’ permission at least 11 times so far this year – a figure that highlights the unfettered access the company is giving police to doorsteps across the country, Politico reported. On…

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JenThorpe
Information

DFR Says Celsius Network Is “Deeply Insolvent”

Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) said it believes cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network is “deeply insolvent” and does not have assets and liquidity to honor its obligations to customers and other creditors, Reuters reported. According to Reuters: The crypto lender…

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JenThorpe
Netflix

Microsoft and Netflix Partner For New Ad-Supported Tier

Microsoft posted on the Official Microsoft Blog a post titled: “Netflix names Microsoft as partner for new consumer subscription plan”. Part of it says: We’re thrilled to be named Netflix’s technology and sales partner to help power their first ad-supported…

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JenThorpe
Android, smartphone

Nothing Launches Phone(1) from London

Carl Pei (and a parrot) launched Nothing‘s Phone(1) today in London. Starting in a café, moving to a theatre and ending at the after party, it was a surprisingly brief run through of the new phone. The big thing is…

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Andrew