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Roku may lose YouTube TV as negotiations with Google break down [Update: Google statement]

YouTube TV is an excellent, though not cheap, option for cutting cable and instead streaming live TV, but it seems Roku users may soon lose access to the app as a negotiations battle goes on. Over the past day or so, Roku has sent an email blast to some customers to notify them of the “possibility” that YouTube TV could soon leave the platform. Why? Roku says that negotiations between Google…
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Snapchat now has more users on Android than iOS after rebuilding its app

After years of customers complaining that the Snapchat app on Android was inferior to the iOS version, the company rebuilt it from scratch as an “investment.” As it turns out, that investment has paid off in a big way, with the new Snapchat app leading to a huge boost in Android users. Reuters reports that Snapchat has seen a 22% year-over-year increase in daily active users during the first…
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Interview: Realme's Madhav Sheth talks Realme 8 5G, laptops, and 2021 ambitions

Realme introduced the Realme 8 5G in India a few days ago, and on the occasion of the launch, we spoke with Mr. Madhav Sheth – Vice President of Realme and CEO of Realme India and Europe – allowing us to learn more about the company’s ambitions for 2021, the success of the number series, plans for affordable laptops and tablets, and the positioning of the Realme 8 5G. You can…
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Flashback: Batman and Superman love Nokia, the X-Men use LG

A couple of weeks ago we looked back at some phones with true star power – phones featured in blockbuster movies. Since Marvel characters featured heavily in that (Tony Stark/Iron Man, Steve Rogers/Captain America and others), we thought that this week we can have a look…
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Google Doodle honors in vitro fertilization scientist Anne McLaren

Google is celebrating the 94th birthday of Anne McLaren, one of the biologists credited for the development of in vitro fertilization, with a homepage Doodle. Life of Anne McLaren Anne McLaren was born on April 26, 1927, in London. During her childhood, Anne McLaren was given the chance to appear in the 1936 sci-fi film Things to Come, an adaptation of an H.G. Wells novel. This early brush with…
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