Following the depositions of former Apple head of software engineering Scott Forstall in the Epic vs. Apple case, we’ve come to learn some interesting details about the early days of the iPhone and the App Store. Now Forstall has revealed that Apple once considered letting Adobe bring Flash to iOS, but the results were “embarrassing.”
iPhone and iPod touch never supported Flash, which was…
New York will join the list of states signaling an end to new gas vehicle sales, as a bill banning their sale after 2035 has advanced through the state legislature. It now heads to Governor Andrew Cuomo’s desk where it is expected to be signed.
This bill makes New York…
Pichai teases ‘significant’ announcements at Google I/O 2021 as product cycles return to normal
April 28, 2021
Alphabet this afternoon reported big Q1 earnings with notable year-over-year growth as ad spending returned. In prepared remarks, CEO Sundar Pichai told investors to expect “significant product updates and announcements” at Google I/O 2021 next month.
That tease comes…
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Microsoft’s gaming division helped contribute a significant boost to its revenue during its fiscal Q3 2021 earnings report today. Xbox hardware revenue jumped 232% year-over-year as consumers rush out to pick up Xbox Series X/S consoles. These new systems were, of course, not available until Microsoft’s Q2.
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The ability to automate decisions is becoming essential for enterprises that deal in industries where mission-critical processes involve many variables. For example, in the financial sector…
Pricefx launches AI-powered market simulation tool
April 28, 2021
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AI has the potential to add value to marketing and sales operations. According to a McKinsey survey, 40% of marketing departments using AI achieve 6% or higher revenue growth on average. In sales…
Army Fields First New Air Defense Strykers in Europe
April 28, 2021
The 5th Battalion, 4th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (5-4 ADA), 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, is the first unit in the Army to receive the Mobile Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) system, April 21, 2021. (Jordan Allen /U.S. Army)
U.S. Army modernization officials have fielded the first Mobile Short Range Air Defense, or M-SHORAD, Stryker vehicles in Europe as part of a larger…
Redmi’s first foray into gaming phones is here and it’s called the Redmi K40 Gaming Edition (or Gaming Enhanced Edition, depending on which version of the machine translation you want to believe).
The K40 Gaming Edition covers all the basics to be considered a…
Wearing a face mask usually renders iPhone’s Face ID unusable. Even though it sounds like a first-world problem in the current circumstances, there are a lot of people, especially medical professionals, who would value Face ID on iPhone to work while wearing protective…
Epic deposition reveals Eddy Cue pushed to bring iMessage to Android in 2013, but was overruled
April 28, 2021
New filings in the Epic vs. Apple legal battle have shed additional light on Apple’s decision-making process regarding bringing iMessage to Android. As it turns out, Apple senior VP Eddy Cue pushed for iMessage to come to Android in 2013, but was overruled by other Apple executives.
As first spotted by the Verge, this new detail comes via a new deposition made public as part of the Epic…
