“The GSM Association has announced that it has stopped its development work on a standard for embedded SIMs or eSIMs. It also says that it is cooperating with an investigation by the the Department of Justice on an investigation.”
YouTube TV finally lets you choose between DVR and VOD versions of your saved content
“Google advertises YouTube TV with unlimited cloud DVR storage space, but it’s not like that matters. More often than not, YouTube TV swaps out your “recorded” shows for the video-on-demand (VOD) version with unskippable ads.”
Samsung Foldable Smartphone Is Codenamed ‘Winner”
“We recently heard some more details about the new Samsung foldable smartphone, the handset is rumored to come with dual 3.5 inch displays. Now we also have some more information about the device.”
You should change your Twitter password right now
“Yes, it’s that time again — password changing time. On Thursday, Twitter revealed that a bug caused the platform to store user passwords in unmasked form.”
Flickr has been acquired by photo-sharing service SmugMug
“Flickr announced yesterday that it’s entered into an agreement to be acquired from Oath Inc. by photo-sharing and image hosting platform SmugMug. Flickr says there are currently no plans to change its service following the acquisition.”
Apple is officially discontinuing its AirPort routers
“Apple is officially getting out of the router business, with the company announcing today that it will be discontinuing its AirPort, AirPort Extreme, and Time Capsule routers, via Engadget.”
T-Mobile just quietly killed one of its best deals
“T-Mobile has moved at speed to offering just one type of unlimited data plan. Customer response has been overwhelmingly positive — shocker! — but T-Mobile’s One plan leaves people who don’t want to pay the price for unlimited data out in the cold.”
Get ready to text from your desktop using Android Messages
“There are scores of apps out there that allow you to text from your web browser or desktop app. Just check out our list here for ten of them (I use Pulse myself, and love it). But why should we have to use a third-party app? Shouldn’t Google offer this natively?”
Apple Ordered to Pay Patent Troll VirnetX $502.6 Million in iMessage, FaceTime, and VPN Lawsuit
“A federal jury in Texas has ordered Apple to pay out $502.6 million to VirtnetX Holding Corp., the kind of company often referred to as a patent troll, in the eighth year of contentious legal battles between the two companies, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday.”
Password-free web security is coming to Chrome, Firefox, Edge
“Passwords are problematic, and most people don’t manage them properly. An alternative is coming to several major web browsers soon: Google, Mozilla and Microsoft are supporting built-in support for a password-free method of authentication on Chrome, Firefox and Edge browsers in the coming months.”
