DigitalOutbox Episode 396

22/05/2021 1h 8min

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Chris and Ian discuss Google IO, Twitter and Apple
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Millions offered half price broadband from BT
Private equity firm Apollo to buy Verizon Media assets for $5B, will rename business ‘Yahoo’
Twitter expands Spaces to anyone with 600+ followers, details plans for tickets, reminders and more
Twitter rolls out improved ‘reply prompts’ to cut down on harmful tweets
Twitter Tip Jar lets you pay people for good tweeting
Trump’s Facebook ban should not be lifted, network’s oversight board rules
Analytics Suggest 96% of Users Leave App Tracking Disabled in iOS 14.5
Apple puts more adverts in App Store after ad-tracking ban
Apple Watch gets a motion-controlled cursor with ‘Assistive Touch’
Apple to add lossless audio to Apple Music at no additional cost
Amazon makes its lossless music streaming service a free upgrade
Cyber attack 'most significant on Irish state'
Irish cyber-attack: Hackers bail out Irish health service for free
New emergency text alerts to be trialled
Google I/O
Sony invests in Discord, to integrate it with PlayStation in 2022
Xbox’s Quick Resume feature gets new group option in May update
HTC unveils new Vive Pro 2 with 5K resolution display and 120Hz refresh rate