Year: 2017

Verizon is kicking the Yahoo! and AOL names to the curb

Dan Uff April 3, 2017 0

Well, it seems that Verizon is sick of both AOL and Yahoo! as it finalizes the purchase of Yahoo!

Thanks to security breachs of gargantuan proportions, Yahoo has lost a ton of value -- and the company was struggling even when Verizon announced its intentions to buy the former internet juggernaut. Part of the value lost is in the Yahoo brand, which Verizon apparently considers toxic at this point. To that end, Verizon is changing the name of the combined Yahoo and AOL company. Business Insider first reoprted that"Oath" will be the new name of the company. Minutes after we published this story, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong confirmed the change in a tweet.

To read the rest of the Engadget story, click here.

Twitter Graphic by: Engadget.com

ESPN updates Apple TV app with more on-demand content and more

Dan Uff April 3, 2017 0

ESPN has rebranded its app for Apple TV, changing the name of the tvOS app from WatchESPN to ESPN, with the sports broadcaster also introducing new video content to the Apple set-top box, including more on-demand content for users to watch.

The update is available now.

How to enable Night Shift Mode on a Mac

Dan Uff April 3, 2017 1

Night Shift was introduced on iOS as a way to 'soften the display' when looking at a screen at night. By doing so, experts claim that this reduces eye strain when looking at a monitor for long periods of time.

Now Night Shift has been added to Mac OS Sierra 10.12.4. Here's how to enable it:

Select  > System Preferences.
Click Displays.
Click the Night Shift tab.

You can schedule the feature to go on at certain times, enable it manually, or have it enabled for 24 hours. The user can also adjust the brightness of the feature as well.

Go ahead, try it, and let us know how you like it below.