Month: June 2018

Source: Comcast announcing bid for Fox IF AT&T and Time Warner Merger approved

CompuScoop Staff June 11, 2018 1

Comcast will formalize its all-cash offer to acquire most of Twenty-First Century Fox on Wednesday if U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon approves AT&T's deal for Time Warner on Tuesday, according to people familiar with matter.

Comcast, which owns CNBC parent company NBCUniversal, has already publicly acknowledged its plans to compete with Disney on an acquisition of Fox assets, including Fox's movie studio, the Nat Geo and FX networks, regional sports channels, and stakes in Hulu, Star India and Sky PLC. CNBC reported last month that Comcast was preparing to raise $60 billion in a deal for Fox while simultaneously pursuing a $31 billion offer for the 61 percent of Sky that Fox doesn't already own.

To read the rest of the CNBC article, click here.

Net Neutrality is officially DEAD

CompuScoop Staff June 11, 2018 2

(By Keith Collins of NYTimes.com): It’s official. The Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality rules, which had required internet service providers to offer equal access to all web content, took effect on Monday.

The rules, enacted by the administration of President Barack Obama in 2015, prohibited internet providers from charging more for certain content or from giving preferential treatment to certain websites.

After the commission voted to repeal the rules in December, it faced a public outcry, legal challenges from state attorneys general and public interest groups, and a push by Democratic lawmakers to overturn the decision. The opponents argued that the repeal would open the door for service providers to censor content online or charge additional fees for better service — something that could hurt small companies — and several states have taken steps to impose the rules on a local level.

Still, the repeal was a big win for Ajit Pai, the F.C.C.’s chairman, who has long opposed the regulations, saying they impeded innovation. He once said they were based on “hypothetical harms and hysterical prophecies of doom.”

Make your iOS device ‘look like’ iOS 12

CompuScoop Staff June 11, 2018 1

Last week, we got you the wallpaper from the upcoming MacOS Mojave, now we got you the wallpaper for the upcoming iOS 12 operating system.

Verified: Mojave and iOS 12 are due in the Fall!

To get the below, click on the photo, then right click and select SAVE AS....

Apple being sued for Siri Shortcuts Logo

CompuScoop Staff June 8, 2018 1

On Monday, Apple introduced its new Siri Shortcuts application in iOS 12 that it says will allow users to automate some of their most common tasks. Now, the company is being sued over allegedly stealing the icon used for Siri Shortcuts…

The lawsuit claims that Apple copied the logo of a small tech company called Shift, which uses blockchain technology to create websites. Shift says that Apple’s Siri Shortcuts logo carries a striking similarity to its own icon.

Shift is asking that Apple “Stop infringing on our intellectual property” or pay $200,000, which it says will cover the cost to “rebrand using a world-renowned design firm.” The company takes issue with Apple copying its logo despite it being such a “design oriented” company:

To read the rest of the 9to5Mac.com article, click here.