Month: September 2019

Amazon.com Introduces new Products

Dan Uff September 4, 2019 0

On Wednesday, Amazon.com introduced a slew of new products and services to complete with the likes of Apple and others.

According to CNBC.com:

Amazon’s Alexa and FireTV software are expanding to even more products.

Amazon on Wednesday announced a slew of new products with its Alexa voice assistant and Fire TV software built-in. Some, like a new version of last year’s Fire TV Cube, are made by Amazon. And several third-party manufacturers announced their own living room devices running Amazon’s services.

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Notice: Apple TV + and Disney + won’t let you binge watch

CompuScoop Staff September 4, 2019 0

Netflix completely changed the way we consume television shows. Instead of waiting for a new episode every week, binge-watching three or four episodes or even an entire season of a series is now a weekly event in many homes… [But] Disney’s planning to release episodes for its Disney+ originals on a weekly schedule. Hulu, of which Disney owns a majority share and full operational control, releases three episodes to premiere a series before releasing new episodes weekly. Apple is considering the same release schedule for Apple TV+.

Releasing episodes over the course of a couple of months can help produce a more stable subscriber base. Prospective subscribers can’t just sign up, binge a season, and cancel until the next release. With any luck, Apple and Disney will have a steady pipeline of hit series that keeps subscribers discovering something new by the time the last series run ends. Limiting the availability of new episodes also encourages subscribers to explore what else is available on the services.

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Rumor: Apple to introduce a new Apple TV at September’s event

Dan Uff September 4, 2019 0

We're getting a rumor that Apple will hold an "One More Thing...." event during the upcoming September event, and it will be a new Apple TV model.

One dubbed as a "Hobby" by Apple itself, it seems that the device is becoming a major player for the company.

Stay with CompuScoop as we report on any last minute news and rumors leading up to Tuesday's event.

Google fined $170 Million for violating children’s privacy

CompuScoop Staff September 4, 2019 0

Google and subsidiary YouTube has been hit with a record $170 million fine by the Federal Trade Commission, to settle allegations the search company violated a law protecting children's privacy.

The fine is split into $136 million paid to the FTC and $34 million to New York, to end the investigation by the FTC and the New York Attorney General. The amount is the largest paid out for settling COPPA-related allegations.

It is alleged YouTube collected data on its youngest users and broke the law by not gaining consent from parents beforehand. The complaint further claims the collection was made via cookies, persistent identifiers which allowed YouTube and Google to target ads to viewers.

Google claims that YouTube is a general-audience site. But, since some channels are aimed at children, YouTube as a whole must comply with COPPA.

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