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Yesterday, you might have noticed that the Joseph A. Floreano Convention Center was packed. That’s because the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce put on the new Roc on Tech conference, featuring a pretty big name in the technology world. None other than co-founder the co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak, was the featured keynote speaker. Wozniak […]
Dating giant Match launched a new app Stir. Connecting single parents, a community of 20 million in the U.S. Match is a division of Match Group, which owns more than a dozen apps, including the widely used Tinder, OK Cupid and Hinge. But the company has been expanding its portfolio to including communities who may […]
Known for being the king of short-form video. TikTok announced that it’s expanding the maximum length for uploads to 10 minutes. According to The Verge, TikTok has been testing ever-longer uploads for years, recently introducing three-minute videos last July, but this latest update is the largest increase yet, and will now roll out globally. Longer […]
Would you try a Blind Date? What about a Blind Date on a Dating App? Well, Tinder is bring that feature to the app. Except, in this case, Tinder isn’t sending out two members on a blind date together — it’s introducing them to one another through a social chatting feature that will allow them […]
The IRS will not be needing your selfie after all. Internal Revenue Service announced plans to drop a controversial step to use facial recognition to verify IDs online. The IRS said that it will move away from using a third-party service that used facial recognition to help authenticate people who needed to create new online IRS […]
Less than two weeks after Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard. Sony is acquiring Bungie. The video game studio that created hit franchises such as “Halo” and “Destiny,” was buy for $3.6 billion. Sony (SONY) said the acquisition would help take its PlayStation platform “beyond the console” and flesh out the company’s efforts to develop live-service video […]
Two Los Angeles officers have lost their jobs after playing Pokémon GO, on duty. Instead of responding to a nearby call, Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were caught searching for Pokémon characters through the Pokémon GO app, according to a ruling this month from a California appellate court. That Saturday, a radio call for “a […]
HBO TV Show “Insecure” is now a Mobile Game. Black-owned game studio Glow Up have to create a new mobile game for Insecure fans. Glow Up Games and HBO have debuted free-to-play mobile game Insecure: The Come Up. The game puts players in the world of Issa Dee, Molly, and their friends, with all of […]
Sony has reportedly cut production plans for the PlayStation 5 due to component shortages and logistic constraints. Bloomberg cites sources familiar with Sony’s operations that say Sony was originally targeting more than 16 million PS5s. But, that figure has been cut down to about 15 million. The ongoing global chip shortage is one of the reasons for […]
Is Facebook is making Americans society worse? A new CNN poll says Yes. With 76% to 11%, that Facebook makes society worse, not better. Another 13% say it has no effect either way. That broadly negative appraisal holds across gender, age and racial lines. Even frequent Facebook users — those who report using the site at […]
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