Big Tech

Should Facebook Be Broken Up? Its Co-Founder Thinks So To say that Facebook has had a rough time of late would be something of an understatement. Now, Chris Hughes, formed co-founder, says its time to break the company up, for the good of itself and the public.

What Google Revealed at I/O 2019: Pixel 3a, Nest Hub Max, and More Google's 2019 I/O developer conference opened today with a keynote. The big news is the price of the new mid-tier Pixel phones: The Pixel 3a starts at $399, while the Pixel 3a XL costs $479. A new smart device, Nest Hub Max, will arrive this summer for $229. Here's all the news.

EU Plans to Investigate Apple After Spotify Complaint Apple is the focus of an EU-led antitrust case that arose when Spotify complain of anti-competition practices through the company's App Store. Read more about what might happen to the Cupertino-based tech giant here.

Facebook Announces New Messenger Plans Facebook has announced a number of added features to Messenger, including a desktop app, faster launch speeds, and business features. Take a look at some of the changes in our quick roundup.

Facebook Dating to Expand with Secret Crush Feature – Should You Trust It? Facebook's developers conference, F8, is currently underway, and one of the latest bits of info to drop is that the company intends to expand its dating app, Facebook Dating. Included is a new feature named Secret Crush, which lets users discretely connect with fancied friends.

FAA Approves Google Drone Deliveries The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has given Google the greenlight to trial consumer drone deliveries, making it the first company in the US to be allowed to do so. Its drone divison, Wing, will make orders to customers in Virginia, delivering small items such as food and drink

Google Deliberately Slowed YouTube on Rival Browsers According to a former executive at Mozilla, and a current program manager for Firefox, Google deliberately tried to slow down YouTube on Firefox and Edge. If so, is there anything we can do about it?

Do Facebook Outages Signal a Flaw in Combining Platforms? Facebook went down for the third time in less than six months, causing subsequent outages on Instagram, Whatsapp, and Messenger. Does Facebook's overarching power create problems for the social media world if their outages are this widespread?

Apple’s Half-Hearted Commitment to Social Responsibility Apple likes to boast of the clean energy it and its suppliers use in manufacturing. However, Apple's overall social responsibility record is distinctly patchy and inconsistent.

Google Drone Delivery Service Approved in Australia Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority has given Google's Alphabet the green light to start operating their drone delivery company Wing within Canberra, Australia. It's a big step for the drone delivery market.

Microsoft’s New Edge Browser Takes on Chrome Microsoft is revamping the Edge browser in hopes of making it competitive. Running Chromium, the new browser could be Microsoft's long awaited follow-up to the the formerly successful Internet Explorer.

Apple Music Overtakes Spotify for Paying US Subscribers Digital music service Spotify has been passed up at its own game. According to a new report, Apple Music now has more subscribers in the United States than Spotify: Apple's music service userbase totalled 28 million paying subscribers at the end of February 2019.