Google Pixel Tablet: discover in video the interface that will make iPadOS tremble Google has announced its return to the tablet market for 2023. Its next slate, the "Pixel Tablet" is just a picture so far. But our colleagues from 9to5Google had fun imagining the interface of the tablet based on the latest software innovations launched by Google to prepare for the arrival of its new product. After abandoning the tablet market in 2019, Google [...] Read more
Google Pixel Tablet: discover in video the interface that will make iPadOS tremble
Published on Dec 29, 2022
"Kevin Alone in New York": Actor suffered severe burns while filming!
Published on Dec 26, 2022
"Kevin Alone in New York": Actor suffered severe burns while filming! USA - Who would have thought that little Kevin McCallister and the "Wet Bandits" Harry and Marv would meet again in the largest US city? The reunion is the subject of the Christmas classic "Kevin Alone in New York". In an interview with People, Harry actor Joe Pesci (79) describes what he thinks of a new edition of the films about schoolboy Kevin. In an email interview with [...] Read more
Problems reported for the YouTube application on Apple TV
Published on Dec 14, 2022
Problems reported for the YouTube application on Apple TV Several users report problems with the YouTube application for Apple TV. On Twitter, more and more users report that when they try to leave the YouTube application, the Apple TV no longer responds and displays a black screen. The problem starts when users press the return button on the remote control apple TV, when the Youtube application asks users to confirm the output. Once [...] Read more
Youtube audiences: Inoxtag creates a surprise with an atypical concept
Published on Dec 5, 2022
Youtube audiences: Inoxtag creates a surprise with an atypical concept Squeezie, Inoxtag, Amixem... puremedias.com invites you to discover the audiences of French videos published from Friday November 25 to Thursday December 1 on Youtube. Squeezie takes the lead. This Saturday, puremedias.com invites you to discover the audiences of the most popular French videos on Youtube, via the Tubular tool. This ranking takes into account videos published [...] Read more
Teens don't give a damn about Facebook's new measures
Published on Nov 27, 2022
Teens don't give a damn about Facebook's new measures With its newly announced new measures, Meta explains that it wants to improve the privacy protection of teenagers on Facebook and Instagram. A laudable proposal, but which probably comes a little late, since young people are less and less interested in these platforms. The social networks of yesterday are no longer really those of today, but Meta does not seem to be aware. However, it is a [...] Read more
Twitter or the difficult economic model of social networks
Published on Nov 25, 2022
Twitter or the difficult economic model of social networks Bought by Elon Musk for 44 billion dollars, the platform, like others, bet on free access to its subscribers. But she struggles to make her audience profitable. If it's free, you're the product. This motto, particularly suited to digital industries, is even more relevant in the social media sector. Facebook (1.9 billion daily active users), TikTok (more than a billion), Snapchat (332 [...] Read more
Twitter, Meta, Amazon, FTX, Snapchat: five tech giants in turmoil
Published on Nov 24, 2022
Twitter, Meta, Amazon, FTX, Snapchat: five tech giants in turmoil The problem: its virtual platform Horizon Worlds only brought together 200,000 users after eighteen years of non-stop hiring, Mark Zuckerberg announced the layoff of 13% of the company's workforce. It must be said that the avatars proposed do not yet have legs… the end of the pandemic has slowed activityEven the third largest private employer on the planet, the global e-commerce [...] Read more
Facebook now makes teenager accounts private by default
Published on Nov 23, 2022
Facebook now makes teenager accounts private by default On the one hand, Meta boasts extended security settings for young people and, on the other hand, shocked by accusations from some users who reported that Meta employees stole user accounts and extorted several thousand US dollars from users. What is behind Facebook's "private" settings Facebook recently announced that it would introduce more “private” settings as the default for all users [...] Read more
Fraud on Instagram: This is what you should know about the new blackmail scam
Published on Nov 23, 2022
Fraud on Instagram: This is what you should know about the new blackmail scam A new breed of scam on Instagram is causing fear among creator account users. Many of them have built up a large reach over the years with a lot of commitment. Now they have to fear that their account will suddenly be blocked – by Instagram. The new scam on Instagram comes from blackmailers who demand large sums of money to release the profile again. Those affected [...] Read more
Meta employees hijacked Facebook and Instagram accounts and blackmailed users
Published on Nov 22, 2022
Meta employees hijacked Facebook and Instagram accounts and blackmailed users Meta employees apparently stole users' Facebook and Instagram accounts. In some cases, ransom payments were even demanded for the release of the accounts. At Meta, it seems that employees hijack users' Facebook and Instagram accounts time and time again. According to a Wall Street Journal report, there have been more than two dozen such incidents in the past year. Some [...] Read more
Amazon begins mass layoffs: Affected employees receive cryptic invitations to interviews
Published on Nov 22, 2022
Amazon begins mass layoffs: Affected employees receive cryptic invitations to interviews On Tuesday, Amazon began what is expected to be the largest round of layoffs in its company history, according to affected employees. The company intends to lay off about 10,000 employees, the New York Times previously reported. Employees affected by the layoffs received cryptic invitations to "mandatory" meetings Tuesday with teammates, executives and HR [...] Read more
The best 8 Google Maps tricks for mobile and PC
Published on Nov 21, 2022
The best 8 Google Maps tricks for mobile and PC There is no doubt that the Google maps platform is one of the most popular in the world. Many users rely on Google Maps when looking for businesses, knowing if a restaurant is good, or moving safely by car or motorcycle. Despite the fact that these features stand out from the rest, the application (and also its web version) has a large number of hidden tricks. Do you want to meet them? Applications [...] Read more
Google wants to certify and label family-friendly apps even better
Published on Nov 21, 2022
Google wants to certify and label family-friendly apps even better There are many, many apps in the Google Play Store and some of them are actually perfectly tailored for use by children. Unfortunately, this is by far not the case for all apps that actually claim this. Google has drafted its own guidelines for this and based them on the two programs "Designed for Families" and "Teacher Approved". Both should ensure compliance with various [...] Read more
7 vs. Wild: These men really benefit from the million dollar hit
Published on Nov 20, 2022
7 vs. Wild: These men really benefit from the million dollar hit How two unknown entrepreneurs inspire millions with the YouTube format "7 vs. Wild" - and who benefits from it In the 2000s, Discovery Channel aired the television series Abandoned in the Wild. In it, survival expert Bear Grylls was abandoned in the wild and had to fight his way back to civilization without help. His tasks: find food, build shelters and defy other adversities. [...] Read more
Youtube streamer Ludwig has been locked up live for 16 hours for charity
Published on Nov 20, 2022
Youtube streamer Ludwig has been locked up live for 16 hours for charity The American Youtube streamer Ludwig Ahgren will be online for 50 hours from tomorrow. Not an exceptional thing in itself, streamers nowadays often organize so-called “subathons”. Still, this marathon stream is going to be different from all the others. Ahgren will not stay in his own trusted stream studio at home during the 50 hours, but will be locked up in a glass cage [...] Read more
This is how you change the order of a photodump on Instagram
Published on Nov 20, 2022
This is how you change the order of a photodump on Instagram Have you posted a nice photodump on Instagram, but after a while you start to have doubts about the order of the photos? We've all been there. For a long time you couldn't change anything about it, but that is now possible. Photodump Whether you are (or have been) on holiday and want to share a lot of photos, or look back every month at the highlights of recent times: a photodump is [...] Read more
Facebook wants to know less about you, and that's great
Published on Nov 20, 2022
Facebook wants to know less about you, and that's great It will soon be 19 years since the launch of Facebook. Almost two decades in which social networks have gone from being something minority and still incipient, to becoming one of the main means of communication and information for millions and millions of people throughout the world. Some years in which we have seen how the perception of them changed, the success of many, the collapse of [...] Read more
A Facebook user is sentenced for third-party comments on his wall
Published on Nov 20, 2022
A Facebook user is sentenced for third-party comments on his wall The Supreme Court has sentenced a Facebook user for breach of honor by not deleting comments posted by third parties on his wall and sentenced him to pay 3,000 euros to his neighbors, against whom the ratings were referring. The Plenary of the high court understands that it should have acted diligently in the face of these reactions: "You cannot simply ignore what is published on [...] Read more
Instagram accounts to discover Barcelona
Published on Nov 20, 2022
Instagram accounts to discover Barcelona Do you want to discover Barcelona through images? We show you the best Instagram accounts to do it. Nowadays we tend to share everything on Instagram. And to unify the images by theme and to reach the more people you improve, we use hashtags. But there are those who are not satisfied with that and decide to create themed accounts. Thus, there are some in which images of Barcelona are shared and therefore [...] Read more
Elon Musk says Twitter's free lunch costs the company $400 per meal
Published on Nov 20, 2022
Elon Musk says Twitter's free lunch costs the company $400 per meal because hardly anyone comes into the office Elon Musk said Sunday that free lunches for employees at Twitter's San Francisco headquarters cost more than $400 a meal because "almost no one" is in the office. According to records, the office's average occupancy rate over the past 12 months has been less than 10 percent, peaking at just 25 percent. Musk tweeted Sunday after the New [...] Read more
Messenger is finally introducing a practical chat feature
Published on Nov 20, 2022
Reason for joy for WhatsApp users: Messenger is finally introducing a practical chat feature WhatsApp gets a new update: In the future, you will be able to start a chat with your own cell phone number on the messenger via the contact list. Find out the details here. With WhatsApp for Android Beta 2.22.24.11, WhatsApp now gives beta testers the option of opening the chat with their own phone number directly in the contact list. You can now send a [...] Read more
Twitter locks out employees until Monday
Published on Nov 20, 2022
Twitter locks out employees until Monday The offices were closed and the electronic access cards deactivated. Some now fear that Twitter no longer has enough professionals "to keep the site running." Elon Musk's ultimatum to the remaining Twitter employees expired on Thursday at 5 p.m. EST. They should declare their willingness to work a lot of overtime at high work intensity or leave the company and receive three months' salary as severance [...] Read more
Meta, Amazon, Uber, Twitter… Tech laid off 120,000 employees in 2022
Published on Nov 19, 2022
Meta, Amazon, Uber, Twitter… Tech laid off 120,000 employees in 2022 We are witnessing a real bloodletting. Since the start of the year, 828 tech companies have laid off more than 120,000 people, according to the Layoffs.fyi site, which aggregates data from the American press. Its counter has been packed with the new wave of social plans announced in recent days at Meta, Amazon and Twitter. After hiring a lot during the pandemic – a flourishing [...] Read more
YouTube Shorts lets you use up to a minute of licensed music in your videos
Published on Nov 19, 2022
YouTube Shorts lets you use up to a minute of licensed music in your videos Currently, creators of clips on YouTube Shorts can use copyrighted music tracks up to 15 seconds in length. Alphabet's short-form platform now allows commercial music to be used in 60-second increments, at best, depending on agreements with record labels. Short-form content creators on YouTube Shorts will be happy to hear that Google has relaxed its rules regarding the [...] Read more
The YouTube application for television is getting a new visual and sound design
Published on Nov 19, 2022
The YouTube application for television is getting a new visual and sound design Google has provided the YouTube TV app with a new animated (and sounded) splash screen. The goal is to make it recognizable and memorable, much like Netflix's. YouTube is one of Google's flagship services. The Mountain View firm continues to make changes. For the best, when it comes to chasing charlatans with credibility stickers, for example. If you have a connected [...] Read more
Facebook employees hacked into accounts for bribes
Published on Nov 19, 2022
Facebook employees hacked into accounts for bribes Some of the employees were security agents who work for a subcontractor but had access to an internal company tool. The fault was gaping and the pirates rushed into it. The Wall Street Journal reveals that Meta - parent company of Facebook and Instagram - fired more than "two dozen employees and contractors last year", facing corruption charges. Clearly, these employees would have accepted [...] Read more
Instagram for the web finally adapts to large screens
Published on Nov 19, 2022
Instagram finally improves its interface on desktop, for an experience worthy of the name on computer. After finally allowing publication last year, Instagram continues to evolve the desktop version of its web application. The latest update introduces a refreshed user interface that includes the ability to take full advantage of large desktop screens, rather than being stuck on a bigger version of the mobile app, as TechCrunch reports. Instagram [...] Read more
Fraudulent sites promoted by #Instagram accounts with several hundred thousand subscribers
Published on Nov 19, 2022
Fraudulent sites promoted by Instagram accounts with several hundred thousand subscribers Whether in their Stories or their description, accounts, some of which exceed 300,000 subscribers, highlight misleading e-commerce sites, such as sneakerline.fr or shilder.com. "It's a crazy thing !" On an Instagram story published at the end of October and since disappeared, an account followed by more than 384,000 subscribers promotes the sneakerline.fr [...] Read more
YouTube: Google's platform now has its "tudum"
Published on Nov 19, 2022
YouTube: Google's platform now has its "tudum" When starting YouTube, you may have noticed a small change. The platform has a new startup sound and there is an explanation for this change. Launching YouTube just last night on my TV, I noticed that a little something had changed. Google's popular video platform has gotten a new startup animation and sound. Unlike recent changes made by the firm, this novelty does not change the user experience. [...] Read more
Google Maps: the new local features are here
Published on Nov 19, 2022
Google Maps: the new local features are here We updated this article on 11/18/2022, when some local features announced by Google during Search On are finally available. Live View, for example, allows users to search in augmented reality. They can use their camera to find local establishments nearby. For now, the novelty is available in Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Tokyo. Do you want to eat a truffle pizza tonight? Good [...] Read more
Facebook metaverse resuscitates rapper who died in 1997
Published on Nov 19, 2022
Although Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse is struggling to take off, it is still a priority for Meta, Facebook's parent company. Recently, the group announced the layoff of 11,000 employees, along with a plan to cut expenses. Nevertheless, the metaverse, along with augmented reality and virtual reality products, is among the company's priority projects. In its strategy to democratize the metaverse, Meta regularly organizes virtual events. In October, [...] Read more
All messaging apps should have the new Google Chat to avoid disturbances
Published on Nov 17, 2022
All messaging apps should have the new Google Chat to avoid disturbances The next update to Google Chat will add more customization capabilities to the status, including the ability to control when we don't want to be disturbed. There is nothing worse than doing something and suddenly receiving a message that requires our attention; Many apps, like Google Chat, allow you to change your status to "Do Not Disturb," but you have to remember to [...] Read more