Friday, 3 July 2020

Apple wants your iPhone to replace your passport and driver's license

Apple wants your iPhone to replace your passport and driver's license

The next step in Apple's goal of making the iPhone the sole thing anyone has to carry, continues with the device being able to securely replace passports, driver's licenses, and other physical forms of identification.
Read more: https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/07/02/apple-wants-your-iphone-to-replace-your-passport-and-drivers-license?source=Snapzu

U.S. farmers scramble for help as COVID-19 scuttles immigrant workforce

U.S. farmers scramble for help as COVID-19 scuttles immigrant workforce

The novel coronavirus delayed the arrival of seasonal immigrants who normally help harvest U.S. wheat, leaving farmers to depend on high school students, school bus drivers, laid-off oilfield workers and others to run machines that bring in the crop.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-wheat/u-s-farmers-scramble-for-help-as-covid-19-scuttles-immigrant-workforce-idUSKBN2431BQ?source=Snapzu

Thursday, 2 July 2020

VanMoof’s e-bike ad banned in France for creating a "climate of anxiety"

VanMoof’s e-bike ad banned in France for creating a "climate of anxiety"

VanMoof, the Dutch electric bicycle brand, is officially too hot for (French) television. The company’s first TV advertisement was banned in France for its negative portrayal of car traffic and pollution. The commercial was rejected by France’s advertising regulatory authority, ARPP, because it “discredit[s] the automobile sector [...] while creating a climate of anxiety.”
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/30/21308117/vanmoof-ebike-ad-banned-france-cars-climate-change?source=Snapzu

Facebook frustrates advertisers as boycott over hate speech kicks off

Facebook frustrates advertisers as boycott over hate speech kicks off

Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook on Wednesday, after the failure of last-ditch talks to stop a boycott over hate speech on the site.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-ads-boycott/facebook-frustrates-advertisers-as-boycott-over-hate-speech-kicks-off-idUSKBN2424GS?source=Snapzu

Increase Your Social Media Following by these tips

Increase Your Social Media Following by these tips

We go on to social media only to see that other influencers are using this opportunity.
Read more: https://www.farhantech.com/social-media-followings/?source=Snapzu

Wednesday, 1 July 2020

YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99

YouTube TV sharply increases monthly subscription to $64.99

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Read more: https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2020/6/30/21308449/youtube-tv-price-increase-64-99-viacom-hbo-new-channels?source=Snapzu

Uber in talks to buy food delivery app Postmates

Uber in talks to buy food delivery app Postmates

Uber is in talks to buy food delivery app Postmates in a multibillion dollar deal, US media reported. The San Francisco-based company has been badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic—last month cutting a quarter of its global workforce—and has been looking to boost its growing food delivery service Uber Eats.
Read more: https://techxplore.com/news/2020-06-uber-food-delivery-app-postmates.html?source=Snapzu