7 months
Disney Plus is going live in the US next week, but the firm has just released the launch date for Western Europe as well — March 31st. While not exactly an exhaustive list by Disney’s own admission, the service will be...
by Pradeep
9 months
At IBC 2019, Microsoft announced new updates to Azure Media Services including the popular Video Indexer. Azure Media Services Video Indexer allows you to search videos by person, object, visual text, spoken word, entity, or emoti...
by Pradeep
1 year
Microsoft today announced a new multi-year global native advertising deal with Verizon Media (formerly Oath). As part of this deal, marketers will have access to 20 percent more native inventory through Oath Ad Platforms with high...
by Lewis White
2 years
There’s an issue with Hollywood adaptations of video games: they never pay attention to the source material. Prince of Persia, Assassin’s Creed, Resident Evil – every one of these throws away essential elements o...
2 years
Facebook is upping its attempts to fight fake new son its platforms with new tags and contextual tools which allow you to learn more about the news media you’re consuming. The firm will now show author tags, and link to inf...
2 years
Spotify is finally expanding to India, Russia and some African countries, the firm’s CEO confirmed. In an investor day presentation, CEO Daniel Ek said: “We are working on launching in some of the biggest markets in th...
2 years
Spotify is launching a new feature — Amplify — to highlight the voices of select creators. This feature has been made available to users in the US and Canada first, as well as a launch yesterday on International Women&...
2 years
Facebook may have announced that it’s stepping back from the news business, but the firm isn’t completely doing that. In a recent announcement, Facebook is promising to surface more local news in your newsfeed, definin...
3 years
Earlier this year, we reported that Microsoft had temporarily suspended MSN comments while it was in search of a better solution due to a proliferation of abuse and trolling. Microsoft may not have found that better solution yet, ...
3 years
Disney’s Movies Anywhere locker app which launched a few years ago has now been superseded by a new Movies Anywhere app (via The Verge) which includes more than just Disney. Now studios like Universal, Fox, and Warner Brothe...
3 years
Microsoft’s Windows Store is the firm’s digital store front for its customers and arguably the main point of Windows 10. Microsoft really wants you to use the Store for everything, you can possibly need in your digital...
3 years
This June is LGBT Pride Month once more, so Microsoft is celebrating LGBT around the world with a pride month collection (albeit one which appears to be localised to the USA) Microsoft is offering LGBT classics such as Heath Led...