China sees rush of new Apple Pay users on first day
A local Apple spokesman in China has noted that an inrush of new Apple Pay signups from users on the first day of availability in China yesterday has resulted in some delays and problems with […]
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Apple says there are over 11 million Apple Music subscribers, 782 million iCloud users
Apple’s Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi sat down with John Gruber for his ‘The Talk Show‘ podcast recently, and discussed some of the finer nuances of Apple’s services. They even gave us hard user numbers […]
Pebble Time now lets Android users start text conversations
The Pebble Time smartwatch and its accompanying mobile apps received a number of updates already this week, with the wearables getting new software and both iOS and Android users getting improved Health tracking features. But […]
Zuck has his sights set on 5 billion Facebook users by 2030
At an event on Monday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made his intentions known: he hopes to have 5 billion active users on Facebook by 2030. To accomplish that goal of getting nearly 60 percent (using […]
Instagram adds multiple account switching for a lucky few iOS users
One of Instagram’s most-requested features could currently reside on your iOS device without you even knowing it. For some Instagram users, multiple account switching seems to finally be a reality. Users are reporting to Latergramme […]
Apple Music search on iOS broken for some users, no answers from Apple
Some problems are manifesting themselves today with the iOS Apple Music implementation. According to the community-driven Apple support forums, as well as complaints on social media, the search function in the iOS app isn’t functioning […]
Facebook expands Live Video to all iPhone users in US
Following its unveiling in December, Facebook is expanding the availability of live video, a new feature that allows Facebook users to share live video on the social network. The company has been testing live video […]
Facebook users now watch 100 million hours of video every day
During its Q4 earnings call today, Facebook revealed some interesting stats for video usage on its platform. Mark Zuckerberg explained that users now watch 100 million hours of video daily on the platform. In light of […]
Pointers: music and Apple for new users
Back in the long-ago time of the early 2000s, Apple consciously made the iPod simpler and better to use than any other MP3 music player of the day. It worked out well. Now iPods are […]
Vine’s new Trends page helps users discover the origins of viral memes
To celebrate its third anniversary on January 24, Vine today announced the launch of its Trends page, which highlights clips that are going viral on the social network. Many of the Web’s most popular memes last year grew […]