1. Story Time with Lego Lego launched a new interactive experience on the Amazon Alexa with a feature called Lego Duplo Stories. The feature combines plastic toys with storytelling capabilities to…
Pandora Loses Listeners from 21-Month Study
1. Pandora’s 21-Month Study Pandora has just finished a 21-month study, surveying close to 35M listeners. The researchers divided Pandora users into 9 groups that were each served different kinds o…
Two Major Mobile Companies Merge
1. And Then There Was Three… T-Mobile and Sprint are in the works of a marriage. They tried to tie the knot back in 2014, but Obama-era trust regulators said ‘not today,’ so they have decided…
YouTube’s New Parental Control Feature
YouTube’s New Parental Control Feature Parents can now protect their children from seeing inappropriate and violent content online with the new parental approval feature. The feature allows users t…
Amazon Accesses Rural India
1. Amazon Accesses Rural India Amazon has just released an app to help rural areas access the Internet as well as gain a stake in the market. Indian consumers are a big mobile emerging market that …
Cambridge Scandal Data Scientist Apologizes
1. Cambridge Scandal Data Scientist Apologizes Aleksandr Kogan, the data scientist at the heart of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, has apologized for his role in the scandal, but believes he’s bei…
Apple’s iPhone Recycling Robot
1. Apple’s iPhone Recycling Robot With Earth Day right around the corner, Apple has released its newest recycling robot, Daisy, along with an entire press announcement about the company’s eff…
T-Mobile Fined for False Ringtones
1. T-Mobile Fined for False Ringtones Let’s talk about honesty, or in T-Mobile’s case, the lack of it. T-Mobile has been accused by the US government for using false ringtones in the absence of a c…
Gmail Self-Destructs
1. Gmail Self-Destructs Next month, Google is adding new features to Gmail to make a more clean, modern interface. One of the biggest features is self-destruct mode. Users can set an expiration dat…
Say Goodbye to Credit Card Signatures
1. Say Goodbye to Credit Card Signatures Today marks the end of credit card signatures. The four major US credit card companies— American Express, Mastercard, Visa, and Discover— have removed the i…