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- Epic says there’s an App Store payment lockout — but Apple just sees friction
- WhatsApp payments are finally coming back to Brazil after government suspension
- Boost Mobile’s Unlimited Plus plan now comes with talk, text, and telemedicine
- The story of Basecamp’s disastrous policy
- I like X-wings as much as the next guy, but we don’t need one in the Smithsonian
- AT&T violated labor law but can still ban workers from recording conversations, NLRB rules
- HTC may announce two new Vive VR headsets on May 11th
- Here’s how to turn your Lenovo laptop into an Echo Show, if you want to do that for some reason
- Updating an Apple Watch Series 3 is a nightmare in 2021
- Basecamp CEO apologizes to staff in new post: ‘We have a lot to learn’
| Epic says there’s an App Store payment lockout — but Apple just sees friction Posted: 04 May 2021 06:10 PM PDT  One of the Epic v. Apple trial's big keywords is "cross-wallet play." In Epic's Fortnite, "cross-wallet" means you can buy in-game currency (known as V-Bucks) with real money on one device, then spend it on a different device. The latter platform doesn't get a cut of your initial, non-virtual financial transaction, which is why Nintendo and Sony don't support cross-wallet access on the Switch and PlayStation. Apple did support cross-wallet play before banning Fortnite last year — and on the trial's second day, that fact became a serious pitfall for Epic. Apple continued a long cross-examination of Epic CEO Tim Sweeney, whose hours of testimony included a digression on whether Fortnite counts as a true metaverse or simply a big... |
| WhatsApp payments are finally coming back to Brazil after government suspension Posted: 04 May 2021 06:07 PM PDT  WhatsApp is again rolling out its payments service in Brazil, after the service was suspended by Brazil's Central Bank in June of 2020 a few days after it launched there. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement in a video aired in Brazil, where he spoke about how the payment information added to WhatsApp will also be able to be used on Facebook and Instagram. According to David Marcus the head of Facebook Financial, the service returning to Brazil will be part of a "gradual rollout," but it seems like the company is serious about it returning: it's already posted a video promoting the service, and has published a page that states the underlying Facebook Pay system has been authorized by the Central Bank (Facebook is... |
| Boost Mobile’s Unlimited Plus plan now comes with talk, text, and telemedicine Posted: 04 May 2021 04:43 PM PDT  In what looks to be a first in terms of subscriber perks, Boost Mobile has announced that its $60 per month Unlimited Plus cellphone plan will come with access to to 24/7 telemedicine through K Health starting this summer. Specifically, Unlimited Plus subscribers will get all of the features of K Health's usual $9-per-month offering. That includes the ability to text chat or hop on a video call with a doctor through the K Health app, which uses the app's AI suggestions to identify symptoms and potential ailments, and receive actual treatment, including medications and other prescriptions. The service is free and available for all Boost Unlimited Plus subscribers and offered at a discounted price of $7.99 per month for all of Boost... |
| The story of Basecamp’s disastrous policy Posted: 04 May 2021 04:25 PM PDT  Basecamp's CEO published a blog post about policy changes — it may have broken the company |
| I like X-wings as much as the next guy, but we don’t need one in the Smithsonian Posted: 04 May 2021 03:55 PM PDT  May Fourth is informally the Star Wars Day holiday, which random brands typically use to hawk their wares. Although it's not as bad as the promotions that come out of the woodwork on April Fools' Day, I think I'm drawing the line at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum adding an X-wing Starfighter from Star Wars to its collection. The museum announced today that the famous ship would be going on display in 2022, via a prop loan from the Disney-owned production company, Lucasfilm. The Smithsonian says the X-wing in question is from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and will be displayed outside the museum's Albert Einstein Planetarium after undergoing "conservation in the Restoration Hangar in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center." |
| AT&T violated labor law but can still ban workers from recording conversations, NLRB rules Posted: 04 May 2021 03:38 PM PDT  An AT&T policy that bars employees from recording conversations with managers or colleagues is legal, according to a ruling from the National Labor Relations Board Monday. The board found that while AT&T violated US labor law in how it had applied the policy, the recording ban itself was not illegal. According to AT&T's rules, "employees may not record telephone or other conversations they have with their co-workers, managers or third parties unless such recordings are approved in advance by the Legal Department." In its decision, the NLRB overturned part of an earlier ruling which said that the policy's potential to infringe on workers' rights outweighed AT&T's need to keep customer data private. The case centers on a complaint filed... |
| HTC may announce two new Vive VR headsets on May 11th Posted: 04 May 2021 03:35 PM PDT  HTC is planning to unveil two Vive virtual reality headsets at its ViveCon 2021 conference that's happening on May 11th and May 12th, according to Protocol. While the original Vive and Vive Pro headsets were associated more with gaming, the high-end Vive Pro 2 and Vive Focus 3 Business Edition will reportedly be aimed toward the enterprise sector. No specs or images of either headset have surfaced, so it's unclear if both will be tethered headsets that require a PC to use or if one will have a standalone, wire-free design to take on the likes of the Oculus Quest 2. The report from Protocol states that both headsets were mentioned in HTC company documents and were also briefly listed on European e-commerce site Alzashop. Before those... |
| Here’s how to turn your Lenovo laptop into an Echo Show, if you want to do that for some reason Posted: 04 May 2021 03:15 PM PDT  A new Show Mode feature from Amazon is now rolling out to some Lenovo laptops. When you activate this, it will change your home screen to look like the home screen of an Echo Show smart display, in a similar fashion to the Show Mode feature on Amazon's tablets. That means you'll be able to do smart display things like controlling smart home devices, glancing at the weather and news headlines, and chatting with Alexa — you know, the kind of stuff you've always wished you could do on your ThinkPad. The feature is currently rolling out to Yoga, ThinkPad, and IdeaPad PCs that have Alexa built in, and it's available in the US, UK, Germany, Japan, India, Ireland, Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand. Lenovo says... |
| Updating an Apple Watch Series 3 is a nightmare in 2021 Posted: 04 May 2021 02:55 PM PDT  The Apple Watch Series 3 was first released in September 2017, bringing fitness improvements and a faster processor. Nearly four years later, in 2021, Apple is still selling the Series 3 as its entry-level Apple Watch model starting at $199, an $80 savings compared to the more recent Apple Watch SE. Only, as I've recently learned, "still selling" and "supporting in a reasonable manner" are two very different things, and updating an Apple Watch Series 3 in 2021 is a nightmare of infuriating technological hoops to jump through. Normally, updating an Apple Watch is an annoyingly long but straightforward process: you charge your Watch up to 50 percent, plug it in, and wait for the slow process of the update transferring and installing to... |
| Basecamp CEO apologizes to staff in new post: ‘We have a lot to learn’ Posted: 04 May 2021 02:36 PM PDT  In a new blog post, Basecamp CEO Jason Fried apologized after the "policy changes" he announced last week ultimately led to a third of the company's workforce opting to leave. "Last week was terrible. We started with policy changes that felt simple, reasonable, and principled, and it blew things up culturally in ways we never anticipated," Fried wrote. "David and I completely own the consequences, and we're sorry. We have a lot to learn and reflect on, and we will." The blog post that started the software company's terrible week was a list of new company policies that prohibited, among other things, "societal and political discussions" on internal forums.
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