Author: Sumit

Apple has launched its own video streaming service called “Apple TV+” on Tuesday.The service is slated to be available at an affordable $4.99 per month in over 100 countries staring November 1.In a special promotional offer, users who have purchased a new apple device such as iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or MacBook would be getting a year of service free of cost. Apple TV Plus Streaming Service- More affordable than competitors With the launch of this streaming service, Apple is directly contesting in line with competitors such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu who are streaming giants.The pricing that Apple…

Popular tech blogging and new media news platform Black Web 2.0 operating as website www.blackweb20.com has announced its merger with media outlet Scoop Byte which is operating as www.scoopbyte.com. With this merger, the latter would be able to harness the technology prowess of the former. Here is an excerpt from the public statement made by both the CEOs of the respective companies: “Scoop Byte is fast emerging as the go-to platform for young and dynamic readers who have an appetite for original and authentic journalism. With a team of highly experienced professionals and guest writers, Scoop Byte is…

I’m a gadget early-adopter. I’m also an advocate of Apple products (I’m too grown to be a fan-BOY). So I think it’s completely justifiable that I bought the iPhone 4S at full price with no uber differentiating factors from my iPhone 4 other than a dual-core processor, higher resolution camera…and the Siri voice assistant. Now with all the apps I have and regularly use, and the amount of things I can accomplish with my phone (I get it in), the dual-core processor helps out. The ability to take higher resolution photos stops me from dragging around my regular “point-and-shoot” everywhere for…

Square is scheduled to arrive (out of beta) very soon for the iPhone. I bet you are wondering, what is “Square?” Simply put, Square is an iPhone application that allows anyone to accept payment by credit or debit card using the signature Square Swiper. Square was created by Jack Dorsey who also created that popular service we use called Twitter. When Square goes live in the app store, it will cost only $1 and the card swiper will be included for free. There will be a transaction fee of 2.9%, but there is no need for a special bank account to be…

Qhub is a new service offering a simple method for creating a Questions and Answers website. If you ever dreamed of running your very own Yahoo Answers, your prayers have been answered in Qhub. Unlike more general solutions, Qhub is aiming to be a more targeted community. Each one can be focused on a specific topic or niche. Not only will users benefit from getting answers to their questions, but the site owner gets valuable user feedback. This can help companies and brands stay engaged with and provide better value to their communities. Qhub offers: the ability to customize each site full management of…

Blackbird, a custom browser for the African-American community launched today to mixed reviews from mainstream users. We were tipped off about the browser a while ago, but this afternoon we had an opportunity to “talk turkey” with Blackbird co-founder and CEO 40A Inc. Ed Young. “Blackbird was originally the brainchild of Arnold Brown, who wanted a way to tie all-black content online into one location,” Young says. So Young and Brown decided that the best way to encompass all of this web content was to use the tool that all content has in common, the Web browser. Blackbird was built using Mozilla…

Today, MySpace launches a redesign of the site aimed at attracting younger users and differentiating themselves from Facebook. Once the king of social networking, MySpace has had a tough time since Facebook blew up. Now, it’s mostly synonymous with artists and glitter graphics. Some have even called it the ghetto of social networks. MySpace isn’t down and out yet, though. This update will be the latest in a series of changes MySpace has made to change direction and make the service more attractive. According to MySpace President, Mike Jones, “This is a full rethink.” They plan to go after 13…

Facebook has finally decided to directly address the privacy concerns of the media, it’s users, and it’s ex-users. The meeting is scheduled for 4 pm today, May 13th. While Facebook has attempted to downplay the outrage from users, as it has done with previous changes in the past, this latest situation is just too much to ignore. According to sources inside the company, the meeting is to discuss and possibly change the companies privacy strategy. Over the many redesigns, feature additions, and privacy changes that have come across just recently, Facebook has been able to pretty much ignore user complaints.…

Last night, the Boxee Box by D-Link officially started shipping. Boxee started as the software you could install on your computer which gave you access to online shows and videos. Rather than visiting a bunch of different web sites, Boxee pulls in all that content and stuffs it into a beautiful and easy to navigate interface. The Boxee windows client came out last June and Boxee announced the Boxee Box at the end of last year. Earlier this month, we got word that the Boxee Box would be launching on the 10th of this month and now it’s here. Many of us have been watching more and…

If you haven’t heard Google announced they will be launching  Real-time search. It will essentially be your regular search results that will integrate relevant content that you produce on social networks. The networks will include Facebook (only public pages and Fan pages), MySpace, and of course Twitter. Here is a short video that shows exactly what it is: Pretty cool and pretty necessary for Google to live on as kingpin in the search game. What does the slick new feature really mean for content producers though? It seems like it may be a double-edged sword. There is the possibility that you…