Mobile Commerce

Amazon dumps major mobile commerce “just walk out” in-person shopping feature

04/12/202404/11/2024 John Montgallo

Mobile commerce - Amazon feature Cancelled

The online marketplace and tech giant is killing off its feature letting shoppers simply leave grocery stores. Amazon built a tremendous amount of hype around the mobile commerce feature at its in-person grocery stores, which let people “just walk out” and still pay for their purchases. How did the system work? The idea was that people could enter the store and scan their payment method, choose their items, bag them up and simply leave without having to go through a checkout counter. It appears that as hyped as the system…

Slashed undersea cables cause massive internet outage in a dozen African countries

04/10/202404/09/2024 Stephanie Beck

Internet outage - No Internet on Phone - Africa continent

Failed undersea telecommunication cables left twelve countries cut off from the online ecosystem. A dozen African countries suffered from a huge internet outage when critical undersea cables failed in the region. Network operators reported the failed undersea telecommunication cables One of the largest network providers in the continent, the MTN Group, announced that there had been failures in a number of undersea cables, which led to the ongoing internet outage. “Our operations are actively working to reroute traffic through alternative network paths,” said the company based in South Africa. Cable…

New EU rule might force Apple to allow Photos app to be uninstalled

04/08/202404/04/2024 Jesse Collins

The European Union’s Digital Markets Act is becoming a thorn in the side for the iPhone maker The EU Digital Markets Act is about to become a pain for Apple in a new way, as it may require the iPhone maker to make it possible for device users to uninstall the Photos app. The rule says users must have a choice As a result of this regulation in the EU, users must not only be able to install third party apps and use them if they want, but they must…

The Google Podcasts app is dead

04/03/202404/02/2024 John Montgallo

The search and tech giant has killed the heavily downloaded application in the US. Google’s Podcasts app has been officially discontinued in the US as of yesterday, despite the fact that it had been downloaded more than 500 million times. Only 4 percent of listeners used the platform in the US US users of the Podcasts app were required to migrate their subscription data before the deadline or risk losing their listening information. Unfortunately, this process was not at all straightforward, leaving many users confused and increasing the risk that…

Google AI search experience made available to more users

04/01/202403/30/2024 Jorge Gonzalez

More users are to gain access to a touch of the tech giant’s artificial intelligence features. A larger number of Google users could soon be trying out a bit of the company’s AI search capabilities, as it slowly continues its quiet expansion of its Search Generative Experience (SGE). SGE is being rolled out without any fanfare to some non-test users SGE shows up as a brightly colored text pop-up immediately under the typical search field on Google. At the moment, users who are granted access to the AI search option…