DigitalOutbox Episode 396

Chris and Ian discuss Google IO, Twitter and Apple https://www.digitaloutbox.com/podcasts/episode396/DigitalOutbox-396-210522.mp3 Download iTunes MP3 Shownotes Millions offered half price broadband from BT Private equity firm Apollo to buy Verizon Media assets for $5B, will rename business ‘Yahoo’ Twitter expands Spaces to anyone with 600+ followers, details plans for tickets, reminders and more Twitter rolls out improved ‘reply prompts’ to cut down on harmful tweets Twitter Tip Jar lets you pay people for good tweeting Trump’s Facebook ban should not be lifted, network’s oversight board rules Analytics Suggest 96% of Users Leave App Tracking Disabled in iOS 14.5 Apple puts more adverts in App Store after ad-tracking ban Apple Watch gets a motion-controlled cursor with ‘Assistive Touch’ Apple to add lossless audio to Apple Music at no additional cost Amazon makes its lossless music streaming service a free upgrade Cyber attack 'most significant on Irish state' Irish cyber-attack: Hackers bail out Irish health service for free New emergency text alerts to be trialled Google I/O Sony invests in Discord, to integrate it with PlayStation in 2022 Xbox’s Quick Resume feature gets new group option in May update HTC unveils new Vive Pro 2 with 5K resolution display and 120Hz refresh rate