Apple To Put New 3-D Cam In iPhone?
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| Apple To Put New 3-D Cam In iPhone? | |
| Number | 739 |
| Broadcast Date | JANUARY 31, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 4:43 |
| Hosts | Sarah Lane |
Uber and Cabify halt service in Barcelona, Google Plus to be sunsetted, Facebook earnings surprise and delight.
Headlines
- Facebook reported strong Q4 earnings, hitting 2.32 billion monthly users, up 2.2 percent from 2.27 billion last quarter. The company hit 1.52 billion daily active users from 1.49 billion last quarter for a 2 percent growth rate. Earnings per share were $2.38, beating expectations of $2.18. Notably, Facebook grew its DAU in both the US, Canadian, and Europe markets where it earns the most money. On the profit side, Facebook brought in $6.8 billion this quarter.
- Intel named Bob Swan as the company's CEO Thursday. Swan had been serving as interim CEO for seven months after acting as chief financial officer since 2016. He was also elected to the company’s board of directors. Todd Underwood, vice president of finance, will assume the interim CFO role while the company searches for a permanent CFO.
- Sources tell Bloomberg that Apple may put a 3-D camera into new iPhones as soon as next year. The rear-facing, longer-range 3-D camera could be designed to scan the environment to create three-dimensional reconstructions of the real world, or AR as we know it. Apple’s upcoming system reportedly uses a laser scanner, rather than the existing dot-projection technology which doesn’t work as well over longer distances. Other reports point to a third, more advanced camera, enhanced photo-capture tools and a more powerful chip -- that Apple plans to include in coming generations of iPhones.
- Research firm IDC reported Thursday that 375.4 million smartphones shipped to customers during the fourth quarter of 2018, which is down 4.9 percent from Q4 2017’s peak — and that marks the fifth consecutive quarter of decline and closing out the worst year ever for smartphone shipments. Global shipments in 2018 were down 4.1 percent, with a total of 1.4 billion units shipped for the full year.
- A large conglomerate of breached databases have resulted in a collection of 2.2 billion unique usernames and associated passwords, which are being distributed on hacker forums and torrents. Earlier this month, security researcher Troy Hunt identified Collection #1 by an anonymous creator. Hunt said it represented 773 million unique usernames and passwords. More researchers have since obtained and analyzed an additional database called Collections #2–5, totaling 845 gigabytes of stolen data and 25 billion records. Analysts at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany now say the total breach represents close to three times the original Collection #1 batch. This was first reported by the German news site Heise.de, and most of the stolen data appears to come from previous breaches of Yahoo, LinkedIn, and Dropbox.
- RIP Google Plus. The company announced that it would shut down the social network due to “low usage” and “challenges involved in maintaining a successful product that meets consumers’ expectations.” So, beginning in February, users can't create new Google+ profiles, pages, communities, or events. And starting April 2, all Google+ accounts and pages will be deleted, along with photos, videos, and all other content contributed or uploaded by Google+ users.
- Ultraviolet is shutting down. More specifically The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), which is the industry consortium behind Ultraviolet, will shut down the service on July 31. The DECE is advising users to not delete their Ultraviolet movie libraries, asking them instead to ensure their libraries are connected to the service of at least one retailer, which they can then use to access their movies and TV shows going forward.
- Uber and Cabify must suspend their services in Barcelona in response to the regional government’s imposition of limits on how both operate in the city, including a ruling that both can only pick up passengers after a 15-minute delay from the time they were booked.
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Apple To Put New 3-D Cam In iPhone? |
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