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Instagram now lets you share 20 photos and videos in a single post

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 04:58:01 +0000

Instagram is upping the number and is rolling out a new feature that lets its users share up to 20 photos and videos in a single post, which was previously limited to 10 items on a single carousel. Read more...

Apple announces gigantic $110 billion buyback program, largest in U.S. history

Karthik Mudaliar — Fri, 03 May 2024 05:20:02 +0000

Apple announced a massive $110 billion stock buyback program as the company beat low expectations in quarterly results in the first quarter of this year. The move will likely boost stock value. Read more...

Sky Mobile allows customers to share spare data with others

Paul Hill — Thu, 11 Feb 2021 17:30:01 +0000

Sky Mobile customers can now order a free gift SIM which can be loaded up with their spare Sky Piggybank data that has been built up over lockdown. The gift SIM can be shared with others. Read more...

Android 11 Beta 2 cleans up the share menu by merging app share intents

Rajesh Pandey — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 06:44:01 +0000

Google is making the share menu cleaner in Android 11 by merging multiple share intents from the same app into one. It is giving users the ability to pin the hidden intents on the share menu as well. Read more...

Microsoft finally adds the share dialog in latest Edge Chromium update

Rich Woods — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 21:56:01 +0000

Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser now has the native Windows 10 share dialog, a heavily requested feature from those that were fans of it in the original Edge Spartan browser. Read more...

Here's the new Share UI coming in the Windows 10 Creators Update, and how to get it now

Rich Woods — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 20:32:01 +0000

Microsoft has been working on a new Share interface for the Windows 10 Creators Update. Anybody can check it out on their PC right now by making a few changes to the Registry. Read more...

LinkedIn just lost more than $8 billion in value as shares plunged 30%

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:26:01 +0000

Despite reporting seemingly positive earnings results for the last quarter of 2015, LinkedIn shares fell off a cliff with investors worried about the company's future earnings. Read more...

Microsoft launches website Share button for Skype

Andy Weir — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 13:44:01 +0000

Microsoft is making it easier to share content from the web with friends on Skype, by launching a new 'Share' button that can be embedded on websites, similar to those used by Facebook and Twitter. Read more...

Which countries have the largest piece of the Windows Phone pie?

Andy Weir — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 14:52:07 +0000

Which parts of the world have the greatest numbers of Windows Phone users? New data reveals where the largest concentrations of Windows Phone's user base is located across the globe. Read more...

R.I.P. RT? Twitter toys with killing retweets in favour of 'Shares'

Andy Weir — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 04:20:18 +0000

Numerous Twitter users have, in recent days, reported that their retweet buttons have been replaced with the option to 'Share' tweets instead - could the days of the RT be numbered? Read more...

Facebook's new "Like" and "Share" buttons go live for all users

John Callaham — Wed, 11 Dec 2013 20:26:17 +0000

Facebook has announced that its new "Like" and "Share" button designs have gone live for all users, along with a way to change the width of its embedded news posts. Read more...

Facebook starts rolling out new Like and Share buttons

Steven Parker — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 10:10:53 +0000

For the first time since implantation back in 2010, Facebook are rolling out an update to its Like and Share buttons worldwide that require no new code and a better highlighted button for websites. Read more...

Webpages getting ‘liked' without user intervention through Facebook's social plugins

Andrew Stevenson — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:47:09 +0000

A security researcher in the US has discovered a bug with Facebook's social plugins when simply commenting on a post or page could add two likes to the total number. Read more...

Windows Phone 7.8 and 8.0 to feature app Share option

Stephen Robinson — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:34:05 +0000

Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows 8 will likely feature a new share option that allows users to send store links to places such as Twitter, Facebook, email, and SMS. Read more...

Dropbox 1.1.35

Steven Parker — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:36:26 +0000

Dropbox is the easiest way to store, sync and share files online. File Sync 2GB of online storage for free, with up to 100GB available to paying customers. Sync files of any size or type. Sync Windows, Mac and... Read more...

Dropbox 1.1.29

Steven Parker — Tue, 03 May 2011 10:08:59 +0000

Kindle for Web launched, preview and share samples

Alan Cone — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:33:11 +0000

Amazon has launched a new service called Kindle for Web. Previously customers had the ability to Look Inside and preview a few pages of a book before they bought it. Now Amazon has renamed this... Read more...

Apple overtakes Microsoft to become the world's most valuable tech firm

Tom Warren — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:53:31 +0000

It's official, Apple's market cap is now bigger than Microsoft's. As of early afternoon today, Apple's market capitalization on the NASDAQ stock market is higher than Microsoft's. Market cap is one of many ways that the... Read more...

iTunes now responsible for 25% of all U.S. music sales

Sam Symons — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:55:23 +0000

Apple's iTunes Store has seen some pretty good growth in the last couple of years; it's currently the most popular online music store, and that apparently isn't all, according to MarketWatch. Just recently, iTunes managed... Read more...

Bing continuing to grow, gaining market share slowly

Sam Symons — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:58:47 +0000

When Microsoft launched their new Bing decision engine not long ago, it brought in a lot of hype. It began with a surge of users, like most new launches do, but some expected it to... Read more...

Windows 7: Link your online ID and share files in Homegroup

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:16:56 +0000

Microsoft recently released Windows Live ID Sign-in Assistant 6.5 Beta for Windows 7 which allows you to link your Windows User Accounts with your Windows Live ID. This may sound something similar to .NET Passport... Read more...

Google Latitude released, share your location on the go

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:00:59 +0000

Google has announced that on Wednesday it will expand its current service on Google Maps to track individual user's locations. The feature will allow SmartPhone users to share their locations with others to track... Read more...

Six reasons Microsoft will continue to lose market share

Brad Sams — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:35:00 +0000

Microsoft has positioned itself at the top, a top that is targeted by hundreds if not thousands of companies. They have spread themselves from their core identities and they are opening themselves up for... Read more...

Windows 7 to allow PC backups to network share

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:05:22 +0000

Windows Complete PC Backup is an image based backup tool where you could take a backup of your entire system and restore it later. Currently in Vista, the backed up image cannot be saved in... Read more...

Google and Yahoo to share web ads

Tom Warren — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:33:23 +0000

Yahoo and Google, the world's two biggest search engines, have announced a two-week experiment that will see them share advertising space. During the pilot, Google will be able to place ads alongside 3% of search... Read more...

HD DVD player sales share slumps

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:11:45 +0000

This month hasn't just seen a relative decline in US HD DVD software sales - purchases of players appear to be down to, the latest figures from market watcher NPD suggest. The numbers, relayed by... Read more...

Market Share 2007: Mac OS gains 3.15%, Vista grabs 10.48%

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:09:29 +0000

Throughout 2007, according to reports by Net Applications, Mac OS increased its market share by 3.15% while Vista managed to grab 10.48% market share. Windows XP lost 8.39% of the OS market share in the... Read more...

Market share of notebooks with Blu-ray drives to rise to 10%

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:35:29 +0000

The market share of notebook PCs with Blu-ray drives is expected to increase from 1% this year to 10% in 2008 due to notebook makers more willing to adopt cheaper Blu-ray combo optical disc drives... Read more...

Google's search share jumps

Tom Warren — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:29:17 +0000

Google Inc enjoyed one of its biggest monthly gains in U.S. Web search market share in October, building on consistent gains over the past two years, according to industry data out on Wednesday. Market research... Read more...

Share Calendars to Windows with Windows Live Calender

Steven Parker — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:02:33 +0000

Yesterday, along with the launch of the new Windows Live apps and services, Microsoft also commenced with the public beta of Windows Live Calendar. Denise Ho, Lead Program Manager for Windows Live Calendar, made the... Read more...

Mercury Research: AMD's Market Share up in Q3, Intel's flat

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:00:18 +0000

According to market tracking firm Mercury Research, Advanced Micro Devices managed to boost its market share a bit in the third quarter of the year, not at Intel's loss but because the remaining suppliers of... Read more...

Nokia Ups Its Global Handset Share To Near 40%

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:48:51 +0000

Nokia in the third quarter accounted for nearly four in 10 handsets shipped worldwide, as the overall mobile-phone market grew a healthy 6.4% from the previous quarter, a market research firm said. The Finnish mobile... Read more...

Mac OS, Linux May Share a Windows Flaw

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:42:19 +0000

Dear fanboys, I would like to emphasize the presence of the word "may" in the title. Microsoft Corporation recently announced plans to release a patch to reduce the risk of a new kind of Web-based... Read more...

Intel says it's regaining market share

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:29:23 +0000

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett on Thursday said the microchip maker is regaining market share against Advanced Micro Devices and that its performance is looking "pretty good." Barrett also told Reuters in an interview that the... Read more...

Analysts Cast Doubt on 20% Mac Market Share Claims

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:18:26 +0000

Data from two leading research firms has cast doubt on claims that Apple's retail market share has reached 21%, a claim originating from a 1394 Trade Association release praising Apple's use of Firewire 800 ports... Read more...

Apache Market Share Slips Below 50%

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:58:57 +0000

A new study by internet monitoring firm Netcraft has revealed that Apache, a popular open-source HTTP server, has now dropped to below 50% of the market. Out of 127,961,479 websites looked at, the sruvey found... Read more...

Nvidia took graphics share from AMD last quarter

Steven Parker — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:11:54 +0000

AMD's share of the microprocessor market might be on the rise again, but things don't look too good on the graphics front. Market research firm Jon Peddie Research has published PC graphics market numbers for... Read more...

AMD halted market share slump in Q2, says analyst

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:33:51 +0000

For the last six months, AMD's market share has been on the wane as arch-rival Intel regained much of the lead it lost to the smaller chip maker during 2006. But new figures show AMD's... Read more...

Vista, IE7 help Microsoft boost search market share

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:33:13 +0000

According to web metrics firm comScore, Microsoft's search engines saw their first market share increase in nearly a year (0.4% from February to March). One month of progress is nothing to write home about, as... Read more...

Google Share Gains Quicken in U.S. Search Market

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:02:23 +0000

According to a monthly study by comScore Networks, Google Incorporated showed a marked acceleration in U.S. market share gains in the last month; the web search leader's search market grew to 48.1% in February from... Read more...