It’s official: Twitter announced today that it has agreed to a sale to billionaire Elon Musk for about $44 billion. Musk will take the firm private. “The Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon’s proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty, and financing,” Twitter board…
Sony is reportedly working with partners in the ad industry to introduce ads in free-to-play games on PlayStation consoles. The news comes from Business Insider, which previously revealed last week that Microsoft was working on a similar plan for free-to-play Xbox games. According to the report, Sony started discussions about…
Microsoft is reportedly working on a new ad network that will allow advertisers to show ads in free-to-play games on Xbox consoles. According to Business Insider, Microsoft is currently in discussions with ad tech companies and ad agencies and the program could launch in the third quarter of this year.…
WhatsApp is working on expanding its existing Groups with a new Communities feature. Later this year, WhatsApp Communities will provide users with more tools to organize conversations between different groups, all while benefiting from core WhatsApp features such as privacy and end-to-end encryption. “Communities on WhatsApp will enable people to…
After becoming Twitter’s biggest shareholder earlier this month, the CEO of Tesla has now made an offer to acquire 100% of the company to make it private (via Bloomberg). Musk is offering $54.20 per share in cash, which values Twitter at approximately $43 billion. Musk announced the offer in a…
DuckDuckGo announced this morning that its privacy-protecting web browser is now available on the Mac in beta. A version for Windows is coming soon. “Privacy isn’t something you only need in certain situations or in partial amounts, and it’s a myth that you can’t have the same Internet you like…
Brave today released version 1.37 of its desktop web browser, adding a new sidebar, custom new tab backgrounds, and more. “The Brave browser fundamentally shifts how users interact online, combining privacy-by-default with web3 integration and a native crypto wallet,” the announcement post explains. “Today’s desktop browser update (v1.37) carries that…
WhatsApp will soon start rolling out several new features for voice messages, including the ability to pause and resume recording. Voice messages have been available on WhatsApp since 2013 and they’ve become a really popular feature, especially for people using languages where the typing process is not nearly as simple…
YouTube is said to be experimenting with a new strategy to attract more podcasters on the video platform. According to a report from Bloomberg, YouTube has started offering up to $300K “grants” to podcasters to convince them to launch a video version of their podcast on YouTube. “The company is…
Twitter is now allowing users to pin up to six DM conversations for quick access. The new DM pinning feature is now rolling out on the web as well as the Twitter apps for iOS and Android. On mobile, Twitter users just need to swipe right on any chat to…