BATTERYFORPC BLOG
TikTok Is 'Exploring' First Program Sharing Ad Money With Some Creators
TikTok is also going to let advertisers pay to place their ads next to the most popular TikTok posts each day. TikTok said Wednesday it's "exploring" its first ad-revenue sharing program, which would give pay 50% of the money generated from some advertising to top creators, public figures and other publishers whose posts run next to those ads. To qualify for the program, a TikTok acco ... Read more
2022-05-04 19:51:12
Google Removed Over 3 Billion Ads, 5.6 Million Advertiser Accounts in 2021
The company aims to protect users by getting rid of abusive advertising behaviors. Google's campaign to crack down on advertising violations resulted in sweeping removals and account suspensions. On Wednesday, the company shared its 2021 Ads Safety Report, revealing that it eliminated 3.4 billion ads, restricted over 5.7 billion ads and suspended more than 5.6 million advertiser accounts. In a ... Read more
2022-05-04 19:50:50
Apple Needs to Do More With the iPhone Pro Max
Commentary: Apple needs to bring some iPad features to the iPhone Pro Max's big screen. Apple's iPhone 13 Pro Max and 12 Pro Max have sizable 6.7-inch screens, making them the biggest smartphones in the company's repertoire. Although both are also considerably larger than the standard 6.1-inch iPhone 13, 5.4-inch iPhone 13 Mini and 4.7-inch iPhone SE, they still run the same software as Apple's s ... Read more
2022-05-04 19:46:10
Dish Finally Opens its 5G Network to Everyone, Starting in Las Vegas
Dish, the fourth US carrier, launches its 5G network in Las Vegas and lists over 100 cities it will expand to. Dish, which took on the role of fourth US mobile carrier after the T-Mobile and Sprint merger finalized in April 2020, has blown past several deadlines over the years in getting its 5G network up and running. But Dish's 5G service is finally going live in Las Vegas on Wednesday, and the ... Read more
2022-05-04 19:45:40
Google's Smartwatch Plans Might Finally Become Clear Next Week
Google might talk about the long-rumored Pixel Watch, Wear OS updates and its plans for Fitbit during its I/O conference. Wearable technology was a major focus during last year's Google I/O, and the same may be true in 2022. Several rumors, reports and leaks indicate the search giant's first smartwatch -- likely to be called the Pixel Watch -- might finally make its debut. The company is also exp ... Read more
2022-05-04 08:05:45
First Apple Store Union Election in the US Is Scheduled for June 2, Report Says
Apple Store employees in Atlanta will vote on whether to unionize. Apple has agreed with Apple Store employees in Atlanta to schedule a union election on June 2, according to documents provided to The Verge. If the vote succeeds, the workers will be the first in the company to unionize. The employees voting next month work at the Apple Store in Atlanta's Cumberland Mall. They were the first of t ... Read more
2022-05-04 08:05:15
Apple Employees Criticize Return-to-Work Plan, Call for More Flexibility
In an open letter, employees say Apple's hybrid plan offers "almost no flexibility at all." A group of Apple employees is demanding more flexibility from the tech giant ahead of its planned return to office work later this month. In an open letter, the group, calling itself Apple Together, said the company's plan for many employees to be in the office three fixed days a week offers &quo ... Read more
2022-05-04 08:04:51
People can now get contact info cut from Google search results
Personal contact information such as your phone number, email or home address, can now be removed from Google search results. Previously, individuals could remove links to contact information when it had been published maliciously - so-called "doxxing". Now people can request removal if it poses other risks, for example of "harmful direct contact". Google warns that the info ... Read more
2022-05-04 08:04:01
US Residential Solar Pricing Needs a Major Overhaul Now
Commentary: Solar prices have gone down over the past decade, but still average in the tens of thousands for a standard residential install. For solar to be a viable option for more US households, that needs to change. Over the past decade the price of residential solar has dropped 64% due in large part to falling hardware costs. What would have cost over $30,000 for a standard 10-kilowatt system ... Read more
2022-05-01 07:48:09
Intel's Meteor Lake Chip for 2023 PCs Is Up and Running Today
Intel's Meteor Lake Chip for 2023 PCs Is Up and Running Today Meteor Lake, a radically redesigned Intel processor due to ship in PCs in 2023, now can run Windows, Linux and Chrome OS. It's a notable achievement for a complicated new approach that combines many "chiplets" into one more capable processor. "We have officially powered on our first disaggregated product: Meteor Lake,&q ... Read more
2022-05-01 07:47:06