At its Gamescom press conference, Sony has just announced its big upcoming software update for the PS4. System update 2.0 will bring the PlayStation Now-powered “Share Play” feature that lets your friends join in from anywhere to play together or…
We just got a closer look at some of the big-name titles coming to the PS4 from Gamescom, but Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan just took a moment to talk about SharePlay. It’s slated to come as part of the PS4’s 2.00 update in the fall, and…
In a move that’s guaranteed to go down in history as one of the most misguided attempts at positive PR in history, OnePlus has initiated a “ladies first” contest for smartphone invites. The best part? Contestants don’t get the chance to win a phone, they get the chance to win an “invite” to purchase a phone. Oh, and a T-shirt, … Continue reading
A new USB plug might not seem like a big deal, but if you’ve ever cursed your smartphone charger because you can’t get it to connect seemingly no matter which way you flip it, USB Type-C being finalized is going to make your day. The new connector, outlined last April, can be plugged into a device in either orientation, as … Continue reading
Uber and Lyft are often in the same boat. They fight the same battles with legacy taxi service, but seem to now be turning on one another. A recent accusation made by Lyft suggests Uber is toying with them, creating fake Lyft requests, then canceling them. Lyft provided data to CNN, wherein they assert Uber drivers from all over the … Continue reading
Sony has suggested today at their live conference during Gamescom 2014 that they’ve sold more than 10 million PlayStation 4 units to date. That’s 10 million PS4s sold to end customers, not just shipped. Not just released to the public to stores, but in gamer hands, being used. The most recent report from Microsoft was this July – the beginning … Continue reading
Hideo Kojima stepped on stage this week in Cologne, Germany to speak about the future of Konami’s own Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. The gameplay shown this afternoon lets it be known that you’ll be able to do a whole lot more with the box. Every troops best friend, the cardboard box – of greatness. The box can … Continue reading
Should you get paid for reviewing restaurants and other businesses on Yelp? More to the point, did you know a group of people already do? A new class-action lawsuit, filed by Yelp reviewers, aims to pay you for reviews. Yelp has a crew of reviewers called “Scouts”, who are paid for reviewing businesses. According to the lawsuit, which has been … Continue reading
Last month when Twitter hinted that it has a bit of a bot problem many of us wondered exactly what the numbers were on this. Today we get a much more clear picture of this problem thanks to a filing that Twitter has made with the Security & Exchange Commission. According to the filing nearly 9 percent of Twitter’s active accounts are actually bots that don’t necessarily have a human operating them.
As per the latest numbers provided by Twitter the microblogging network has over 271 million active accounts and the bots account for 8.5 percent, over 23 million accounts that are run through third-party applications without direct input from an actual person.
Its imperative to point out that this doesn’t mean there are 23 million accounts on Twitter that tweet spammy links or are involved in scams of any kind. A perfectly fine example of a bot is an account of a new service that automatically posts links to new stories.
The reason why Twitter is revealing this information is to provide a much more accurate picture to stockholders about its user growth, which some have criticized over the past year for being sluggish following Twitter’s IPO.
Apart from shareholders, advertisers might not be too happy about the increasing number of accounts being run on autopilot. They get less bang for their buck if the ads are not being served to an actual human who might interact with it.
Twitter Counts 23 Million Bots Among Its Users
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Big Red may boast about having the biggest LTE network in the country but its voice calls are still routed through the old 3G network. As the carrier works on expanding voice over LTE its ultimate goal is to have LTE-only calling phones on the network. Verizon expects the first such devices to hit the network by 2016, this was revealed by Fran Shammo, the chief financial officer at Verizon, today at an investor conference on Wall Street.
Shammo revealed that Verizon has plans to allow voice over LTE by the end of this year. Not only will it provide features like a cloud based address book for contacts but users will also experience better call audio quality.
However the voice over LTE network will not be established enough at the start to run on its own so Verizon would have to rely upon its existing 3G network to ensure that subscribers continue to receive reception. Once the network is established Verizon will move over exclusively to the 4G LTE network.
When asked if Verizon would ensure that its voice over LTE service works with other U.S. carriers, Shammo declined to comment, but did add that first the technology would need to mature before carriers can work together on this.
Verizon’s First LTE-Only Calling Phones To Drop By 2016
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