The anticipated Disney Plus streaming service will offer customers every single motion picture from the company, according to a new report. This will make it possible to watch every movie Disney has ever published, and it brings an end to the company’s iconic ‘Disney Vault,’ a marketing gimmick that compelled customers to buy a movie before it was vaulted. The … Continue reading
Two senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are raising concerns about potential violations of the Federal Records Act committed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Twitter says it wants to react faster in dealing with tweets that contain personal information, and so it has expanded its reporting feature to include more details about what the reported tweet contains. If someone maliciously reveals your private information on Twitter — or carelessly shares something they shouldn’t — you can now alert Twitter to the fact that a … Continue reading
Security researchers have disclosed the discovery of a publicly accessible MongoDB database that contained more than 808 million email addresses and other records in plain text. The database clocked in at 150GB in size, leaving a cache of data, including some personally identifiable information, exposed for anyone to access. The breach was linked back to an email verification service that … Continue reading
Disney+ will be officially launching this year where at the moment not much is known about the service and what will be offered. However during the company’s investor meeting held in St. Louis, Disney’s CEO Bob Iger revealed some details about the streaming service and what we might be able to expect from it.
According to Iger, one of the things we can expect to see from the service is Disney’s entire motion picture library. “And at some point fairly soon after launch it will house the entire Disney motion picture library, so the movies that you speak of that traditionally have been kept in a “vault” and brought out basically every few years will be on the service. And then, of course, we’re producing a number of original movies and original television shows as well that will be Disney-branded.”
This means that if you enjoy some of Disney’s more classic films, you should be able to find them as part of the Disney+ streaming service. Previously how Disney approached its classics was that they would release individual titles on home video for limited periods of time, after which it is then put back into the Disney Vault until a later point in time.
However based on what Iger has said, it sounds like a subscription to Disney+ means that you will be able to watch all these movies and more anytime you want. There is no word on when exactly Disney+ will be launched or how much it will cost, but since it is pegged for 2019, we should find out soon enough. Disney+ is also expected to host some non-Disney content at launch while the company starts filling its catalogue with their own original shows and movies.
Disney+ Will Include The Company’s Entire Motion Picture Library
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Despite having been around for the past few years, it seems that Niantic’s Pokemon GO is still doing very well. This is according to data from Sensor Tower (via Variety) who has revealed that the game has managed to earn the company a whopping $2.45 billion to date, not bad for a game that is several years old.
In fact according to Sensor Tower, it seems that out of all the mobile Pokemon go titles, none come close to what Pokemon GO has made. This includes titles such as “Pokémon Shuffle,” “Pokémon Duel,” “Pokémon Quest,” “Pokémon: Magikarp Jump,” and “Pokémon TCG Online”, all of which when combined with Pokemon GO has earned the Pokemon franchise $2.5 billion, meaning that the other titles have only made $50 million combined.
It’s still a lot of money, don’t get us wrong, but it definitely pales in comparison to what Pokemon GO brings to the table. That being said, it’s not surprising that Pokemon GO is still doing very well. There were times in the past where it felt like interest was starting to wane, but the updates Niantic made such as trading and player battles have convinced many to return to the game.
The company has also been hosting Pokemon GO events around the world which include special items and Pokemon which encourages players to keep on playing (and spending).
Pokemon GO Has Made $2.45 Billion In Revenue To Date
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If you were hoping to see EA at E3 2019 this year, you might be disappointed to learn that the company will not be making an appearance. This probably affects those who are watching the E3 show live and in person, but for those who are watching from home, not to worry because EA has instead announced that they will be hosting EA PLAY.
EA PLAY is basically EA’s own event that they will be hosting close to E3 on the 7th of June, 2019, about a week before E3 2019 kicks off. This doesn’t really come as much of a surprise given that more companies are starting to choose to host their own events where they have more control over what gets shown without having to worry about the attention being shared with other companies.
According to EA, “Weekends are meant for play, and this year we’ve moved the EA PLAY fanfest to Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9 where players will get hands-on with our games. We’ll also have content creators streaming live from our Creator’s Cave in the Hollywood Palladium providing gameplay content to our players viewing online. EA.com will be the home for all online EA PLAY content. Players can get behind-the-scenes with our games via exclusive gameplay reveals, developer talks and breaking news.”
EA isn’t alone in passing up on making an appearance at E3 this year. Last year Sony also announced that they too will be skipping E3 this year.
EA Will Be Skipping E3 2019 In Favor Of Its Own Event
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For the most part most of us would like it if our conversations with others are private. This is why messaging apps these days are starting to introduce end-to-end encryption that prevents messages from being intercepted and read by someone else. Unfortunately for Facebook Messenger, there was a bug that could have allowed someone to see who you are chatting with.
As discovered by researchers at Imperva, they are reporting on a vulnerability/bug in the web version of Facebook Messenger that lets websites expose who you might have been chatting with. This is through the use of a Cross-Site Frame Leakage attack that exploits the iframe elements on the web version of Messenger.
The explanation provided is rather technical, but basically it exposed a flaw that could have in theory allowed another website to spy on your chats. The good news is that it seems that this issue has been fixed. “Having reported the vulnerability to Facebook under their responsible disclosure program, Facebook mitigated the issue by randomly creating iframe elements, which initially broke my proof of concept. However, after some work, I managed to adapt my algorithm and distinguish between the two states. I shared my finding with Facebook, who decided to completely remove all iframes from the Messenger user interface.”
It is unclear if anyone could have been affected by this or if the flaw might have been exploited before it was patched, but so far we haven’t heard anything on that front.
Facebook Messenger Bug Allowed Others To See Who You Are Chatting With
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Airbnb started out as a platform that flew in defiance of traditional hotels, where they would offer up places for people to stay on vacation that could potentially be bigger, more convenient, and cheaper than your typical hotel. However it seems that the company could be looking to dip their toes into the hotel market.
The company has recently announced their plans to acquire HotelTonight, which for those unfamiliar is a hotel booking website that specializes in last minute bookings. According to Airbnb, they explained some of the reasons behind the acquisition. One of those reasons is that they want to make it easier for users to find places to stay even at the last minute and if typical Airbnb homes are already booked.
They are also looking to encourage boutique hotels which they claim have taken inspiration from various homes provided by Airbnb hosts over the years. Airbnb also states that they hope that by acquiring HotelTonight, when guests come to their website they will also look through the various homes provided by their hosts, which in turn could encourage them to return for future bookings.
According to Airbnb’s co-founder and CEO, Brian Chesky, “A big part of building an end-to-end travel platform is serving every guest, whether they plan their trip a year or a day in advance. Working with the incredible team at HotelTonight, we will offer guests an unparalleled last-minute travel experience that provides unique, memorable hospitality on every trip, on any schedule, at any time.”
Airbnb To Acquire HotelTonight
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