If you want to be verified on Facebook or Instagram, you can now pay Mark Zuckerberg some money to make it happen. The CEO of Meta announced today that the company is rolling out paid verification for Facebook and Instagram in the United States. “Meta Verified” will allow users on each platform to pay for…
With iOS bringing more features every year but also becoming more reliable, many Apple users started downloading an iOS beta profile to their main devices. Especially after WWDC keynotes, many non-developers download the first beta of upcoming operating systems to show they have the latest features. Since developer beta profiles are meant for developers to…
Have you ever wanted to feel like you’re part of an exclusive club that pays to watch a creator’s TikTok videos? That day may arrive sooner than you thought. In a new report from The Information, via The Verge, TikTok is reportedly working on giving creators the ability to put their content behind a paywall.…
Announced at WWDC 2022, Apple Pay Later is one of the features planned to launch during iOS 16’s lifecycle. Exclusive to the US, this function will bring a “seamless and secure way” to split the cost of an Apple Pay purchase into four equal payments spread over six weeks, with zero interest and no fees…
Every Google account comes with 15GB of free cloud storage. Over the years, Gmail accounts start to fill up that storage to the point where you might wonder whether you should upgrade to a paid Google One subscription. That’s one way to solve the problem. But the good news is that you don’t have to…
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook had his compensation cut by more than 40% in 2023. While he earned $150 million in 2022, the Chief Executive Officer, citing investor guidance and a request by Cook himself, to adjust his payment. According to Bloomberg, Cook’s latest pay was based on “balanced shareholder feedback, Apple’s exceptional performance, and a…
Intel’s Core i5-13500 processor is going to be quite the performer if freshly-leaked benchmarks prove to be on the money. As Tom’s Hardware (opens in new tab) picked up, this comes from Chinese video sharing website Bilibili (opens in new tab) where an engineering sample of the mid-range Raptor Lake CPU was put through its…
In February, Apple announced its Tap to Pay feature, which allows businesses to use their iPhones to “seamlessly and securely” accept Apple Pay payments with a simple tap. Now, this function is getting new partners with PayPal and Venmo. During its latest earning reports, PayPal (via MacRumors) shared the news that PayPal and Venmo iOS…
The calendar has flipped to August, which means we’re just a month out from the reveal of Apple’s next iPhone. Apple will also launch iOS 16 alongside the iPhone 14 in September, but you can try out the new software in beta right now. Every beta release has added a bunch of new features, and…
Apple today agreed to a $50 million settlement stemming from a lawsuit regarding the MacBook Pro’s much-maligned butterfly keyboard design. The class-action lawsuit was initiated because Apple’s butterfly keyboard design was nothing short of a typing nightmare. Keys were prone to sticking and, in some instances, simply wouldn’t work at all. After years of complaints,…
