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More than 200,000 users subscribes to Apple news+ in its first week

Deepak — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 07:41:38 +0000

With a decline in sales of iPhone units recently, Apple’s main source of revenue is turning towards its services. Lately, Apple had released a lineup of the iPhone X series which has received good critics from its fans. But last Sunday Apple released some of its new services which are Apple branded credit card, video streaming service, subscription gaming platform, and magazines and news services a.k.a Apple News+.

The event was a massive hit and Apple News+ got more than 200,000 subscribers within 48 hours, the data is based on The New York Times report.

Apple News+ is a subscription-based service offered by Apple that provides access to a wide range of digital magazines and newspapers. In its first week of launch, Apple News+ managed to attract over 200,000 subscribers. The service offers users the ability to browse and read content from popular publications across various categories, including news, lifestyle, entertainment, and more. With its vast selection of magazines and newspapers, Apple News+ aims to provide a convenient and comprehensive platform for users to stay informed and entertained.

The Apple News+ app didn’t fall far from the tree

The only service introduced by Apple last week was Apple News+ which is headlined by The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times and provides its user to choose from more than 300 popular magazines and publications. After a month of the free trial, the users will have to pay $9.99 which is $10 obviously, and $12.99 in Canada. The service is yet to be released in Australia and Europe and for the global audience later this year.

The service is modeled after Texture, which Apple acquired last year. Before being acquired by Apple Texture used to provide a subscription to only 200 magazines and digital publications so Apple’s strategy is to build up a number of the audience by providing more choices by shutting down Texture and moving its user to apple news+. John Loughlin, Ceo of Texture stated in 2016 that it has more than “hundreds of thousands” of users.

A dozen of high-profile brands will grace Apple’s screen everywhere. The titles will cover a wide cross-section of interests including style and beauty (Vogue, InStyle), food (Bon Appetit), and science and technology (National Geographic, Scientific American) also offering feature publications focused on business and politics (Time, The Atlantic), travel (Conde Nast Traveler), sports (Runners World, Sports Illustrated), and entertainment (People, Vanity Fair). Readers will also get access to several popular digital publications, like TechCrunch and Wired.

While providing its users with services like this the main agenda of Apple is obviously to retain its position as a trillion-dollar company and generate a hefty revenue. Apple managed to generate approximately $ 256 billion in revenue in the past 12 months, and if the 200k subscribers continued their subscription even after the trial period expires it will only generate 24 million dollars for Apple and that is before the publisher’s cut. This is a good strategy for recurring income and a bright future for Apple News+.

A new feature of Google assistant will narrate stories to your children

Samantha Conley — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 22:43:38 +0000

When Google assistant was a new thing for us back in 2017 it had already learned a to narrate stories to kids. Though “tell me a story day” usually takes place on Saturday but now it can happen any day as kids have many ways to listen to stories and bedtime tales. This feature has launched today and will be available for iOS users and Android users in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.

All you have to do to get started is say “Hey Google, tell me a story” which brings you tales such as Let’s Be Firefighters and Robot Rampage. You can ask the Google Assistant narrate a bedtime story to help kids sleep well, and it does that simply.

Important: You have to have the Google Play Books’ latest version installed on your phone.

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Using this feature is not so difficult, you just have to teach your child to say “Hey Google, tell me a story” though kids of this generation already know a lot of features. Google Assistant will do its job and narrate a bedtime story for your children such as Let’s be firefighters, Tortoise, and the Hare and many more stories.

It also includes a feature of “read along” which will provide sound effects on Home smart speakers and the kids will read aloud. If you have a favorite audiobook of your child on google play, you can ask the Google assistant to read it out loud.

Google Opinion Rewards gets UI update

Samantha Conley — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 15:45:39 +0000

Most of us are acquainted with the Google opinion rewards application that sends you surveys on the basis of your location and app usage and in return, it presents you some cash reward which can be used for an in-game purchase or for any of the accessible items. in Google Playstore. Though most users complain about very few surveys, it all depends on how frequently do you use Google apps and check location history.

Recently the app witnessed an update and has now a material design like most of Google’s new app design. However, the update is not possible for each Android user.

The new design is eye confectionery with a white backdrop and the text is in Google Sans Font. The latest makeover of the application pushed away from the blue headings from the application and substituted it with Spend your credit.

By tapping on it you can go to the Google play store where you can spend your credits on any of the Google services whether it is an in-game purchase, renting a movie, purchasing an album or a single, and an application.

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The app automatically informs you when there is a survey available and will also show the validity of the survey. Although the credits which you receive comes with a validity of a year from the date you have received. iOS users don’t have to worry as they can transfer their opinion rewards directly into PayPal account as they cannot spend it on play store.

The new update makes the app look more impressive yet doesn’t increase the indications of you getting a survey, because it wholly depends upon how frequently do you use Google apps.

Snap Unveils Snapchat’s Rebuilt Version for Android

Tim Jhonson — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 21:42:23 +0000

Snap Inc. has unveiled Snapchat’s rewritten version for Android which is one of the great news for Android users who has been using Snapchat. The company has been rebuilding Snapchat for Android since 2018 for better performance because somewhere the Android app was not as great as its iOS app.

To @Android. Love, Snapchat. #SnapForAndroid pic.twitter.com/MGOFQYa9Cj

— Snapchat (@Snapchat) April 8, 2019

As per one of the Snapchat’s development team members, they first thought to patch the issues that Snapchat Android app was facing but they realized sooner that it’s better to rewrite the complete app from scratch to get the result company wanted. Thus, they have gone for the rewrite, and the team has been working on it since the beginning of 2018, and here comes the new Snapchat for Android.

Even if you download the new Snapchat, you won’t find any changes to the actual UI or navigation but the work has been done in its codes and the background that all make the new Snapchat less buggy, less laggy, and faster than the old version.

Snapchat’s new version is designed as per the huge Android ecosystem, with its wide breadth of hardware — particularly for cameras and processors, that means that different phones can have different capabilities.

The rewrite is done but future updates will be coming more fastly. The new features will be coming at the same pace as the Snap’s iOS counterpart.

Moreover, Snap’s VP of product Jacob Andreou stated, “With this new foundation I wouldn’t be surprised if you actually see things starting to come to Android even before iOS sometimes.”

Looks like great news for Android users who love Snapchat.