Amazon and eBay images broken by Photobucket’s ‘ransom demand’ – BBC News

Amazon and eBay images broken by Photobucket’s ‘ransom demand’ – BBC News

Amazon and eBay images broken by Photobucket's 'ransom demand' - BBC News

Amazon and eBay images broken by Photobucket’s ‘ransom demand’ – BBC News

Thousands of images promoting goods sold on Amazon and other shopping sites have been removed after a photo-sharing service changed its terms.Ebay and Etsy have also been affected, in addition to many forums and blogs.The problem has been caused by Photobucket introducing a charge for allowing images hosted on its platform to be embedded into third-party sites.The company caught many of its members unaware with the change, prompting some to accuse it of holding them to ransom.Denver-based Photobucket is now seeking a $399 (£309) annual fee from those who wish to continue using it for “third-party hosting” and is facing a social media backlash as a consequence.The BBC received an automated response when it tried to contact the company and is still seeking comment.

Källa: Amazon and eBay images broken by Photobucket’s ‘ransom demand’ – BBC News

Fishy Story

Fishy Story

Fishy Story

Fishy Story

Sometime in the 1980s, Caspar Salmon’s grandmother was invited to a gathering on the Welsh island of Anglesey, attended exclusively by people with fish surnames. Or so he says. Thirty years later, filmmaker Charlie Lyne attempts to sort myth from reality as he searches for the truth behind this fishy tale.

 

ACCC to question Apple regarding its ban on the Westpac Keyboard feature — Apple World Today

ACCC to question Apple regarding its ban on the Westpac Keyboard feature — Apple World Today

ACCC to question Apple regarding its ban on the Westpac Keyboard feature — Apple World Today

ACCC to question Apple regarding its ban on the Westpac Keyboard feature — Apple World Today

Apple’s decision to order Westpac Banking Corp. — an Australian bank and financial-services provider headquartered in Sydney — to disable a mobile banking feature that let customers make payments in chat apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger has caught the attention of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over concerns it could be attempting to remove rivals to its own upcoming service, according to The Financial Review.Last week The Australian Financial Review revealed that Apple had written to Westpac to say its three-month old Westpac Keyboard feature would no longer be allowed on iPhones. It’s understood Apple may have security concerns about the payments, but Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims told The Financial Review he will be seeking a proper explanation from the phone maker, in order to assess if any further action is required.

Källa: ACCC to question Apple regarding its ban on the Westpac Keyboard feature — Apple World Today

Comment: KGI has a good track record, but no Touch ID on iPhone 8 still seems questionable | 9to5Mac

Comment: KGI has a good track record, but no Touch ID on iPhone 8 still seems questionable | 9to5Mac

Comment: KGI has a good track record, but no Touch ID on iPhone 8 still seems questionable | 9to5Mac

Comment: KGI has a good track record, but no Touch ID on iPhone 8 still seems questionable | 9to5Mac

There are few analysts with as good a track record as KGI’s Ming-Chi Kuo when it comes to Apple. His close links to companies in Apple’s supply-chain puts him in a good position to judge what is and isn’t on the way when it comes to new products.But having a good track record isn’t the same as being right every time, and his latest report – that the iPhone 8 will drop Touch ID altogether – seems questionable to me …NordVPNFormer Time and Fortune writer Philip Elmer-DeWitt last year put Kuo’s reliability under the microscope, finding (in an admittedly unscientific fashion) that his overall reliability was 44%.Examples of where Kuo got it wrong included the iPhone 6 being pushed into 2015 (it launched on schedule in 2014), the next iPhone after the iPhone 6 being called the iPhone 7 (it was called the 6s, as expected), a 50% year-on-year drop in iPad sales in Q2 2015 (it was 25%) and a drop in iPhone sales to 49.4M units in Q1 2015 (it was 61.2M).

Källa: Comment: KGI has a good track record, but no Touch ID on iPhone 8 still seems questionable | 9to5Mac

ACCC to question Apple regarding its ban on the Westpac Keyboard feature — Apple World Today

Comment: KGI has a good track record, but no Touch ID on iPhone 8 still seems questionable | 9to5Mac

Comment: KGI has a good track record, but no Touch ID on iPhone 8 still seems questionable | 9to5Mac

Comment: KGI has a good track record, but no Touch ID on iPhone 8 still seems questionable | 9to5Mac

There are few analysts with as good a track record as KGI’s Ming-Chi Kuo when it comes to Apple. His close links to companies in Apple’s supply-chain puts him in a good position to judge what is and isn’t on the way when it comes to new products.But having a good track record isn’t the same as being right every time, and his latest report – that the iPhone 8 will drop Touch ID altogether – seems questionable to me …NordVPNFormer Time and Fortune writer Philip Elmer-DeWitt last year put Kuo’s reliability under the microscope, finding (in an admittedly unscientific fashion) that his overall reliability was 44%.Examples of where Kuo got it wrong included the iPhone 6 being pushed into 2015 (it launched on schedule in 2014), the next iPhone after the iPhone 6 being called the iPhone 7 (it was called the 6s, as expected), a 50% year-on-year drop in iPad sales in Q2 2015 (it was 25%) and a drop in iPhone sales to 49.4M units in Q1 2015 (it was 61.2M).

Källa: Comment: KGI has a good track record, but no Touch ID on iPhone 8 still seems questionable | 9to5Mac