The World Wide Web riding on the back of the Internet is a world pulsating with a life of its own. Things are happening in this (virtual) domain every hour. The Web has become an indispensable part of people’s lives. You need someone to track the day-to-day events for you as you go about your busy life. Whats New On The Net keeps readers updated on the major developments from the World Wide Web. Not only news, we also profile startups, new phone apps; report on new bots, and emerging tech. The sole touchstone against which all our stories are tested — how does it affect, you, the end-user.
In this week's podcast (June 20 - 26, 2022): Half the world's Internet went down early Tuesday following an outage of Cloudflare's servers. Also, listen in to the interview of Evan Davidson, Vice President, Asia Pacific Japan, at SentinelOne. Evan speaks on various aspects of cyber-security, and the challenges before it. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (June 13 - 19, 2022): It was a year ago that Microsoft had announced it would be retiring Internet Explorer, & beginning this week, it stopped support for the 27-year-old browser. In more news: Singapore has the highest Internet speed in the world, shows survey. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (June 6- 12, 2022): Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has announced that he was launching Web5. In more news: Apple wants to kill passwords. Here's how. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (May 30 - June 5, 2022): Influencers and digital artists non-fungible tokens are taking Instagram by storm. In more news: ExpressVPN decides to move servers out of India because of new law. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (May 23 - 29, 2022): After security researcher Zach Edwards 1st realized & tweeted about it, privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo is trying to douse the fire. In more news: Microsoft to offer more collaborative features in Teams. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (May 16 - 22, 2022): Meta has now made available worldwide the WhatsApp Cloud API which was being beta tested since last November. In more news: YouTube rolls out activity graph to all. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (May 9 - 15, 2022): Elon Musk announced that his US $44 billion Twitter deal was ‘temporarily on hold'. In more news: Ex Facebook Messenger boss & Paypal executive David Marcus has set up his next company, Lightspark, which will be building on Bitcoin's Lightning network. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (May 2 - 8, 2022): Apps over 3 years old not updated may be removed from App Store: Apple. In more news: Google ups “Bug Bounty” offer for Android 13 beta. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (April 25 - May 1, 2022): Elon Musk buying Twitter this week set the social networks on fire. In more news: TikTok was most downloaded app globally in 1st quarter of 2022, says report. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (April -18-24, 2022): This week came the news that China surpassed the United States in a new ranking of the Top 52 app publishers in the world. In more news: Brave and DuckDuckGo browsers bypass Google AMP in search results. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (April -11-17, 2022): DuckDuckGo launches first web browser, for now, only on Macs. In more news: Opera launches iOS version of its crypto browser. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In This Week's Podcast by Whats New On The Net (Apr. 4 - 10, 2022): As of Feb. 10, 2022, Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk holds a 9.2% passive stake in micro-blogging site Twitter Inc. In more news: European Parliament in favor of 'Right to Repair" of gadgets. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In This Week's Podcast by Whats New On The Net (March 28 - Apr. 3, 2022): Apple this week announced that Apple Business Essentials was available to all small businesses in the US. In other news: Samsung launches self-repair program. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In This Week's Podcast (March 21 - 27, 2022): The European Union this week reached an agreement on a major competition reform law. In other news: Lapsus$ Group claims to have stolen Microsoft source codes. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (March 14-20, 2022): Online safety bill introduced in British Parliament. In other news: Google alerts Chrome users to vulnerabilities. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (Mar. 7-13, 2022): Brave browser is shipping a new, powerful privacy-protecting feature called “Unlinkable Bouncing”. In other news: Stripe launches crypto-services. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (Feb. 28 - Mar. 6, 2022): A cyber-extortionist group that stole up to one terabyte of data from Nvidia has delivered what is possibly the most unusual ultimatum in the history of cybercrime. Also in the headlines: VPN installs in Russia go up about 2000% in a week. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (Feb. 21-27, 2022): Facebook showcases prototype of an artificial intelligence system that enables people to generate or import virtual objects with voice commands. Also, in the headlines: Amazon-owned Twitch announces incentive program. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this podcast (Feb. 14-20, 2022): Google has announced a multi-year initiative to build the Privacy Sandbox on Android, with “the goal of introducing new, more private advertising solutions.” Also, in the headlines: Windows 10 is now available as an optional update. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's episode (Feb 7-13, 2022): Apple's new 'Tap To Pay' feature is likely to “empower" millions of merchants across the US, from small business to big merchants. Also: Launched: A Crypto Market Integrity Coalition focused on cultivating a fair digital asset marketplace. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast by Whats New On The Net (Jan 31 - Feb 6, 2022): For the first-time ever, social network Facebook reported that it's daily user count was down. Also, India's central bank to launch digital currency. Plus, don't miss our new, "2-Minute Mic" offer! Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (Jan 24-30, 2022): Cybersecurity company Surfshark, popular ride-hailing & taxi apps collect the most extensive information about their users. In other news: iOS 15.4 (beta) Face ID works even when a person is wearing a mask. Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (Jan 17-23, 2022): Amazon's Alexa was back online after facing a major outage in Europe. In other news: “Spendesk” is one more French startup to become a unicorn this month. Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's episode of the Whats New On The Net podcast (Jan 10-16, 2022): Headlines: Take-Two to acquire entertainment company Zynga for over $11 bln. Also, don't miss the very first CEOSpeak segment where we interview Brian McMahon, CEO and founder of “Pickle”, a New York-based social shopping startup. Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's episode (Jan 3-9, 2022): LinkedIn is launching an events platform where it will list, host, & market interactive, virtual “live” events. Also, Google has issued the 1st serious new upgrade warning of 2022 for Chrome to all the browser's two billion users. It has also issued an update, the 1st in 2022. Plus, don't miss the announcement for the Snowflake startups competition. Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (Dec 27, 2021 - Jan 2, 2022): TikTok, Instagram & Facebook top the list of the Top-10 downloaded apps of 2021, according to "apptopia". In other news: Telegram app to add emoji reactions. Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (Dec 20-26, 2021): Chinese tech giant Baidu doesn't expect to fully launch its XiRang metaverse app any time soon despite the app's initial debut. Also, with so many companies begging off in-person appearances, will CES 2022 eventually become a virtual event? Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (Dec 13-19, 2021): Millions of servers, if not billions, across the globe that use the Log4j library, have been affected by a vulnerability. Also: Meta expands bug bounty & data bounty programs. Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
This is the 150th episode of this podcast! In this week's podcast (Dec 6-Dec 12, 2021): A major outage in Amazon's cloud computing network severely disrupted services at many US companies for hours. In other news: Google Play games will be available on Windows PC from 2022. Also, don't miss our startups section. Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (Nov 29-Dec 5, 2021): Apple has announced the “iPhone App of the Year” award to “Toca Life World”, from Toca Boca, & the “iPad App of the Year” to “LumaFusion”, from LumaTouch. In other headlines: Reddit announces interactive features. Also, don't miss our startups section. Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's episode (Nov 22-28, 2021): Hosting company GoDaddy has said a data breach occurred in which the user data of 1.2 million of its customers may have been exposed. In other headlines: Twitter unveils plans to enter e-commerce space. Please note: our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (Nov 15-21, 2021): DuckDuckGo is launching “App Tracking Protection for Android” into beta, a new feature in its existing app that will block 3rd-party trackers like Google & Facebook lurking in other apps. In other news: Google sets up $15 million assistance program with SIDBI in India. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (Nov 8-14, 2021): Amazon has announced that viewers can send scenes from their favorite Amazon Original series — straight from their phones. In India, multi-million dollar food delivery service Zomato has started investing in startups. Also, our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (Nov 1-7, 2021): The FAA has granted permission to Boeing to deploy satellites that could beam broadband Internet from space. Also, have you heard of this metaverse, Decentraland? What's more, our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (end-Oct 31, 2021): Facebook is now Meta as it embarks on developing a new immersive version of the Web. Also, our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast (end Oct 24, 2021): Facebook is reportedly re-branding and getting a new name. Also, don't miss our new segment - CEO Speak where we invite founders, co-founders, CEOs, CTOs and C-suite guys of tech unicorns, businesses & startups to share their business story on our weekly podcast. Get Your Invite. Also, our podcast listeners can now leave audio messages for us at this link: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast: Microsoft has decided to sunset the current localized version of social network LinkedIn. Also, in our startup of the week, we bring you Lemon.io, a platform that connects startups or projects with the right developers. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast: Microsoft has said in the past year, 58% of all cyberattacks observed by it from nation-states had come from Russia. In other news: Apple to use own recruits to report scam apps. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In today's podcast: A Virginia, US-based mobile tech company, Lynk Global, Inc. announced this week it had registered hundreds of unmodified mobile phones to its low-orbit satellite. In other news, German startup autoRetouch brings artificial intelligence to image editing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In This Week's Podcast: A terse post on the People's Bank of China's blog on Friday morning made it clear that crypto-related transactions are 100% illegal. In other news: The 3rd annual edition of the Digital Quality of Life Index has put Denmark 1st in the Index for the 2nd year in a row, closely followed by South Korea. Don't forget to visit our website www.whatsnewonthenet.com for more tech news. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast: Privacy features added to Mozilla VPN: Custom DNS servers & Multi-hop. In other news: Auto-reset Android feature coming to older devices even. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In This Week's Podcast: In-app purchases can now be made by Apple customers via their own websites following an order by a US federal judge. In other news: Ray-Ban & FB launch 1st-gen smart glasses. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast: Microsoft will start rolling out Windows 11 from October 5, 2021. An announcement: This podcast is now on Amazon. Follow on Amazon Music. You can now leave a voice message here: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's podcast: Developers will be able to tell iPhone & iPad customers how to pay outside the iTunes App Store, Apple announced.In other news, Twitter has announced that hosts who use Spaces, its “live” audio feature, will now be able to sell access to Ticketed Spaces. An announcement: This podcast is now on Amazon. Follow on Amazon Music. You can now leave a voice message here: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's tech news: Microsoft has decided to hike the Microsoft 365 fees from March 1, 2022. And: Facebook has launched in open beta Horizon Workrooms, a virtual meeting place. Also, don't miss the startup profiles in our Startups segment. If you are on Anchor, you may leave us feedback on this link https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message Or: leave a voice message here: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In this week's tech news: Facebook Messenger updates end-to-end encrypted chats with new features. Also, you now need to fulfil new requirements to be part of Google Podcast Recommendations. Alert: We are launching a section called, "What's Your Story". If you are the CEO, CMO, CTO, or the co-founder of a startup, join us in telling your story to the world. Write in to us at whatsnewonthenet.com (at) gmail.com. Or leave a voice message here: https://memo.fm/whatsnewonthenet/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
Starting today, Aug 8, 2021, the Whats New On The Net daily tech news podcast into a weekly round-up one. Every Sunday, you can look forward to this weekly podcast of global tech news, and startup profiles. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In today's podcast: Starting today, when you visit the Google About This Result panel — the three dots next to most results — you'll get even more information about your results to help you make sense of the information. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In today's podcast: With more and more Internet surfers complaining about their online activities being tracked by search engines, here are 5 new search engines that do not track you. Also, audio-only app Clubhouse is now available to all. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
Listen to: Facebook-owned Instagram has launched the Instagram Sensitive Content Control. This will allow users to decide how much sensitive Content shows up in “Explore”. And: Google “Adaptive Protection” helps enterprises fight DDoS attacks. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message
In today's podcast: Apple has released Apple iOS 14.7, iPadOS 14.7, Apple Watch 7.6 & TVOS 14.7. Also, in the news: YouTube decides to acquire shopping video platform from India, "simsim". Announcement: Listeners can send us voice messages using this link: Send a voice message to Whats New On The Net (memo.fm) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatsnewonthenet/message