Apple was forced to release its newest update over the weekend due to an issue with phones crashing and rebooting. Sean Aune, Editor-in-Chief of Techno Buffalo, and Michael Simon, Staff Writer for PCWorld, join Cheddar to discuss the root of Apple's problem.
Both say it had something to do with particular app technology, not the phone itself. However, this forced Apple to release the 11.2 beta 6 update prior to the scheduled launch date. Simon and Aune discuss whether or not all these updates will discourage people from buying the iPhone.
Plus, the newly released upgrade introduces Apple Pay Cash. This will allow funds to be drawn from a linked credit or debit card and sent in the form of a 'cash card.' Aune & Simon talk about the compeitition with Venmo and Square.
TerraZero's chief experience officer Brandon Johnson and chief metaverse officer Ryan Kieffer joined Cheddar News to discuss the technology company making the first-ever Metaverse mortgage.
Alia Kemet, vice president of creative and digital at McCormick, joins Cheddar News to discuss Frank's RedHot releasing an edible NFT ahead of the Super Bowl.
A new analysis shows that sales in the metaverse real estate land topped $500 million in 2021. The recent surge in sales came as a result of Facebook's decision to rebrand itself as Meta in hopes to focus more on the metaverse. According to investors and analytic firms, those numbers could jump even higher and reach a billion bucks by 2025. Ceo of Republic Realm, Janine Yorio, joined Cheddar to discuss more.
In January alone, the gaming sector has seen three major acquisitions. Yesterday, Sony added to the flurry of M&A activity in the gaming space, snatching up game developer 'Bungie' for $3.6 billion dollars. Renee Gittins, executive director at the International Gaming Developers Association, joins Cheddar News to discuss.
Google’s philanthropy arm, Google.org, recently announced a $10 million grant for the AARP Foundation to aid in teaching digital skills to low income older workers. As the implementation of hybrid work expands, a greater emphasis is being placed on helping workers 50 years old and up — especially among women and people of color — to be digitally literate in order to keep the workplace generationally diverse. Lisa Marsh Ryerson, president of the AARP Foundation, joined Cheddar News to talk about the curriculum of the partnership. "Those of us who are 50 and older are not digital natives, so we do have a learning curve that we have to address," she noted.
