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HOOQ launches 'free' feature for easy access to content

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 07:29 PM

Starting Friday, June 21, anyone with a smartphone can watch free on-demand content on the HOOQ app without having to register. Read more »

Facebook plans pay boost for content moderators

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 14 04:59 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Monday said it will boost pay and support programs for US contract workers hammered by the stress of having to review offensive content flagged at the social network. Read more »

ABS-CBN News is PH's top Facebook publisher in March

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 19 03:46 PM

The digital arm of ABS-CBN News, news.abs-cbn.com, had 3,637 articles and garnered 11.9 million engagements last March. Read more »

Nepal bans online game PUBG

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 12 12:56 PM

KATHMANDU - Nepal on Thursday banned popular South Korean online game PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, also known as PUBG, citing its negative impact on mental health of players because of its violent content and addictive nature, officials said. Read more »

Social media bosses face jail under 'world first' Australian laws

Andrew Beatty, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 04 06:21 PM

SYDNEY - Social media executives risk jail for failing to take down violent extremist content quickly, under controversial laws passed in Australia Thursday -- a "world first" in the wake of the Christchurch mosques massacre. Read more »

Manila Bay binakuran na; dumi sa tubig 'bumaba'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 06 09:52 PM

Binakuran na ng mga awtoridad ang Manila Bay kasunod ng pagdami ng mga naliligo o nag-swimming sa naturang katubigan.  Read more »

iFlix bets on localized content to grow in Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 25 12:52 PM

The business is “booming” for iFlix which has over 6 million accounts and 1.8 million active monthly users, said country manager Sherwin Dela Cruz. Read more »

Netflix shares slip as spending weighs on profits

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 09:23 AM

Netflix shares sank two percent to $345.84 in after-market trades that followed release of earnings figures that showed the Silicon Valley company logged profit of $134 million on revenue of $4.2 billion in the final three months of last year. Read more »

ABS-CBN News is lone PH website on world's top 25 Facebook publishers in December

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 08:48 PM

The ranking is based on Facebook likes, shares and comments on web publishers' articles.  Read more »

ABS-CBN's iWant starts 2019 with 11.3 million subscribers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 17 02:57 PM

iWant recorded 60 million video views in December 2018, and the app, which was launched in November, had 2 million downloads so far on iOS and Android, ABS-CBN said in a statement. Read more »

Freelance jobs in demand include writing, API, blockchain: Freelancer.com

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 01:12 PM

Writing, application programming interface (API), blockchain, academic writing, 2D animation, social media management, blog writing, Shopify templates, and drawing related jobs were among the fastest growing in 2018, according to Freelancer.com's "Fast 50 Report." Read more »

Tumblr bans porn to clean up the blogging platform

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 04 10:43 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Tumblr on Monday said it is banning adult content from the Yahoo-owned blogging platform, which saw its app pulled from Apple's App Store last month over child pornography. Read more »

YouTube shifts to make new exclusive shows, movies free to users

Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 02:20 PM

YouTube plans to make all future original programming available to users for free with advertising, as the video streaming unit of Alphabet Inc's Google seeks a bigger audience for shows and movies that had mostly been restricted to paid subscribers. Read more »

64 million views later, Jollibee goes digital from 'I Love You Sabado'

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 08:48 PM

From 'I Love You Sabado' to 64 million views on YouTube, Jollibee harnesses the power of digital ads to grow sales. Read more »

ABS-CBN to launch new streaming service iWant

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 04 06:15 PM

ABS-CBN will launch a new version of its iWant TV streaming service, which will be called iWant, to allow fans to stream original films and series, Kapamilya shows and movies, music, and concerts, an official said Thursday.  Read more »

'Sugar label' sa mga pagkain, pasisimplehin

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 29 03:33 PM

Maglalagay na ng mas maiintindihang paalala sa mga produktong may mataas na sugar content. Read more »

YouTube offers creators new ways to earn money

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 22 03:26 PM

YouTube, often criticized for not compensating creators well enough, will allow them to set up paid channel memberships, the company said on Thursday. Read more »

Disney to create live sports, entertainment shows for Twitter

Lisa Richwine, Reuters
Posted at May 01 07:49 AM

Walt Disney Co will create live sports, news and entertainment programming specifically for Twitter Inc's social network, a move to attract online viewers and advertising revenue through digital video. Read more »

China's Weibo backtracks on gay content ban

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 17 09:08 AM

BEIJING - China's popular Weibo microblogging platform on Monday reversed a decision to block "homosexual" content, in an unusual concession to a storm of online protest at the weekend. Read more »

Aubrey Miles goes naked as she relaxes at Batangas resort

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 20 08:50 PM

Aubrey Miles stripped naked as she lounged around a resort villa in Batangas.  Read more »