THE COMUNICANO SUNDAY EDITION for November 8th 2020

Google made an app called Device Lock Controller for creditors like banks to remotely lock your financed device if you don’t make payments.

New federal rule doesn't limit how many times a debt firm can send emails or message you on social media.

The newly-passed California Privacy Rights Act is a landmark moment for consumer privacy. Here’s what it will mean for your business.

Advertisers entering the burgeoning medium of streaming TV want better measurement and targeting capabilities than they are finding there. But a shadow looms over any efforts to give them what they want: the privacy backlash that has put other digital media on the defensive.

After signing Joe Rogan and other top names, Spotify hints it could launch a podcast subscription service with exclusive shows and bonus content.

Apple Inc. and Sony Music Entertainment have each held talks about potentially acquiring Wondery, the producer of “Dirty John” and “Dr. Death,” according to people familiar with the matter, setting the stage for the biggest deal yet in the booming podcasting market.

(Bloomberg) – AT&T Inc. has been called many things over its 135-year history: Ma Bell, monopoly, media conglomerate. The company, which traces its roots to the patent rights of telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell, was the dominant phone company for much of the 20th century.

Google Photos on Android has now begun to test locking some of its editing tools and features behind a Google One paywall for some.

With the recent Workspace redesign, a bunch of Google’s icons have been getting refreshed, for better or worse. The internet can’t seem to make up its mind on whether or not they’re good, but one thing that’s almost completely unanimous is that the icons that take on a single color instead of Google’s four primary ones look much better. Android Police recently took notice of the desktop site displaying the new layered green logo and we have to say - it looks amazing!

Impatient for faster connectivity for everything from smart factories to rural broadband, companies are rolling out their own networks.

Hear us out: Paying with a smartphone is actually more secure and more efficient than using a credit card.

People working from different locations could find themselves on the hook for non-resident state taxes when filing next year.

They moved to exotic locales to work through the pandemic in style. But now tax trouble, breakups and Covid guilt are setting in.

The flaming-hot connected-fitness company, which recently posted its first profit, is building out its fashion team in a bid to become a “lifestyle brand.”

Cloud-based smartphones might be the next true computing revolution.