Zoom adds two-factor authentication after subscriptions soar following lockdowns

Video conferencing app Zoom has added two-factor authentication (2FA) as a new layer of security following its soar in popularity during the current pandemic. The log-in standard requires users to provide an additional piece of information, such as a pin code sent via text message, as well as a password.   Zoom said the addition of … Read more

Pokemon GO’s Mega Evolution is here, subscriptions may be added

Pokemon GO isn’t exactly old but it’s been over three years since the AR game became popular. The phenomenal augmented reality adventure became big very quickly. It still has a lot of loyal fans and players even after all those years. In recent months, we learned of the Mega Evolution introduced alongside the Pokemon Cafe … Read more

Britons spending £46 a month on lockdown subscriptions

Britons spending £46 a month on subscriptions as entertainment and delivery services boom in lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:04 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 00:04 BST, 24 August 2020 Britons are spending £46 a month on subscriptions as entertainment and delivery services boom in lockdown.  Even as shops reopened … Read more

Lloyds announces in-app service to let customers cancel subscriptions

Lloyds Bank will let customers cancel monthly subscriptions like television streaming and food boxes in its app with three quick clicks The bank with 11m mobile customers will launch the service after a pilot   Subscription services boomed in lockdown It said it would eventually alert people prior to their free trial running out to avoid … Read more

Netflix is starting to automatically cancel subscriptions

Video streaming giant Netflix has revealed it is starting to cancel user accounts that have been inactive for a year. In an effort to ‘help’ users who haven’t been using the service to save their ‘hard earned cash’, Netflix is eliminating unused accounts that are still billing the user.  Emails or app notifications will be … Read more

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings received $38 MILLION in 2019 as company reports spike in subscriptions

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings’ fortunes continue to rise as a new SEC filing reports the streaming service’s co-founder received a total of $38 million in 2019. Hasting’s total pay package last year was up 16 per cent from what he was paid in 2018, reports Netflix in its annual proxy statement Wednesday.    Hastings’ most recent … Read more