Google today released its annual “Year in Search” data that takes a look back at some of the most notable searches of 2019. Specifically, Google looked at the biggest trends — meaning, search terms that saw the largest spikes in traffic over a sustained period in 2019 compared to 2018. In the U.S., Disney’s new…
Disney’s big new streaming service, Disney+, has already been hacked and the personal information of thousands of customers have been stolen and put up for sale by hackers on the dark web. Customer accounts are already for sale for as low as three dollars per account, ZDNet is reporting. The service only launched seven days…
The Walt Disney Company has apologized to subscribers of the new Disney+ streaming service following reports that many users were experiencing outages on the service’s first day. The entertainment giant issued a rare mea culpa Tuesday on the new service’s official Twitter account, blaming high “consumer demand” for the technical issues. “The consumer demand for…
Disney’s stock surged to record highs following the launch of Disney+. Verizon likely played an important role in the successful launch of the streaming service. Disney+ already boasts 10 million subscribers. Disney’s (NYSE:DIS) stock value spiked on Wednesday following its 10 million Disney+ subscriber announcement. The news sparked interest in the company’s stock, causing it…
Disney posted a strong fiscal fourth-quarter performance that topped analyst estimates. The media titan also announced it struck a key partnership with Amazon for its Disney+ streaming service. Analysts are busy buying call options and going long on DIS. While Disney (NYSE:DIS) has been pulling back from the all-time high of $147.15, the company has…
Disney+ will launch in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands on November 12th, a bit shy of a week from today. On November 19th, it’ll expand to Australia and New Zealand. But what about the rest of the world? Disney has kept quiet about its plans for other countries, presumably because going live in another…
When thinking about the biggest competitors of Disney+, an on-demand video streaming subscription service, the obvious names are Netflix and Apple. However, one illegal website appears to be making a name for itself. That’s because it offers most of the streaming service’s content at no cost. A trending article by the Hardtimes revealed that Pirate…
Disney CEO Bob Iger has resigned from Apple’s board of directors, according to a just-published SEC filing. Neither company has given any reason for the departure — the explanatory text of the SEC filing is literally just “On September 10, 2019, Bob Iger resigned from the Board of Directors of Apple Inc.” — but with…
In a teaser announcing the upcoming remaster of mid-90s Disney classics Aladdin and The Lion King is a rather unfortunate typo. | Source: Shutterstock Here something you don’t see every day. In the closing promo shot for a teaser announcing the upcoming remaster of the notoriously hard mid-90s Disney classics, “Aladdin” and “The Lion King,”…
Disney Plus is going big with its slate of content and Netflix should be very worried. | Source: ShutterstockDisney Plus was trending on Twitter on Friday with over 118k tweets during their D23 Expo. Netflix was not. With a slew of major announcements, Disney is determined to keep the streaming giant sweating.Disney Comes out SwingingDisney…
