December 5, 2018
Spotify for Xbox One now works with Cortana voice commands
Spotify arrived on the Xbox One back in August 2017 to give gamers the option of streaming their own tunes while in a gaming session. Today, Spotify is…
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December 5, 2018
App stores to pass $122B in 2019, with gaming and subscriptions driving growth
Mobile intelligence and data firm App Annie is today releasing its 2019 predictions for the worldwide app economy, including its forecast around consumer spending, gaming, the subscription market…
Read articleDecember 4, 2018
YouTube rolls out autoplaying (but silent) videos on its mobile app’s homepage
YouTube on Monday announced a significant change to its mobile app — it will now autoplay videos by default when users are browsing the app’s home page, aka…
Read articleDecember 1, 2018
The economics and tradeoffs of ad-funded smart city tech
In order to have innovative smart city applications, cities first need to build out the connected infrastructure, which can be a costly, lengthy, and politicized process. Third-parties are…
Read articleNovember 30, 2018
Facebook adds free TV shows Buffy, Angel, Firefly to redefine Watch
Facebook hasn’t had a hit show yet for its long-form video hub Watch, so it’s got a new plan: digging up some deceased cult favorites from television. First…
Read articleNovember 29, 2018
YouTube rolls out Stories to creators with over 10K subscribers
A year ago, YouTube launched its own take on Stories, with the addition of a new short-form video format called Reels. The feature, which was rebranded as “YouTube…
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Plex teams with TIDAL to bring a discounted streaming music subscription to its media app
Media center app Plex today announced a partnership with streaming music service TIDAL, offering discounted access to TIDAL’s 60 million tracks and 244,000+ music videos for Plex Pass…
Read articleNovember 28, 2018
Facebook must police Today In, its local news digest launching in 400 cities
Facebook has a new area of its app it will have to police for fake news and biased sensationalism. Facebook is launching “Today In”, its local news aggregator…
Read articleNovember 27, 2018
Social music app Playlist lets you listen to music with others in real time
A new app called Playlist aims to make music a more social experience than what’s offered today by the major music platforms like Apple Music, Pandora or Spotify,…
Read articleNovember 27, 2018
Review: The PlayStation Classic takes you back to the ’90s, for better and for worse
Lifelong PlayStation fans have probably decided already if they’re interested in buying the PlayStation Classic — particularly since Sony has already released a list of the 20 games…
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