Google’s Play Music Demise is Final as YouTube Music Officially Takes its Place
by Google’s official retirement of Play Music has come, as the Android app now force-directs users to switch over to YouTube Music…
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Ashley Lipman is a super-connector with Outreachmama who helps businesses find their audience online through outreach, partnerships, and networking.
YouTube Finally Lets Users Pick their Desired Default Video Quality Setting (Well, Kind Of)
YouTube has realized viewers might prefer to set their own default video quality, adding in a new sitewide option, but it’s not specific…
LinkedIn Stories (Yes, that’s Correct, LinkedIn Stories), goes Live in the UK for its 27 Million Members
LinkedIn has released its Stories feature in the UK, after testing the tool, previously developed by Snapchat and popularized by Instagram…
Google Unceremoniously Kills Off this Emergency Location Sharing App
Google is abruptly retiring its stand-alone emergency location sharing mobile application, Trusted Contacts, on December 1st, 2020…
ICYMI: Google can Now Search for Songs just by Humming the Melody
Google rolled out a new way to search for songs last week, simply by humming the tune, Big G can tell what song it is…maybe…
Snapchat Introduces Sounds, a Direct Competitor to TikTok
Snapchat has released a new (read: copy) user feature called Sounds, that allows people to add song clips to both Snaps and Stories…
Spotify Introduces a Widget for iOS 14 — Here’s How to Add It
Spotify has released its own widget for Apple’s iOS 14 platform, making it easier to pick up right where users last left off in a jiffy…
Netflix Apparently No Longer Offers a Free Trial, So it’s Pay Full Price or Don’t Play
Netflix quietly changed its try it before buying it policy, ending its free trial offers in all major markets around the globe…
Remember Google’s Duplex, the AI Tool that Could Book Hair Appointments? Well, It’s going Live Now
Google Duplex, the artificial intelligence assistant, introduced about two years ago, is now ready to book hair appointments and more IRL…
Microsoft Edge Tries to Gain an Edge Over Google Chrome with This Super-Smart Feature
Microsoft has added a few new nifty features to its newly-powered Chromium web browser that are rolling out throughout this month…
Google Finally Gives Google Assistant a Way to Accommodate Guests without Collecting their Data
Google has introduced a neat — and much needed option — to Google Assistant that allows guests to use devices without data collection…
Facebook Adds Netflix Support to its Portal TV Product, because Why Not?
Facebook’s Portal TV device, primarily a communication medium, now supports Netflix, joining Amazon Prime, Facebook Watch, and more…
Instagram’s Newest Feature will Automatically Hide Offensive Comments Flagged by AI
Instagram is celebrating its 10th anniversary by rolling out a bunch of new visual features, but more importantly, taking steps against abuse…
Windows 10 Users can Now Disable Bing for Good (but It Requires Tweaking the Registry Settings)
The most recent build of Windows 10 comes with a delightful surprise — the ability to disable Bing, which can speed up searches…
YouTube Stories on iOS just Got this Ingenious Boost in Audio Quality
YouTube Stories on iOS are getting a marked improvement in audio quality, thanks to a new technology deployed by Google…
WhatsApp Finally Introduces One of the Most Requested User Options
WhatsApp now gives its users the ability to do something they’ve wanted for quite some time, mute chats permanently…