Google Doodle celebrated Philippine-born artist and activist Pacita Abad on Friday. On this day in 1984, Abad became the first woman to receive the Philippines’ prestigious Ten Outstanding Young Men award. Abad, who was born in Basco in 1946, was forced to leave her home country for the US in 1970 because of her political activism …
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Google Search is celebrating the 20th anniversary of popular song and dance combo, the “Cha Cha Slide,” with a hidden surprise. When you search “Cha Cha Slide” on Google, a microphone appears next to the music video and prompts you to tap along to an interactive edition of the hit song. Google says the hidden feature is best experienced with …
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The Democratic National Committee reportedly warned campaigns on Thursday that hackers are after their Facebook accounts. An alert from the committee’s security team, reported by CNN, said emails designed to look as if they’re from Facebook tell users that their pages have been deactivated because of a term violation. The email then directs those users to a fake Facebook website, …
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You’ll soon be able to find Michelle Obama’s podcast on Spotify. The streaming site said earlier this month that the former first lady’s podcast is set to debut on July 29 at no extra cost for Spotify’s free and premium listeners. On Tuesday, Spotify added a 10-minute preview of the podcast that you can listen to now. Michelle Obama reflects …
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YouTube Kids, the child-focused version of Google’s massive video site, plans to add over a hundred movies and specials this summer. YouTube Kids launched “Summer of Movies” on Monday with the aim of keeping your little ones entertained with its child-friendly content. YouTube Kids said its summer collection will include content from cartoon characters like Pocoyo, Oggy, Franklin the turtle, …
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Spotify wants to make it a little easier for everyone at your party — even if it’s socially distanced — to have a say in the music. On Tuesday, Spotify expanded Group Session, its group listening feature, so you can listen to music with friends and family even if they aren’t in the same place. To start a group session, …
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Garmin, known for its smartwatches and wearables, on Monday confirmed it was victim to a cyberattack that encrypted the company’s systems causing its apps, website, customer support and communications to go offline last week. Some of Garmin’s services were back online on Monday following a four day outage. Other services are showing “limited” access on the company’s status page, including …
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Facebook is testing a new design for some celebrity and business Pages on its mobile app. The social media giant said on Wednesday that the experimental update removes the Like button and the Page’s number of Likes to put more focus on the follower count. The new layout, which was reported earlier by TechCrunch, aims to make it easier for …
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The annual iPhone Photography Awards celebrates the best pictures taken on iOS devices by professional and amateur photographers alike. The collective announced its 2020 winners on Wednesday. And the iPhone photography award goes to… +21 more See all photos “Dozens of winning photographs reflect powerful worldviews, from vast landscapes to a single tree, from city streets to remote desolation, from …
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Snapchat wants to make it a little easier for you to relax with its Headspace mini app. The mini app, which is an app within the Snapchat app, launched on Monday alongside three others including group decision-making app Let’s Do It, future-telling app Prediction Master and study app Flashcards. The Headspace mini offers a quick meditation session that you do …
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