Tablets aren’t just for binge-watching the new Netflix “Gilmore Girls” miniseries or perusing the fake news on your Facebook feed. You can also put that bad boy to work as a second display. Two displays for a single computer give you more space to spread out your documents, spreadsheets and web browsers. If you already …
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At Spotify, Mondays are for Discover Weekly, Fridays are for Fresh Finds, and now Wednesday are for Singles. Spotify Sessions: Singles is a new weekly playlist, chock-full of artists who have recorded at Spotify’s own recording studio in New York City. The playlist will have two songs from each artist: one cover and one original. Singles launches this week with …
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Kanye West is as notorious a beatmaker, record producer and rapper as he is a narcissistic rant-monster. His most recent diatribes included controversial remarks about Donald Trump, Google, racism, and business partners Beyonce and Jay Z. To make things worse, at his own concert in Sacramento he ended the show three songs into his set after starting it 90 minutes …
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New exclusives Tidal livestreamed an Emilie Sande concert in London, released another music video from Bon Jovi’s latest album, a single from Brazilian pop star Claudia Leitte and an excerpt from a book about influential Iggy Pop-fronted punk band The Stooges. Apple Music will exclusively host “808,” a documentary on the evolution and influence of the iconic 808 drum machine. …
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Now playing: Watch this: A premium Android tablet that gives the Apple iPad Mini… 1:16 One of the best Android tablets of the year is now available to purchase in the US. Starting today, November 17, the Huawei MediaPad M3 will be available for purchase via Amazon for $299. The Huawei MediaPad M3 is a slightly more affordable alternative to …
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Spotify and Gatorade want to help you pump up the jams at the gym. Enlarge Image Ever wonder what a Steve Aoki Bootcamp workout looks like? Me neither. Spotify Gatorade Amplify generates personalized playlists with songs from Spotify’s library, based on your Spotify listening history, that are energetic enough to fuel a workout. The playlists take into consideration the danceability, …
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Sharing is caring, and Amazon hopes you care enough about its streaming-music service to share it with your family. Amazon Music Unlimited, Amazon’s response to streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, is now available as a $14.99-a-month subscription for up to six people. The service, which debuted in October with discounted pricing for Prime members and Echo-only plans, is …
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A documentary about the cultural impact of the Roland TR-808 drum machine, simply titled “808”, will debut on December 9 as an Apple Music exclusive. The documentary tracks the profound influence of the 808 drum machine and how it changed music. It’s narrated by Apple Music’s own Beats 1 DJ, Zane Lowe, and features a variety of interviews with the …
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Snapchat Spectacles — you know, the sunglasses that have have built-in cameras that allow you to post directly to Snapchat — are here. So far, the videos captured with them that have been shared online are pretty boring (they mostly revolve around people’s first impressions of the Snap-branded sunnies). But the new circular video format they use is excitingly promising. …
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New exclusives Beyoncé released the music video for “Daddy Lessons” on Tidal following a performance of the song at the Country Music Awards with the Dixie Chicks. The video is part of “Lemonade,” the visual-album she dropped earlier this year, but now, if you only want to see “Daddy Lessons” you don’t have to sit through half of “Lemonade” just …
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