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It’s been over a year since we retreated to our homes for a pandemic-driven steady diet of video meetings, and only a little less time since we realized how bad some of the webcams in our laptops really are. So it’s a little surprising that it’s taken so long for some accessory-makers to jump into the fray. Anker’s PowerConf C300 …

Spotify on Tuesday launched a paid subscription platform for podcasters through its podcast company Anchor. The platform will allow creators to mark podcast episodes as subscriber-only and publish them on Spotify and other platforms. The launch comes after rival Apple earlier this month said it will add paid podcast subscriptions within its dedicated podcast app.  The subscription platform will be …