Internet radio giant Pandora has a hit on its hands, so to speak. Thumbprint Radio is the most popular radio station on the planet, Pandora said in a blog post Thursday, racking up more than 5.5 billion spins by 2o million listeners. The ultra-personalized station, launched in December 2015, is programmed with all the music …
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Amber Alerts are about to get more detailed. The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday adopted new rules to strengthen the Wireless Emergency Alerts system that delivers critical warnings and information to Americans on their wireless phones. The system sends Amber Alerts for missing children, as well as weather alerts and other emergencies. Under the new rules, WEA alerts for 4G …
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Apple’s new MacOS Sierra software introduces two ways to help you offload files from your Mac to iCloud. It lets you reclaim storage space on your local drive, while also making those files accessible from your other devices. The first way lets you sync your Desktop and Documents folders to iCloud Drive, so that files in either location are more …
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Spotify launched its music-streaming service in Japan, joining a party already bustling with competitors Apple Music and Line Music. Japan is the second-biggest music market in the world. At last count it was worth over $2.6 billion, a little more than half the US market. Digital music, however, hasn’t taken hold and an estimated 80 percent of music there is …
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Tracking what you eat can be a tedious practice. Food-tracking apps like MyFitnessPal and Lose It! have made it slightly more enjoyable by allowing users to scan food bar codes using their smartphones, but it’s still a slow process. A new feature from Lose It! may change this and actually make food tracking more enjoyable. The feature, called Snap It, …
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Now playing: Watch this: 5 best uses of 3D Touch on the iPhone 1:21 With iOS 10, Apple added a ton of 3D Touch capabilities to your iPhone. For example, you can now press on alerts to view more information or press on an app’s icon to view its respective widget. (If you own an iPhone 6S or newer, it …
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It seems more iPhone owners want to go wireless with their earphones than buy a Watch. A US survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research says 12 percent of respondents plan to buy Apple’s AirPods, its $159, £159 or AU$229 completely wireless earphones. Based on the results, AirPods could generate up to $3 billion in revenue for Apple. …
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Periscope relaunched its website Thursday to make it more in sync with its mobile app. The update make it easier to find popular live video channels such as Police, Race and America (think El Cajon), Walk on the Wild Side for pet lovers and U.S. National Parks for nature lovers, the Twitter-owned company said in a blog post Thursday. There …
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Amazon is hoping some universities start getting chatty with Alexa. The online retailer announced on Thursday the Alexa Prize, a $2.5 million award for college students who develop technology to make it more natural to talk with Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant. The company said the goal of the competition is to build a “socialbot” on Alexa that will converse with …
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