October, 2019

• 7 October

  Spotify update for iOS 13 adds Siri support

  

  “Hey Siri, play Lizzo on Spotify.” That’s all it takes now to listen to your favorite songs, artists, albums and playlists on Spotify. The music streaming service on Monday updated its mobile app for iOS 13, adding Siri support. This means you can ask Apple’s virtual assistant to play music via the Spotify app.  The …

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• 7 October

  Amazon upgrades its Fire HD 10 tablet with USB

  

  Earlier this year, Amazon made some small upgrades to its entry-level tablet, the Fire 7. Now its top-of-the-line, value-priced Fire HD 10, which starts at $150 for the 32GB version, gets a similar update, adding a faster processor, 2-megapixel front camera and something we haven’t seen before in an Amazon tablet: USB-C charging. The new Fire HD 10 is available …

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• 7 October

  iFixit Galaxy Fold teardown shows the improvements Samsung made

  

  After its first teardown was taken down at Samsung’s request, iFixit is back with a new look at Samsung’s updated Galaxy Fold.  In the new teardown, the disassembly experts have taken apart Samsung’s updated Fold to see just what changes were made to the updated version of the phone-tablet hybrid. As expected, considering all the issues that popped up during …

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• 7 October

  Amazon debuts its first ever Kindle Kids Edition

  

  Amazon’s been selling kid-friendly editions of Fire tablets for a while, but now it’s bringing the Kids Edition concept to its Kindle e-reader. The new Kindle Kids Edition includes the entry-level Kindle bundled with a case, one year free of Amazon’s FreeTime Unlimited subscription service and a two-year free replacement guaranty should the device break. Available for preorder now, the …

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• 7 October

  Hulu downloads will finally let you binge offline

  

  Hulu, after promising downloads more than a year ago, is finally joining the ranks of streaming video services that let you cache shows and movies to watch offline when you’re on a plane or anywhere else your mobile device can’t get a connection. But not everybody is getting the feature right away: Starting Monday, downloads will be available to people …

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• 7 October

  Samsung expects steep drop in Q3 profits, but it’s better than feared

  

  Samsung’s being hit hard by a slowdown in tech. The company on Monday projected a 56% drop in third-quarter operating profit to about 7.7 trillion won ($6.4 billion). It also said its revenue slid 5.3% to 62 trillion won ($51.8 billion). Both amounts are slightly better than what analysts expected, according to Thomson Reuters, but they mark a sharp reversal …

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• 7 October

  Why the fate of online accessibility may rest with a Domino’s Pizza lawsuit

  

  This is part of CNET’s “Tech Enabled” series about the role technology plays in helping the disability community. When the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990, the internet wasn’t yet a critical part of our lives. We weren’t connected to it 24/7, and we didn’t rely on it to handle everyday tasks and provide a steady stream of information. …

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• 7 October

  Trump calls net neutrality court decision a ‘great win’

  

  President Donald Trump congratulated Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai in a tweet Monday citing last week’s federal court decision to uphold the agency’s net neutrality repeal. That repeal eliminated rules preventing broadband providers from blocking or slowing down access to websites or charging companies extra to deliver content faster.  Trump called the appeals court ruling a big win for the …

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• 7 October

  US negotiates sharing electronic evidence internationally

  

  The US government is formally negotiating an agreement to share electronic evidence with Australia. If they reach a deal, the two nations will gain access to info stored by each other’s online service providers, US Attorney General William Barr and Australian Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton announced Monday. It comes after the US last week signed a similar pact …

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• 7 October

  Windows patch meant to plug problems found to be just as pesky

  

  Microsoft’s required Oct. 3 security update, which was meant to fix a bug affecting Internet Explorer and printing, has led to Windows users reporting even more problems. Most are pointing to troubles with the Start Menu, while others are seeing booting and printing errors.  Users complained across Microsoft’s Answers forum, Reddit, Neowin, BornCity, AskWoody, BleepingComputer, Techdows, and Windows Latest, according to …

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