Spotify picked up podcast companies Gimlet and Anchor as it looks for new listeners, the streaming service said Wednesday. “Our podcast users spend almost twice the time on the platform, and spend even more time listening to music,” Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said in a statement. “We have also seen that by having unique programming, …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Google’s ambitions to teach its Assistant more sophisticated tricks. Spotify buys Gimlet and Anchor, two podcasting companies. Apple’s retail chief, Angela Ahrendts, announces departure. Now playing: Watch this: Google Assistant is making a run for Alexa (The 3:59,… 5:21 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, …
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After taking a serious tumble in the middle of the night, a 67-year-old Norwegian man and his family credit his Apple Watch for getting help. As reported by Norway’s NRK, around 4:30 a.m. on Saturday, Toralv Østvang got up to use the bathroom. He fainted and fell, an action that his Apple Watch detected. If the user is unresponsive for 1 …
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Your shoes may very well be your next fitness and health tracker. Verily, Alphabet’s life sciences arm, has been reportedly working on smart shoes that can track your weight and movements and detect falls. As reported by CNBC, the Verily has been showing off a prototype pair to potential partners to co-develop the shoes. Sudden changes to a person’s weight …
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Apple’s retail chief, Angela Ahrendts, will be leaving in April after five years at the tech giant. The move came as a surprise for many Apple watchers. Ahrendts has been the company’s highest-ranking and highest-profile female executive since she joined the company in 2014. Some considered her as a potential candidate to eventually succeed Tim Cook as the company’s CEO, though she told …
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Congressional lawmakers sent a letter Tuesday to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking for more information about a FaceTime bug that allowed users to eavesdrop on each other. The letter — penned by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), chairwoman of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee — said …
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Back in the olden days, before Apple switched its MacBook Pro laptops to USB-C MacBook chargers and phased out its quick-release MagSafe connectors, you might have appreciated how you could wrap your charging cable around the charger’s two flip-out wings for tidy transport. Apple dropped that feature, but Fuse Reels’ newest Kickstarter project, called the Side Winder, brings it back. …
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On this podcast, we talk about: Apple iPhones are now showing AT&T’s fake 5G E logo, too. Samsung invests in Refrigerdating. Google’s earnings don’t miss a beat, despite scandals. Now playing: Watch this: Et tu, Apple? iPhones will tout AT&T’s fake 5G E network… 4:31 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, …
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Qualcomm can’t seek damages from Apple for patent infringement that occurred before the chipmaker sued the iPhone purveyor in 2017, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. The decision came following a request from Apple, the report says. Qualcomm accused Apple of infringing patents linked to graphics processing and energy efficiency technology in phones. The two tech giants have …
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WhatsApp for iOS added over the weekend the ability to lock and hide your chats instantly with your face or fingerprint. The Facebook-owned messaging app now lets you add a layer of biometric security using Apple’s Face ID (if you have any iPhone X model) or Touch ID, which was introduced with 2013. You can activate them by going into …
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