Spotify’s total number of monthly listeners reached 406 million at the end of the last year, the global music streaming service said Wednesday, crossing the 400 million milestone to reiterate its dominance of streaming music services worldwide. That was weeks before hashtags like #CancelSpotify started trending, sparked by artists’ protests over COVID misinformation on Joe …
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Over the last week or so, Spotify has been inundated with cancellation requests after a legendary musician took exception to a popular podcaster. Neil Young has publicly accused Joe Rogan of spreading COVID misinformation on his podcast, which is exclusive to Spotify, and requested that his music be removed from the streaming service if Rogan’s podcast wasn’t. Spotify chose Rogan, …
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Survivors of intimate partner violence searching for help may now have easier access to the National Domestic Violence Hotline thanks to a new feature launched by Google. Starting Tuesday, when people in the US search Google for information related to domestic violence, “they will see a box at the top of the search results displaying the contact information for the …
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VPN by Google One is now being rolled out to iOS devices, Google revealed on its blog Tuesday. It’ll be available to Google One members on Premium plans of 2TB and higher, and they’ll be able to share their plan and the VPN with up to five family members across both Android and iOS. iOS users can access the VPN …
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Sometimes, finding that one crucial email in your overflowing inbox can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. And there’s a unique panic that comes with not being able to find it. If you want to avoid that hassle altogether, an email back-up system is an easy way to give yourself peace of mind. Right now at StackSocial, …
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With remote work and home offices becoming more and more common, it seems the era of desktop dominance is on its way back. After all, why sacrifice power for the portability of a laptop if you’re not leaving the house? The 24-inch iMac tops our list for the best desktops of 2022, and right now at Amazon you can pick …
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Editors’ note: In January 2022, Beats updated the firmware of the Beats Studio Buds, adding a few new features, the most important of which is that Apple users now get “instant pairing” with all their iCloud devices from a “single tap.” This is not the same as the automatic pairing found on the step-up Beats Fit Pro, as well as the Apple …
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Worldwide tablet shipments rose to 168.8 million last year, up about 5 million from 2020 shipments, according to market researcher IDC, with Apple’s iPad devices making up 57.8 million of those shipments. Annual shipments hit the highest level in five years, despite a significant slowdown in the fourth quarter, where shipments fell 11.9% year over year to 46 million units. …
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Facebook changed its company name to Meta last fall, promising an upcoming metaverse-focused strategy that would blend VR, AR, and the company’s existing social media platforms. Today, Meta announced that its 3D VR avatars would start showing up on the company’s other apps: Facebook, Messenger and Instagram. Meta’s also dipping its toes into promotional gear for avatars, introducing limited-time Super Bowl-themed …
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Lots of people want a cheap, easy way to get streaming video from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu, YouTube and Apple TV Plus on their TV, and two companies make the most popular gadgets for doing just that: Roku and Amazon. In one corner is Roku, the most popular name in streaming devices. In the other corner …
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