Month: August 2020
Twitch Prime is now Prime Gaming, will keep serving up free gaming goodies Prime Gaming
It’s official: Amazon has rebranded its video game-focused Twitch Prime service, which will now be known as Prime Gaming going forward. The rebrand will bring the company’s video game offering into line with most of the other services included with an Amazon Prime membership, such as Prime Video and Prime…
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Google is delaying the shutdown of Chrome apps, but you probably weren’t using them anyway
Google is going to let you use Chrome apps for a little while longer, as the company on Monday announced an extension to its planned timeline to end support for the software (via 9to5Google). If you aren’t familiar with Chrome apps, they’re apps that you install in Chrome that work…
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Former employees claim Talkspace mined therapy transcripts for marketing
According to The New York Times, Talkspace, an iOS and Android app people can use to message a certified therapist, routinely mined the transcripts of its users to give it a competitive edge. The paper interviewed two former employees who claim Talks… Source
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Google’s Pixel 4 Is One of the Best Phones, and It’s $250 Off
Google’s discontinued handset likely won’t be available much longer, but it will still get years of software support. Source
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Minecraft: Education Edition is available on Chromebooks just in time for the school year
Microsoft is adding Chromebook support to Minecraft: Education Edition, offering another way for schools to teach virtually this upcoming school year. Designed specifically for a classroom setting, Minecraft: Education Edition provides tools for educators like virtual chalkboards and a Classroom mode that allows teachers to communicate with their students and…
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Hulu will stream Black-ish episode Disney controversially shelved in 2018
In November 2017, Black-ish creator Kenya Barris wrote an episode of his Emmy-award winning ABC comedy titled “Please, Baby, Please” that tackled racism in America, ranging from the Charlottesville protests to kneeling in the NFL. Just a week before it was set to air in 2018, Disney shelved it. Now,…
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