Category: Media
Spotify’s Clubhouse clone adds six new weekly shows, some that tie to Spotify playlists
This summer, Spotify launched its live audio app and Clubhouse rival, Spotify Greenroom, with the promises of more programming to come in the months ahead to augment its then primarily user-generated live content. Today, the company is making good on that earlier commitment, with the launch of six new shows…
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Apple Music is using Shazam to solve the streaming industry’s problem with DJ mixes
Apple Music announced today that it’s created a process to properly identify and compensate all of the individual creators involved in making a DJ mix. Using technology from the audio-recognition app Shazam, which Apple acquired in 2018 for $400 million, Apple Music is working with major and independent labels to…
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Twitter starts rolling out Communities, it’s dedicated space for groups
After 15 years, Twitter is getting dedicated features for groups. The company is now starting to test Communities, “a more intimate space for conversations” on the platform. Communities, which the company first teased back in February, are sort of like Twitter’s version of a subreddit or a public-facing group on…
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WhatsApp may let you block your ‘last seen’ status contact by contact
WhatsApp has come under fire of late for its privacy policies, but an upcoming update will actually give you a bit more control over your privacy settings, according to WaBetaInfo.com. Several years back, WhatsApp introduced new privacy settings that let you change who could see your Profile Picture, About and…
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This week’s ‘Lower Decks’ engages in old-school Trek tropes
This post contains minor spoilers for season two, episode four of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks.’ If you were a Star Trek newbie, today’s episode of Lower Decks, “Mugato, Gumato,” is not a good place to start. It’s packed full of references across the franchise, including Beckett Mariner, Sam Rutherford and…
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Marvel’s ‘What If?’ expands beyond its anthology beginnings
The following contains spoilers for episodes three and four of 'What If…?' There’s a Twilight Zone episode I’m particularly fond of called “A World of His Own,” where a writer discovers that everything he speaks into his dictaphone comes true, and he can undo it by simply burning the tape.…
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