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Anchor converts your video calls into podcasts
Spotify's Anchor app is adding yet more functionality to help make producing podcasts more accessible. Starting today, you can use the platform to convert your Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, FaceTime, Twitch and Instagram Live video calls into podcast material. To…
Spotify's Anchor app is adding yet more functionality to help make producing podcasts more accessible. Starting today, you can use the platform to convert your Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, FaceTime, Twi… [+433 chars]
Igor Bonifacic
2020-04-28 19:05:34
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OK Go releases emotional coronavirus music video to benefit healthcare nonprofit
OK Go, the band known for creative, mind-boggling music videos, is back with an emotional new song and video that they recorded in quarantine.
After their 2006 treadmill video for "Here It Goes Again" went viral, OK Go went on to wow fans with other elaborate…
OK Go, the band known for creative, mind-boggling music videos, is back with an emotional new song and video that they recorded in quarantine.
After their 2006 treadmill video for "Here It Goes Agai… [+1532 chars]
Nicole Gallucci
2020-05-13 15:50:23
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Spotify-owned Anchor can now turn your video chats into podcasts
Spotify is tapping into the increased usage of video conferencing during the coronavirus quarantine to grow its own podcast business. The company’s podcast creation platform Anchor, acquired for an estimated $140 million in 2019, is today introducing a new fe…
Spotify is tapping into the increased usage of video conferencing during the coronavirus quarantine to grow its own podcast business. The company’s podcast creation platform Anchor, acquired for an e… [+3206 chars]
Sarah Perez
2020-04-28 16:33:50
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Futurama's Bender Turned Into a Belligerent Smart Speaker That's Still More Useful Than Siri
If you’re going to put a smart speaker in your home that disregards your privacy and functions only to rake in profits from you in any way possible, it might as well be a disembodied interactive version of Futurama’s Bender instead of Siri, Alexa, or Google A…
If youre going to put a smart speaker in your home that disregards your privacy and functions only to rake in profits from you in any way possible, it might as well be a disembodied interactive versi… [+1620 chars]
Andrew Liszewski
2020-05-21 15:15:00
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TikTok has a new CEO — now he has to deal with music labels, competing apps, and angry senators
Kevin Mayer made a name for himself by making big deals at Disney and launching the company’s crown jewel streaming service Disney Plus. As TikTok’s new CEO, he’ll face off against angry senators, work with music labels, and figure out a new form of content.
A bulldog executive might be just what TikTok needs right now
Photo by Jesse Grant / Getty Images for Disney
Kevin Mayer, once heir apparent to the Disney throne, is leaving the House of Mouse to r… [+6610 chars]
Julia Alexander
2020-05-19 15:31:21
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Xbox consoles are sold out almost everywhere — here's where you can still buy one
If you thought Nintendo Switches were hard to find during quarantine, try getting ahold of an Xbox console right now.
Best Buy's inventory has been completely cleared out — every single Xbox console and bundle listed on its website is sold out online and unav…
If you thought Nintendo Switches were hard to find during quarantine, try getting ahold of an Xbox console right now.
Best Buy's inventory has been completely cleared out every single Xbox console a… [+1607 chars]
Haley Henschel
2020-05-18 16:31:46
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Every musician is basically a YouTuber now
Huddled inside a cluttered garage in Los Angeles, Grouplove tries to be itself. Keyboardist Hannah Hooper grins wide as she sings toward the smartphone, attempting to maintain some of the buoyant alt-rock band’s typical electricity, even as she’s squeezed ont…
Maia, a 19-year-old singer-songwriter from California, enjoys all the bona fides of a budding pop superstar.
The Bay Area teen sold out her first US tour last spring with only an EP released. Her an… [+10143 chars]
Bobby Olivier
2020-05-15 14:00:00
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YouTube Music migration is here, and it's still a disappointment
After years of wishing and hoping, all my music is back in one place.
Yes, I know, I'm one of five people who actually likes and uses YouTube Music and before that was a die-hard Google Play Music user since I first came to Android. When YouTube Music firs…
Yes, I know, I'm one of five people who actually likes and uses YouTube Music and before that was a die-hard Google Play Music user since I first came to Android. When YouTube Music first re-launched… [+4574 chars]
Ara Wagoner
2020-05-17 16:00:02
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Daily Distraction: Make people bop to your tunes with these music-making tools
When I was in school, I discovered a software named Virtual DJ. It was a Windows app that allowed me to queue up songs and even provided some automated effects and tools to act cool in front of my friends. My love for the Virtual DJ carried over to college, a…
When I was in school, I discovered a software named Virtual DJ. It was a Windows app that allowed me to queue up songs and even provided some automated effects and tools to act cool in front of my fr… [+1916 chars]
Ivan Mehta
2020-04-28 12:54:45
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Dreading the loss of Google Play Music? Here are some alternatives - A Journal of Musical Things
- Dreading the loss of Google Play Music? Here are some alternatives A Journal of Musical Things
- This week’s top stories: Pixel 4a survey, Google app dark mode, Play Music transfers, more 9to5Google
- Google Play Music Is Shutting Do…
Many of us are still trying to come to terms with the loss of Google Play Music.
At some point this year, the incredibly user-friendly and really efficient cloud/library/streaming service/radio mimi… [+6765 chars]
ThemeGrill
2020-05-23 12:40:00
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On Beat Fitness is a dance party disguised as a workout for any quarantine mood
Work(out) From Home is a weekly column where we review smart fitness machines and apps in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Thanks to technology, there are still plenty of ways to exercise if your gym is closed. Read more...
On Beat Fitness
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Work(out) From Homeis a weekly column where we review smart fitness machines and apps in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Thanks to technology, there are still plenty of ways to exercise if your… [+9194 chars]
Brenda Stolyar
2020-05-09 15:00:00
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Audible does not come with Amazon Prime, but you can get a Prime discount for the service — here's how
- An Audible membership does not come free with Amazon Prime, but while it requires a separate subscription, Prime members do stand to get discounted pricing on membership.
- A number of Audible books are free with your Prime membership, though …
Audible is an Amazon service, but the two entities are effectively separate.
So, unlike the movies and shows you get with Prime Video and the music you get with Prime Music, your Amazon Prime member… [+1238 chars]
Steven John
2020-05-04 23:26:00
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Tribute will help you create a heartfelt video montage and it won’t take you hours to do it
It seemed like such a great idea at the time. You wanted to put together a video for a loved one, including all their family and friends singing their praises, making their life look as epic as a Hollywood production.
Oh, it was a Hollywood production, all ri…
It seemed like such a great idea at the time. You wanted to put together a video for a loved one, including all their family and friends singing their praises, making their life look as epic as a Hol… [+1892 chars]
Boing Boing's Shop
2020-05-10 02:00:12
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Assemble the perfect video montage for your loved one — and let Tribute do all the work
TLDR: With a Tribute Video Montage subscription, you can create a loving video for a friend or family member in a fraction of the time it would take to do it yourself.
Let’s ...
TLDR: With a Tribute Video Montage subscription, you can create a loving video for a friend or family member in a fraction of the time it would take to do it yourself.
Lets just call the tribute vid… [+2751 chars]
TNW Deals
2020-05-13 12:00:00
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Coronavirus cancellations and delays: Defcon, Fortnite World Cup, more - CNET
Tech conferences, movies, music fests, political rallies and sports events have all been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Major events are closing down due to concerns over COVID-19.
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website.
The coronavi… [+20873 chars]
Kent German
2020-05-09 15:38:00
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The Library of Congress is launching an open-source archive of hip-hop samples dating back more than a century
Citizen DJ is the brainchild of Brian Foo, a 2020 Innovator-in-Residence Program at the U.S. Library of Congress. The goal of the project is simple: to provide free audio and video samples to encourage creativity through remixing. Or, in Foo's words:
Cultiv…
Citizen DJ is the brainchild of Brian Foo, a 2020 Innovator-in-Residence Program at the U.S. Library of Congress. The goal of the project is simple: to provide free audio and video samples to encoura… [+3867 chars]
Thom Dunn
2020-05-08 12:30:12
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Save $200 on JBL's Link View smart display for a limited time
Smart displays powered by Google Assistant have been around for a little while now and we've collectively figured out their place in our smart homes. As the form factor has matured, we've also seen some pretty stellar deals on smart displays with one more cro…
Smart displays powered by Google Assistant have been around for a little while now and we've collectively figured out their place in our smart homes. As the form factor has matured, we've also seen s… [+2352 chars]
Adam Oram
2020-05-18 13:44:34
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Pixabay Offers Free Music to Use and Reuse
Pixabay is one of the resources that I frequently include in my recommendations for sources of images and video clips to use in slideshow and video projects. This morning I got a notice from Pixabay...Read the whole entry at FreeTech4Teachers.com »
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Pixabay is one of the resources that I frequently include in my recommendations for sources of images and video clips to use in slideshow and video projects. This morning I got a notice from Pixabay … [+766 chars]
noreply@blogger.com (Richard Byrne)
2020-05-20 17:37:00
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