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Dark Sky - Is it worth it?

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SoundHound adds powerful voice control for hands-free music listening

Nick Statt May 17, 2016 08:00 am12 hours ago 2

The SoundHound mobile app, which can listen for and identify music it hears through your smartphone speakers, is getting a huge artificial intelligence upgrade. Starting today, the app will be controllable...

Create Spotify playlists with just your voice

Twitter will reportedly stop counting photos and links in 140-character limit

Nick Statt May 16, 2016 03:48 pm05.16.2016 23

Twitter is planning on letting users craft longer tweets by not counting photos and links toward its 140-character limit, according to a report from Bloomberg today. The change may happen in the coming...

So you can craft longer tweets

CurrentC seems to be pretty much dead

Jacob Kastrenakes May 16, 2016 06:33 pm05.16.2016 37

CurrentC, the retailer-backed mobile payments app that was supposed to take down Apple Pay, is being delayed, and its creator is laying off 30 employees. It's not clear if this is the end for CurrentC, but...

"It is early in a long game." MCX, CurrentC's creator

Twitter adds button to Android app for launching Periscope broadcasts

Casey Newton May 16, 2016 03:46 pm05.16.2016

In a new integration with Periscope, Twitter for Android users are beginning to see a "go live" button when they go to compose tweets, The Verge has learned. Starting today, a small percentage of users can...

It's a small test — for now
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Google's Waze jumps on the carpool bandwagon with new Bay Area pilot

Andrew J . Hawkins May 16, 2016 03:36 pm05.16.2016 1

Waze, the navigation app owned by Google, announced today a new carpool service in San Francisco. The new service is by invitation only "to a select group of employers and their employees in the Bay Area,"...

on a collision course with Uber and Lyft

Talking to David Chang about Ando, his new delivery-only Momofuku startup

Andrew J . Hawkins May 16, 2016 01:01 pm05.16.2016 2

Today, David Chang, owner of the Momofuku Group and patron saint of monosodium glutamate, is launching a new, delivery-only restaurant called Ando. The app is now available in iOS. But before you fire up...

Google plans to start blocking Flash in Chrome this year

Jacob Kastrenakes May 15, 2016 08:00 pm05.15.2016 65

Flash's death has been slow and painful, and now Google is planning to deal it another blow. Google has detailed plans to start blocking most Flash content with Chrome, with the change targeted toward the...

About time

Mailplane is the plainest of all Mac email apps, that’s why it’s great

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Apple says it doesn't know why iTunes users are losing their music files

Nick Statt May 13, 2016 08:07 pm05.13.2016 139

Apple today acknowledged iTunes users who claim the software deleted their music files, saying it will issue an update to iTunes next week that includes additional safeguards. The company confirmed, in a s...

The company is updating iTunes with more safeguards

iOS is still keeping other keyboards from greatness

Katherine Boehret May 13, 2016 04:23 pm05.13.2016 110

Ask a toddler — sharing is tough stuff. And it hasn’t always been easy for tech companies, either. Take Apple, for example. For years, the company got zinged for not sharing iOS with third-party keyboard...

Why is dictation limited to Apple's own keyboard?

A long talk with Facebook about its role in journalism

Casey Newton May 12, 2016 01:00 pm05.12.2016

A year ago today, Facebook introduced Instant Articles — a quick-loading news format, hosted on Facebook’s own servers, that opens inside the company’s flagship app up to 10 times faster than the mobile...

Exclusive: Facebook says it can’t serve a billion people if it’s biased about the news

Casey Newton May 12, 2016 01:00 pm05.12.2016

This week’s controversy over how Facebook programs its Trending Topics section has highlighted the company’s growing power over the distribution of news — and the fear that it might one day use that power...

"We're not interested in adding our point of view" Will Cathcart, director of product management, Facebook

Uber is giving some LA users luxury rides with a tablet of Amazon shows

Chris Welch May 12, 2016 12:14 pm05.12.2016 1

Uber's latest promotional stunt will give passengers the chance to watch Amazon Originals programming like Transparent, Mozart in the Jungle, Bosch, and more. Starting now and running through May 14th,...

An upgrade to UberLUX awaits those selected
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