Google Photos gets collaborative shared albums

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The rumors were true; Google Photos is getting a big update today. At its Nexus event today, Google announced the ability to share photo albums. The feature allows friends and families to collaborate on photo albums. Users can subscribe to albums and receive notifications anyone adds an image to the album. You can also send out invites for collaboration, as you would with Google Docs. Google’s also added the ability to label people on your albums. These labels can be customized too, so you can call your friends and families by nicknames if you prefer, such as ‘crazy uncle’ or…

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Google Play Music gets a $14.99 family plan

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At its Nexus event today, Google announced a new family plan for Google Play Music. As with Apple Music, it will support up to 6 family members, and will cost $14.99 a month. The service works across everyone’s devices in the household. Developing…








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OS X El Capitan review: The rock-solid update Yosemite (and iOS) needed

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Tomorrow, you’ll be prompted to update your Macbook or iMac from OS X Yosemite to El Capitan. An iterative update compared to Yosemite’s massive overhaul, El Cap still packs some solid features and performance upgrades I think you’ll be happy with. It also works seamlessly with iOS — something that may be more of an attractive reason to upgrade. Metal Apple’s graphics technology, first introduced at WWDC 2014, was originally seeded to boost iOS gaming. It’s now made its way to the Mac, and Apple says it will improve rendering times up to 50 percent across the board. Gaming or not,…

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Now you can use Skype on your Android Wear smartwatch

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Skype has released an update that allows you to make and receive calls and messages directly from an Android Wear device. The updated app lets you read and reply to new messages on your wrist using the voice-to-text feature, pre-written replies and even emoji by drawing on the watch face. You can take calls from your watch too, but it will transfer them to your phone so you have to connect a headset or speaker if you want to stay handsfree. Skype singled out the Moto 360, ASUS ZenWatch, LG Watch Urbane and the Huawei Watch as devices that are…

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ThreadShots makes it easy to share anonymized Facebook posts

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If you want to share a funny or thought-provoking Facebook post, it’s always a good idea to blur out the names and profile pictures of everyone on it to protect their privacy. Unfortunately, there are numerous steps involved that could take up more time than you have. ThreadShots simplifies the process with a handy Chrome extension that automatically blurs out users’ names and pictures, and lets you share an image of the post on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Tumblr and Google+. A Facebook post I had to manually blur for this preview (left); ThreadShots’ automatically anonymized post, ready to share (right) Once…

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Sonos TruePlay automatically tunes speakers for the room they’re in

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New software from Sonos, announced alongside its new speaker today, automatically optimizes your speakers’ EQ for the room it’s sitting in. Called TruePlay, the software uses your iPhone or iPad’s microphone to gauge the size and acoustics of your room, then uses that data to configure the speakers for the best sound. You should only need to set up with TruePlay once per room. When you update, you’ll see an option to run tuning, which is optional. In tuning mode, your Sonos emits an inaudible sound while you walk around the room slowly moving your device up and down to…

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Evernote for Android now lets you jot down thoughts right from your home screen

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In an update to its note-taking app for Android, Evernote has added a widget that lets you quickly create a new note without leaving your home screen. Evernote previously required you to download a separate app to use widgets. The latest version integrates these into the core app, along with a fresh coat of paint and a new note type. Drop the revamped 1×1 actions widget onto your home screen and set it to create a ‘simple note’, and you’ll be able to start typing up a new note in a flash. It’s great for jotting down thoughts quickly when…

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Samsung Milk Video will shut down November 20

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If you were using Samsung Milk, you’ll need to find another app for watching videos. The company is shuttering its startup service in November. There was no fanfare regarding the news, either. Via Google Play, Samsung simply noted it was no longer going to support its service: Thank you for using Samsung Milk Video. While we remain committed to providing premium entertainment services, we have decided to end support for the Samsung Milk Video app as of November 20, 2015. To make Milk Video a worthy competitor to YouTube and Vimeo, Samsung tried to curate content. It was a filter…

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Android apps can now be twice as big as before

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Google’s is giving developers a little more breathing room for their apps. Android APK files – the file extension for downloaded apps – can now be up to 100MB on the Play Store, up from a previous 50MB: To support the growing number of developers who are building richer apps and games on Google Play, we are increasing theAPK file size limit to 100MB from 50MB. This means developers can publish APKs up to 100MB in size, and users will see a warning only when the app exceeds the 100MB quota and makes use of Expansion Files. The new files…

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