Category: Tech Made Simple

Say Goodbye to iTunes as You Know It: macOS Catalina is Here

Say goodbye to iTunes, as you know it, anyway.  In the new version of macOS, called Catalina, Apple will break up the app into three separate apps for Music, Podcasts, and TV. The Podcast app lets you search for the show and episode based on content. The announcement, made at the Apple WWDC 2019, is […]

News from Apple WWDC 2019: iOS Gets Dark Mode and Apps get Updates

Dark Mode for iOS is official. It was so welcome that there was an audible squeal in the audience when it was announced at Apple WWDC 2019. Also announced: a lot of apps are getting small updates: there’s now swipeable texting in Messages and suggested contacts for when you share things with those you message […]

Microsoft launches Xbox Game Pass Ultimate with PC and Xbox Games for $14.99 Per Month

Microsoft first unveiled its Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription earlier this year, with access to Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass games. While it was only in beta before, it looks like Microsoft is now launching this to everyone today with the big addition of PC games. That means for one single $14.99 monthly […]

Spotify Tests Social Listening Feature

TechCrunch reports that Spotify appears to be testing a new feature called Social Listening, which would let multiple users add songs to a queue in real time, somewhat like the defunct social media platform Turntable.fm (minus the chat and open invite policy). The feature, unearthed by reverse-engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong, is just a test […]

Lego Celebrates Apollo 11’s 50th Anniversary with New Lunar Lander Set

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission (July 20th, specifically, for the actual date of the Moon landing itself), and Lego is already gearing up to celebrate with a new Apollo 11 Eagle Lunar Lander Set, developed together with NASA. The set isn’t the first lunar lander from Lego — the […]

Silicon Valley Ends it Run with Sixth Season

HBO’s biting tech industry satire Silicon Valley is coming to an end with its sixth season slated to air later this year, according to Variety. The show follows the borderline absurd struggles and occasional successes of a group of startup employees trying to maneuver the world of tech, secure funding, and beat out rival products […]

Twitter Fights Vaccine Misinformation With New Search Tool

If you search for tweets related to vaccines this week, the first thing you see on Twitter is a post from the United States Department of Health and Human Services pointing you to reliable health information instead of anti-vax misinformation.   Last week, Twitter announced that it would be launching a new tool in search […]

New Tech from Amazon Promises to Read Human Emotions

Amazon is said to be working on a wrist-worn, voice-activated device that’s supposed to be able to read human emotions. This would be a rather novel health gadget, of the sort we’re more used to seeing in tenuous crowdfunding campaigns instead of from one of the world’s biggest tech companies.   Bloomberg has spoken to […]