Doritos partners with Marvel for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 promotion, puts a cassette tape player in its packaging

Building on Peter Quill’s love for music, there will be special edition Doritos nacho cheese bags coming out. The bag of chips will have a cassette player (or at least a music player that looks like one) and will play songs from the Awesome Mix Vol. 2, which is the soundtrack for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. It contains songs from the likes of Fleetwood Mac, Sam Cooke, David Hasselhoff, and George Harrison.

Why do such a thing? A Frito-Lay executive told Billboard, “Can you imagine a better way to listen to this soundtrack than with a bag of Doritos? We couldn’t either.” While we’re not so sure about that, it might be a gimmick some of you can get behind. No word yet on how much it’ll cost but it’ll show up on Doritos’ Amazon page on April 28^th.

Google Trips gets an update to make planning a bit more easy

Google Trips finally has a big update that will make trip planning that much easier. A new button in the Reservations tab will let you add and edit things like notes, flights, hotel bookings, restaurants, and flight details. It’ll also automatically organize all your past and upcoming train and bus reservations in one place. For planning group trips, the app will now also let you share all your reservations to someone through a single, organized email or see the details through Trip if they have the app as well. Going up against the likes of TripIt, adding these features will make using Google Trips that much more enticing.

Source: TechCrunch

Spotify brings ‘Behind the Lyrics’ to Android

Spotify updates its Android app to bring a feature iOS users have had since over a year ago. Called “Behind the Lyrics,” this feature was introduced in collaboration with Genius, a former rap lyric site turned musical storyteller. The feature shows thing like what inspired them when they created the song and things like “lyrical excerpts, fun facts, and stories straight from the artists themselves.” If you want to see specific playlists that show these features, try Behind the Lyrics: Hip Hop and Today’s Top Hits.

Source: Droid Life

On its 2nd anniversary the Apple Watch continues to define its identity

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Today marks the Apple Watch 2nd birthday as it began shipping on April 24, 2015. Since then, Apple's newest product category since the iPad has evolved from an adjunct of the iPhone to a notable standalone fitness and health tracker as well as a key player not just in the smartwatch market but in the overall watch market.

Having used the Apple Watch and Apple Watch Series 2, there are key features that it delivers which few other wearables can offer. The ability to take and make calls when the iPhone is in your bag or pocket is convenient. Tracking fitness goals is also habit-forming and keeps active people on their toes. Being able to use Apple Pay without reaching for a phone is transformative, so it getting tickets and QR codes right out of your Watch. 

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