Sunday
Apr082018

Skype introduces Content Creator mode for easier audio and video production recording and streaming

Microsoft hopes to help out the content creator community with a new mode it’s introducing to Skype. The app is getting a new Content Creators mode on the desktop for both Windows 10 and Mac users. While the app itself won’t get native call recording, its streamlining integration with existing third-party apps like Wirecast, Xsplit, and Vmix so it’ll be easier to get quality audio and video recordings. These will then be easily exportable for other editing software like Adobe Premiere Pro.

According to Microsoft, this feature will also let streamers broadcast a call live on either YouTube or Twitch. This mode will be launched in full in the coming week and its final release will come out in the fall.

Source: SlashGear

Sunday
Apr082018

Google Play Store brings inline app update changelog to all users

It’s taken almost a year for Google to bring the convenient inline changelogs for app updates to all its users but it’s finally here. So now, when you check the Updates tab under My apps & games you see the drop down icon right beside the Update button. When you tap on that you’ll see the “What’s new” section, which you only usually see when you’ve gone to the full app listing. This option isn’t just available for those in the Updates available section but also for the Recently updated section.

Now you no longer have to head to the app listing to see the changes to an app. One thing that can be improved, as 9to5Google points out, is that for apps that don’t provide changelogs, you’ll only see the note “Information not provided by developer.” Perhaps it would be better to not have the drop down icon show up then.

Saturday
Apr072018

Canadian Reviewer Weekly Roundup 4/1-4/7

Saturday
Apr072018

Spotify might be launching an in-car 4G music streamer

Spotify has long been rumoured to be entering the hardware business with job listings posted in the past few months suggesting this was coming soon. Now, a premature promo showing up to some of its users show the company might be launching an in-car music streamer. The ad shows a circular control that doubles as a display with navigation and shuffle buttons to the side. Some users were told it would get 4G connectivity and others saw Amazon Alexa integration. Its price would be included in the monthly subscription fee with some users seeing that it would cost $12.99 USD a month, while others saw $14.99. It had a pre-order button, too. But this resulted in an error page.

The streaming service hasn’t commented about the post. But one moderator, who isn’t a Spotify employee, commented on the company’s official forum that this was simply a test. The company has an upcoming event in New York City on April 24th. We should hear more then.

Source: SlashGear