‘Forza Horizon 3’ comes to life with cross-country event

Xbox Canada is celebrating the launch of Forza Horizon 3 by taking the game to the actual streets. They’ll be travelling from Vancouver, British Columbia to Montreal, Quebec in this Forza Horizon-inspired event. It won’t just be a straight road trip, too. There will be pit stops along the complete with real-life challenges using cars inspired by the game. Expect things like climbing Vancouver’s highest peak in a Jeep Wrangler and a McLaren 570S being pushed to its limits at Shannonville Motorsport Park.

And Xbox is inviting users to vote on the challenges they will take on. You can vote by following @XboxCanada on different social media platforms and tracking the hashtag #AcrossTheHorizon. Forza Horizon 3 will be launching on September 27. If you want to experience the game before that, head over to select EB Games locations across the country.

Facebook to soon let users broadcast Live videos from desktops and laptops

Looks like Facebook is really bringing the fight to Google. Facebook has been rolling out the ability to broadcast live streams right from a laptop or desktop. Facebook user Delilah Taylor noticed the Live Video option appear on her status update composer while she was using Facebook on her desktop. Facebook has confirmed with SocialTimes that they’re starting to rollout this feature. According to SocialTimes’ source, both peripheral and built-in cameras will be supported.

Taylor described her experience in the video saying, “When I first clicked live video, it didn’t do anything. You’ve got to put in a comment, and then you hit next, and when you hit next, it will bring up a secondary screen, which kind of looks like a Google Hangout screen, and you can adjust your camera and microphone … Then you hit ‘Go Live.’”

Mute Instagram Stories you don’t want to see

Did you know you could mute Instagram Stories of specific users? All you need to do is head to the top of your Feed, tap and hold the profile picture of the person or brand Stories that you’d want to mute. From there you can select Mute [username]’s Story. The Stories you’ve muted will appear at the end of the Instagram Stories bar and won’t have a color ring around it to indicate an update. These stories won’t also play if you watch a sequence of Instagram Stories. If you change your mind, you can unmute the account by repeating the steps above and just select Unmute [username]’s Story.

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Spotify hits 40 million paid subscriber user milestone

Spotify, the world's leading streaming music service took to Twitter today to announce that they have 40 million paid subscribers. Spotify currently has 100 million users in total as per an announcement last June.