Disney wants to clamp down on password-sharing for its Disney+ streaming service

Disney / Sam Machkovech

While the legality of sharing Netflix passwords has been questioned in the past, the company hasn't done much to stop its users from engaging in such activity. Disney, on the other hand, won't be as lenient. They struck a new deal with Charter Communications that will allow customers to purchase Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+ as a bundle through Charter's Spectrum TV. As part of the deal, the two parties agreed to work together to clamp down on the habit of password-sharing. Disney is adamant that its exclusive content stays in the hands of those paying to watch them.

Charter hasn't offered up any details on how they intend to crack down on the password-sharing. And it will be interesting to see how prospective subscribers might feel about this and whether this would affect their desire to subscribe.

Source: Ars Technica

Remind your loved ones to do things with Google Assistant

It's a tool as much as any other that could be useful or harmful (or possibly annoying, in this case). Google has started rolling out the ability to use Assistant to send reminders to your friends and family. These reminders can be scheduled based on time of day or location. And the ones you send reminders to will receive them through their mobile phones or a Google Assistant-powered Smart Display. It's designed mainly for families, but it can also work for close friends and roommates. The goal isn't to use it as a means to nag your loved ones with ridiculous requests. It is meant to send important reminders, and to work as a way to encourage them ahead of big or small events (or even just to make them laugh or feel loved). That said, Google claims there will be a block function but it's more for not allowing kids to spam their parents. (We think it should also work the other way around.)

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Runkeeper blames 'buggy experience' for killing its Wear OS app

Runkeeper blames 'buggy experience' for killing its Wear OS app

Runkeeper is the latest company to retire its Wear OS app. The reason? They claim the app was buggy for most of its users and so they're just opting to take it out of the app starting with version 9.13, which will come out in the next few weeks. The company said in an email to its users that they "want to provide the best tracking experience possible to everyone who uses the Runkeeper app, and we're just not able to offer it on Wear OS by Google at this time." In a follow-up message, the company said it preferred to focus its "limited resources" on other tasks. Runkeeper developers also mentioned that only a small number of its members used the app, so they opted to just get rid of it.

Source: Android Police