Customer feedback and spirit of innovation fuel HP’s new premium devices

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

New York- HP invited select media to New York City to be the first to experience their new product lines for premium consumer and premium professional and creative users.

Integrating customer feedback and understanding real world use cases has given HP the ability to create a wide assortment of personal computing devices that integrate power, connectivity and desirable build and materials. HP's latest devices don't just bring a high-level of design and premium materials, they feature  various notable innovations not found elsewhere in the industry. Jump for a roundup of the new HP premium portfolio.

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YouTube starts rolling out feature to remind you to take a break from watching videos

While Google released lots of new exciting things at its I/O 2018 developers’ conference, one of the big things the tech giant talked about is improving the “digital wellbeing” of its users. One of the solutions, Google introduced is being able to schedule breaks or at least be reminded to take breaks when watching YouTube videos. This feature has started to roll out to users and if you’re YouTube app updated recently, you would’ve gotten access to this. You can enable the reminder by heading over to the General menu section and from there you should see the new Remind me to take a break option. Once you select on this, you should see options ranging from Never to Every 180 minutes.

Once enabled, you’ll get reminders to take time off during the time you set it to remind you. You can opt to ignore the reminder and continue watching. But that will, of course, defeat its purpose. Two other features are also coming to the service including being able to display notification sounds and vibrations from the YouTube app for a set amount of time and being able to get all of your notifications once a day at a specific time.

Source: Android Authority

‘Minecraft’ for the Nintendo Switch gets cross-play support on June 21st

It’s been long overdue but it’s finally arriving next month. The universal Minecraft Bedrock Engine is coming to the game’s Nintendo Switch version on June 21^st. What this means is you get cross-platform play between the Switch and the PC, Xbox One, and mobile versions of the game. This was announced back at E3 last year and landed on the other platforms last September. It was initially promised for a winter release but as you can see that got pushed way back with this June release date.

This updated version of Minecraft brings with it support for Nintendo’s new online service for the Switch launching later this year. Coinciding with the update, a physical version of Minecraft for the Switch will be released for US$29.99.

Source: The Verge

Nike+ Run Club adds custom Audio Cheers to iOS app

Nike is building on its Audio Cheers feature for the Nike+ Run Club app on iOS and Apple Watch by adding support for custom audio cheers. If the preset cheers aren’t giving you enough motivation, this new update might give you the push you need. You can get these customized cheers from your Nike+ Run Club friends by turning on Nike Run Club Cheers in Run Settings > Audio Feedback. Inversely, you can send one to your friend and help motivate them on their run. The update also brings with it general bug fixes and enhancements to the app.

Source: 9to5Mac