Apple reportedly buying Shazam, deal might be announced on December 11

Apple is supposedly finalizing a deal with the company behind the music recognition app Shazam to buy the latter for a rumoured amount of US$401 million. The deal will reportedly be finalized over the weekend with the deal being officially announced on December 11, Monday. Shazam currently already integrates with Apple’s Siri and Apple Music—on top of working with Spotify and Snapchat as well. Both companies haven’t commented on the report. What this potential deal could mean to the other services Shazam is available on we can’t say. For now, we just have to wait for confirmation that this deal pushed through.

Source: NME

Essential Phone update brings YouTube Live 360 support

Just recently the Essential Phone got an update that introduced Portrait Mode, reduced JPEG compression, and added exposure compensation for all regular camera modes. Now, its camera gets another update (version 0.1.091) that introduces YouTube Live 360 support for Essential 360 Camera and support for broadcasting Live 360 on a Facebook Page. Previously, Essential already enabled 360-degree live streaming to Facebook Live.

Source: Android Police

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Google revamps and moves Chrome Remote Desktop to the web

Google revamps and moves Chrome Remote Desktop to the web

With Google killing off its Chrome Web Store apps, it needed to use one of its more useful apps to the web. The Chrome Remote Desktop app is now accessible through your browser instead. On top of moving it online, the app gets a new look to come with it. It’s currently in beta and Google is asking for feedback so just keep them coming. Google plans to kill the Chrome app once this is fully up and running. Quick note: You will still need to have the Chrome Remote Desktop Host on your computer to get this to run.

Source: Android Authority