You’ll soon be able to upload Instagram albums in portrait or landscape

One of the biggest downsides of Instagram’s multiple photo and video uploads is that everything has to be in a weirdly cropped square format. Thankfully Instagram seems to be addressing this now. Instagram albums will soon let you upload in either portrait or landscape. The caveat is every photo in the album has to either be in portrait or landscape. You can’t mix it up yet because Instagram says this will “keep the experience smooth and consistent.”

One of the other changes is that you can now go back and edit tags within the album, which wasn’t available for albums before. And the iOS version of the app can also save albums as drafts. Android users have to wait a bit but it’ll supposedly be coming “soon.”

Source: Instagram | Via: Mashable

TCL following up KEYOne with touchscreen BlackBerry handset

TCL has seen great success with the BlackBerry KEYOne which brings the venerable QWERTY keyboard to a modern and capable Android-powered smartphone.

"Two months from now, we will have a touchscreen solution to show," François Mahieu, head of global sales for TCL, said in a briefing at the IFA tech conference in Berlin on Tuesday. Expected to ship in October, the newest BlackBerry handset. The new device is expected to carry the same high quality build and materials as the KEYOne and should entice users who love their BlackBerry devices but aren't particular about having a QWERTY keyboard.

"The message here is very clearly: Don't write us off as a vendor who has good success with KeyOne so far, but has nothing more to talk about," said Mahieu. "We're here to stay and we're going to roll out more BlackBerry products in the coming years, starting this year."

 Source: CNet

Microsoft offering 6 months subscription to Groove service if you pay for one

This might be the best time to subscribe to Microsoft's Groove music streaming service as a new Labor Day promo According to Microsoft, "Buy 1 month for $9.99, get 2 FREE 3-month promo codes. Give a code a to a friend or keep for yourself and start listening to your favorite end of summer hits. The promo is ongoing but will expire on September 5. Hit jump for details.

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Sonos might be looking into supporting ‘multiple voice platforms’ for future smart speakers

Sonos CEO Patrick Spence has once sent an internal memo to his team stating that he was willing to work with “global leaders like Amazon, Google, and (likely) Apple… [to bring] all the services that matter to every home.” And it looks like they’re at least trying to make that happen. A recent FCC filing that references “Product model S13,” Sonos might bring different voice assistants to its smart speaker. The filing describes the S13 has having “integrated voice control functionality” and supports “multiple voice platforms and music services.” If Sonos will be able to integrate the likes of Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Google’s Assistant, and even Microsoft’s Cortana, that should give them an advantage over their competitors.

Aside from that, the FCC filing shows off the possible UI look (as you see above). It shows a microphone, pause/play, as well as two unspecified icons to each side of the pause and play button. There’s also a line above the pause/play button. The S13 indicated also comes with far-field microphones, which can be seen in the likes of the Echo devices and Google Home.

Source: Android Authority