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Nearly two dozen of SiriusXM’s talk shows come to Pandora as podcasts

SiriusXM hasn’t wasted any time in capitalizing on its acquisition of streaming service Pandora. Following an exec shakeup and the launch of a Pandora-powered music station across both services, SiriusXM is today bringing some of its top talk shows to Pandora, where they’ll be listed...

April 19, 2019 admin tech geek today Comments Off

Windows 8 will no longer get app updates after this summer

Last year, Microsoft announced when it would be killing app updates and distribution in the Windows Store for Windows Phone 8.x and Windows 8.x. At the time, the blog post stated that Windows Phone 8.x devices would stop receiving app updates after July 1, 2019,...

April 19, 2019 admin tech geek today Comments Off

You can now use your voice to control Apple Music through your Sonos device

Sonos today announced that you can now use your voice to control Apple Music through your Sonos device. This feature will work with various Sonos devices including Sonos One, Beam, or Echo device. To use this feature, you need to just add the Apple Music...

April 18, 2019 admin tech geek today Comments Off

Microsoft’s Home Use Program Now Offers Office 365 for Consumers

I’m not sure when this happened, but Microsoft’s Home Use Program has quietly added support for Office 365 Home and Personal. As you may know, the Home Use Program (HUP) allows Microsoft’s Software Assurance (SA) customers to offer various versions of the Office suite, and...

April 18, 2019 admin tech geek today Comments Off

Google Voice is now available as a core G Suite service

Since our Beta Program announcement last year, we’ve been testing an enterprise-ready version of Google Voice. Over the next seven days, Google Voice will become available as a core G Suite service for all eligible* G Suite customers (additional fees apply to this new, managed version of Google Voice). This email...

April 18, 2019 admin tech geek today Comments Off

Amazon and Google Announce Official YouTube Apps to Launch on Fire TV; Prime Video App Coming to Chromecast and Android TV

The official YouTube apps will be available on Fire TV in the coming months, giving users seamless access to a world of entertainment – including music videos, their favorite creators, movies, shows, news, live sports and more Prime members streaming to Chromecast and on Android...

April 18, 2019 admin tech geek today Comments Off

Disc-free Xbox One S could land on May 7th

Given that the launch is just a few weeks away and that those marketing images line up perfectly with previous rumors, chances are this is the real deal. As you can see on WinFuture’s images, it looks exactly like an Xbox One S without the...

April 16, 2019 admin tech geek today Comments Off

Microsoft to Take on AirPods with Surface Buds

Late last year, Microsoft surprised many with the announcement of the Surface-branded headphones. The premium peripheral has opened the door to the company exploring where else they can apply the Surface branding and the next stop appears to be a pair of earbuds. According to...

April 16, 2019 admin tech geek today Comments Off

Microsoft’s Outlook.com has been compromised for months, email addresses and subject lines, and more were left exposed

If you or someone you contact via e-mail uses Microsoft’s webmail services, such as Outlook.com, then it is possible that you have been involved in a data breach. Microsoft confirmed to TechCrunch this week that the firm’s webmail services have been a victim of a data breach....

April 14, 2019 admin tech geek today Comments Off

Apple adds new ‘Confirm Subscription’ step for in-app subscription signups on iOS

Whoa! Apple added an additional confirmation step for subscriptions. This new alert comes after you confirm with Touch ID/Face ID. I hope they address this in a more elegant way in iOS 13, but I’m thrilled Apple took a definitive step to curb scam subscriptions....

April 12, 2019 admin tech geek today Comments Off