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Play Music gets gapless playback for streaming over a Chromecast, while Gmail includes hints of rich text formatting and deeper calendar integration. Both Google Play Music and Gmail got a couple of nice updates this week that will have you listening with ease to your tunes and soon crafting better formatted Gmail messages. With Google … Read more
Microsoft confirms auto-download of massive Windows 10 files, even for users who don’t opt into the upgrade. Whether you want Windows 10 or not, Microsoft says it may download the files to your PC regardless. In a statement to the Inquirer, Microsoft confirmed that it automatically downloads Windows 10 installation files on eligible PCs, provided … Read more
Spotify is making amends for its privacy policy mistakes with plainer, clearer language. “What do you mean?” has been a big theme around Spotify in recent weeks. Justin Bieber’s tune of the same name just had the biggest first week for a single on Spotify to date. The phrase also sums up perfectly the public … Read more
Apple is demanding that over $548 million in damages be paid. It may take some time for Apple to see any damages from its patent infringement dispute with Samsung Electronics. Apple is asking a district court to order Samsung to pay over $548 million in damages, in a long-drawn patent dispute between the two companies … Read more
New tools should help developers bring their extensions over from Chrome or Opera, but existing extensions may have trouble surviving the shift. Mozilla is pushing ahead with a plan to block unsigned Firefox browser extensions, though it’s offering better developer tools as consolation. As Mozilla has previously indicated, it will soon require a security check … Read more