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Spotify just inked a deal with the label that stole PewDiePie’s YouTube crown

Jan15
by on January 15, 2019 at 4:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web, India, Insider


Music streaming service Spotify has inked a deal with Indian music label T-series to make all 160,000 of its songs available on the platform. This means Spotify listeners can now enjoy a large collection of Bollywood and Indian regional music. However, it doesn’t tell us much about when the Swedish company hasn’t announced any plans regarding a launch date in India. “Today’s deal with T-Series significantly strengthens our Indian music catalog, bringing Bollywood to more than 200 million Spotify users worldwide,” said Paul Smith, Director, Head of International Licensing at Spotify. Spotify opened an office in India in 2017 and…

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Report: Apple may abandon Lightning for USB-C (and bring back the iPod Touch)

Jan15
by on January 15, 2019 at 2:29 am
Posted In: Around the Web


A new report suggests Apple “might” make the switch to USB-C in 2019 on both the iPhone and iPad. The report, from supply chain blog Macotakara, claims Apple engineers are working on the USB-C transition but haven’t yet reached the reference design stage — meaning, it could miss the 2019 cut-off, pushing it to 2020. Macotakara, for those unfamiliar with the blog, has a sound track record, although not a perfect one. Take any rumors coming from a supply chain blog with a grain of salt. In other news from the same source, Apple is almost certainly making a charge…

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Roller Coaster Tycoon enthusiast created a coaster that takes 12 years (and real bladder control) to ride

Jan15
by on January 15, 2019 at 12:34 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Imagine walking into a theme park with a 6-year-old, and leaving just in time to drop them off at college, 12 years later. For fans of the game Roller Coaster Tycoon, these are obviously minor details. Some key in on coasters designed to snuff out their riders, and others create mile-a-minute thrill rides we’d never see at an actual theme park — mostly for liability reasons — Marcel Vos chose endurance over thrills in his coaster, “Wild Mouse.” Vos tapped every square pixel of digital real estate in his Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 theme park. Distance, though, is secondary to…

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Goodbye old friend: Microsoft to end support for Windows 7 in one year

Jan14
by on January 14, 2019 at 11:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


It’s not surprising to see PC users running an old version of Windows. Whether they refuse to switch to Windows 10’s service model or their IT department is lazy, it’s still pretty common to see PC’s running Windows 7. It might be a good time to move on now. Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or free support for Windows 7 one year from today. Windows 7 was a huge success for Microsoft. Windows tends to come in good-bad cycles, and after the much-reviled Vista, its successor arrived as a breath of fresh air. Then came Windows 8, which…

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