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Review: Anker’s newest wireless earbuds are dirt-cheap and sound amazing

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by on July 30, 2018 at 11:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web, gear


Not long ago, Anker launched its answer to Apple’s AirPods with the Zolo Liberty – an impressive first effort that left a good impression, and retailed for $150. Now, it’s following it up with the SoundCore Liberty Lite. We like the SoundCore Liberty Lite. For starters, it’s cheaper. Anker’s more egalitarian wireless earbuds cost just $80 (about £60 in the UK), which is about half the price of the next step up. Somehow, Anker’s managed this while ensuring the overall sound quality doesn’t feel compromised. All things considered, it’s a pretty great all-rounder. But I’m getting ahead of myself here.…

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YouTube’s Android app is finally getting a dark theme

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by on July 30, 2018 at 9:02 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


Although YouTube has offered a dark theme on its web and iOS apps for months, it’s been taking its own sweet time bringing it to Android for some reason (seriously, what’s the hold-up?). Now, there’s hope. Redditor u/Absinth92 reported on the weekend that the option had become available on his mobile device – and Android Police reports that others have spotted the feature too. You can look for Dark Mode in Settings > General. But it’s possible that you might have to wait a bit, as Google hasn’t announced the rollout, and only seems to have made it available to…

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The only good use of LinkedIn voice messages is trolling

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by on July 30, 2018 at 7:27 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


LinkedIn is an unmitigated hellhole, but last week the world’s biggest business social networking site redeemed itself somewhat and gave us all a gift in the form of voice messages. The feature is rolling out to users right now, and lets you send audio clips up to 60 seconds long. If you have it, you’ll see a little microphone icon when you compose a message on the LinkedIn app. For reference, this is what it looks like. Voice messages are also ripe for trolling, as I soon found out. There’s an unmistakable beauty in using audio as a medium of…

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The only good use of LinkedIn voice messages is trolling

Jul30
by on July 30, 2018 at 7:27 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


LinkedIn is an unmitigated hellhole, but last week the world’s biggest business social networking site redeemed itself somewhat and gave us all a gift in the form of voice messages. The feature is rolling out to users right now, and lets you send audio clips up to 60 seconds long. If you have it, you’ll see a little microphone icon when you compose a message on the LinkedIn app. For reference, this is what it looks like. Voice messages are also ripe for trolling, as I soon found out. There’s an unmistakable beauty in using audio as a medium of…

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The only good use of LinkedIn voice messages is trolling

Jul30
by on July 30, 2018 at 7:27 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Social Media


LinkedIn is an unmitigated hellhole, but last week the world’s biggest business social networking site redeemed itself somewhat and gave us all a gift in the form of voice messages. The feature is rolling out to users right now, and lets you send audio clips up to 60 seconds long. If you have it, you’ll see a little microphone icon when you compose a message on the LinkedIn app. For reference, this is what it looks like. Voice messages are also ripe for trolling, as I soon found out. There’s an unmistakable beauty in using audio as a medium of…

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