There’s another virtual assistant you can call using your iPhone. Starting today, you can say “Hey Spotify,” with the Spotify app opened, to start playing a song, an album, or even a playlist. As you can see, there’s nothing much to do with the “Hey Spotify” feature apart from asking for things inside the app. Because the feature is only starting to roll out, not every user will be able to find it, but here’s where it should be:...

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/290495352″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] New episodes of Happy Hour are available every week. As mentioned, you can download this podcast via iTunes or plug in our RSS feed link into your favorite podcasting app. Note: Subscribing to the podcast feed will guarantee the latest episode is downloaded as soon as possible. Hosts: Benjamin Mayo Zac Hall Here’s what we discussed in this episode: Apple releases iOS 10.1 with Portrait Mode for iPhone 7 Plus, fixes and improvements for all other devices tvOS 10....

One of the most popular Harry Potter fan tattoos you can get is one of the four Houses. It is especially popular since you can take a quiz on Pottermore to find out which House you belong to. Since the website was made by J.K. Rowling herself, it’ll be as canon of an answer as you will ever find on the vast internet. Gryffindor is the house of courage and loyalty....

The HEY email client had its iOS app updated today with a long-awaited feature for iPad users. Version 1.1.3 of the HEY app for iOS now has multi-window support on iPadOS, allowing users to view two different screens of the app at the same time. Back in October, the HEY app was updated with support for iOS 14, which brought home screen widgets and an option to make it the default email client on the iPhone and iPad....

As smartphones advance, so do the onboard cameras. And this means that the file sizes of your images are growing. It’s a good thing we have services like Google’s unlimited photo storage apps. Or do we? Tap or click here to read about the changes Google is making and what you can do to save your photos. As fun as it is to take pics of every meal you eat, your phone has a limit....

Apple has made a small, but helpful, change in the way that iOS 8.3 can make phone calls via Siri. With the launch of iOS 8.0 last fall, Apple added a feature to Siri that allows users to activate the service hands-free by saying the phrase “Hey Siri” if the phone is plugged into power. However, if a user asked Siri to make a phone call via the “Hey Siri” hands-free command, the call would strangely not automatically transfer to speakerphone....

This week Benjamin and Zac discuss changes coming to watchOS apps, the launch of GymKit in Australia, changes in iOS 11.2 beta for iPhone X, iPhone rumors for next year including a larger OLED model and a mid-sized LCD update, and anticipation of HomePod and AirPlay 2. New episodes of Happy Hour are available every week. As mentioned, you can download this podcast via iTunes or plug in our RSS feed link into your favorite podcasting app....

This week Benjamin and Zac catch up on Apple news since the new year including talk about the iMac Pro accessories and wallpaper, Apple Watch Activity Sharing and Series 3 rebooting in ICUs, the need for a refreshed HomePod pitch before launch, how Alexa compares to Siri today, and Apple’s iPhone battery response. New episodes of Happy Hour are recorded every week. Subscribe to our podcast to guarantee new episodes are delivered as soon as they’re available....

DC Comics has given the world many heroes and villains, and a fan favorite would be Harley Quinn. She has been shown as a psychologist. She has been played by Margot Robbie. She has been in love with the Joker. She has been voiced by Kaley Cuoco. She has joined Catwoman and Poison Ivy as the Gotham City Sirens. She has been shown as an antihero and a supervillain. And she has been the subject of many pieces of fan art!...

The Harry Potter series features a variety of locations including some that are rather dreary and scary and others that are bright and warm. While there are many places in the series that you’d never want to visit, there are also some that sound wonderful to inhabit. In the series, there is a range of different homes and living spaces that are featured, and some of these are more inviting than others....

With the holiday season upon us, the holiday movie season is also here. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will land on December 20, but it’s not the only film appearing to entice the movie-going public. On Christmas day the new Greta Gerwig interpretation of the literary classic, Little Women, will hit theaters. As a quick review (or as a simple reference for newbies) the main characters have been sorted below into their respective Hogwarts houses....

One of the most terrifying aspects of Harry Potter’s archenemy Lord Voldemort is his unearthly appearance, but how did the Dark Lord lose his nose? When Harry Potter fans think of Lord Voldemort it’s most likely the fearsome serpentine fellow with the deathly pale skin, gnarly gnashers, cat-like eyes and barely-there nose with only slits for nostrils. In other words, the guy who drank unicorn blood while possessing Professor Quirinus Quirrell’s body and has been trying to murder poor Harry Potter since he was a baby – that Lord Voldemort....

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That’s where Auri comes in. It’s a work in progress and can read your favorite RSS feeds to you from your smartphone or tablet. It can even be controlled with your voice. The latter feature is pretty limited at the moment, but I’m sure it will be extended in the future. There’s other apps that will read you websites and news feeds, but Auri is unique in that if provides you with great sounding natural voices that you can change....

Apple announced the handy new Intercom feature at its October event that works with HomePod and HomePod mini and the support will eventually extend to iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and CarPlay too. With the iOS 14.2 beta 4 for developers, we’ve got our first look at how the feature will work on Apple Watch in the wild. iOS 14.1 and HomePod software 14.1 were released to the public yesterday and arrived with support for the new Intercom feature....

comScore today has shared its monthly report on both smartphone and app marketshare. The data released today reflects the three-month average ending in December of 2015. The report breaks down the top smartphone platforms, manufacturers, and perhaps most interestingly, the most popular apps… As you can see in the chart below, Facebook remains the most used app on smartphones, reaching 76.8 percent of all smartphone users that are 18 or older....

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Although it’s weighed down by its hackneyed biopic framework, Harriet has a spirit and heart befitting of its daring namesake and her legacy. Harriet Tubman’s long overdue Hollywood biography has arrived, and it both is and isn’t the film you’re expecting. On one level, Harriet is exactly the type of respectful, yet formulaic testament to the incredible life of a historical figure that comes out every awards season and earns polite applause, but is mostly forgotten thereafter....

HBO launched its new streaming service HBO Max last month, which offers content not only from the HBO channel but also from the entire WarnerMedia group. However, the company is now making some changes to its current product line-up to avoid confusion with new HBO Max. Previously HBO offered two apps: HBO Go and HBO Now. While HBO Go was focused on users who had HBO included as part of a streaming or cable TV package, HBO Now allowed anyone to subscribe to HBO as a standalone service....

It’s definitely beginning to look as if a Season 2 of Watchmen on HBO won’t be happening. The show, which was created by Damon Lindelof, completed its nine-episode first season back in December of 2019 and was met with widespread critical and audience acclaim. Although the Watchmen TV show offered a number of changes from the original Watchmen comic, both new and old fans seemed to appreciate the version Lindelof was trying to create....