Month: July 2022

MrBallen is YouTube’s big podcast breakout

John Allen, the host of hit podcast MrBallen. In each episode of MrBallen, series host John Allen appears in the center of the frame, usually wearing a plaid shirt with a couple of buttons undone and a baseball cap turned backward, and slowly talks viewers through the events of a “strange, dark, and mysterious” true

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Google Pixel Buds Pro review: good ANC, improved sound, lengthy battery life, and no frequent dropouts, but transparency mode, audio fidelity, and mic need work (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge: Google Pixel Buds Pro review: good ANC, improved sound, lengthy battery life, and no frequent dropouts, but transparency mode, audio fidelity, and mic need work  —  Google’s premium buds have more features — without deal-breaking flaws  —  It wasn’t a sure thing that the Pixel Buds Pro would turn out

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How to add and organize apps in Android Auto

The last thing you want to do while driving is scroll through your car’s display in frustration, trying to find the right app or search for the right destination. Instead, you save yourself the distraction by organizing your Android Ando apps beforehand. You can even create quick shortcuts for specific directions or contacts to call.

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Variant, an early stage crypto-focused fund, has raised $450M for a third fund focused on the “user-owned web”, after previously raising $22.5M and $110M (Taylor Locke/Fortune)

Taylor Locke / Fortune: Variant, an early stage crypto-focused fund, has raised $450M for a third fund focused on the “user-owned web”, after previously raising $22.5M and $110M  —  Each “crypto winter” is different from the last, but every winter—or what non-crypto people would call a bear market …

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Adam Mosseri says Instagram will roll back some recent changes to the product following criticism, including temporarily reducing the number of recommendations (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Casey Newton / Platformer: Adam Mosseri says Instagram will roll back some recent changes to the product following criticism, including temporarily reducing the number of recommendations  —  Say goodbye to the full-screen feed, and at least some of those recommendations — for now.  Adam Mosseri explains why

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How to add and organize apps in Android Auto

The last thing you want to do while driving is scroll through your car’s display in frustration, trying to find the right app or search for the right destination. Instead, you save yourself the distraction by organizing your Android Ando apps beforehand. You can even create quick shortcuts for specific directions or contacts to call.

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