Dr. Mac found HomePod mini’s Intercom feature both fascinating and frustrating; learn more in Episode #419 of Dr. Mac’s Rants & Raves.
HAVIT Laptop Cooling Pad: $32.95
We have a deal on the HAVIT Laptop Cooler, a laptop pad with built-in fans designed to cool your laptop by pushing away hot air. It features three 4.33″ fans, and it’s $32.95 through our deal.
Firefox 86 Introduces ‘Total Cookie Protection’ Privacy Feature
Firefox 86, introduced recently by Mozilla, adds a new privacy feature called Total Cookie Protection.
Total Cookie Protection works by maintaining a separate “cookie jar” for each website you visit. Any time a website, or third-party content embedded in a website, deposits a cookie in your browser, that cookie is confined to the cookie jar assigned to that website, such that it is not allowed to be shared with any other website.
Spring Preview of TV+ – TMO Daily Observations 2021-02-23
Charlotte Henry and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to look ahead to the Spring preview of what’s coming to Apple TV+.
Brinda Adhikari to be Showrunner for Jon Stewart’s Apple TV Show
Jon Stewart has an upcoming series for Apple TV+ and he got Brinda Adhikari to be showrunner for it.
Disney+ Now Has More Content With Addition of Star
Disney+ subscribers users in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Europe now have more content after the Star brand launched Tuesday. (The service has launched in Singapore on the same day with the added content.) Shows like Grey’s Anatomy are now part of a subscription, and there will be originals too. The cost of a subscription is going up though (it’s £7.99 per month not £5.99 in the UK.)
'Ted Lasso' Stars to Appear at PaleyFest LA 2021
Members of the Ted Lasso cast and crew, in including Bill Lawrence and Jason Sudeikis will appear in a discussion at PaleyFest LA 2021.
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Spotify CEO Discusses 'Play[ing] Nice' With Apple and Other Rivals
Spotify is expanding its slate of original podcasts. However, CEO Daniel Ek explained to The Verge that his firm wants its content across all platforms, including Apple’s operating systems, and is unlikely to make its own hardware.
I would have been a lot more concerned if consumers were locked into just one ecosystem. If it was just an Apple, or just a Google, or just an Amazon that kind of owned the consumer across their entire ecosystem. That is a very concerning development, if it were to be true. But I think the good news is what we’re finding is that while Apple, for instance, is very strong on mobiles in many markets, we’re finding Amazon is very strong in their homes, and most of the cars today are being built on Android Auto, which is Google’s ecosystem. And the one thing that is true about Spotify is we play nice on all of them, and I believe we’re the only player that has that relationship where we’re now on 2,000 devices, and we play nice on all of them.
How to Find Out if Your Mac has ‘Silver Sparrow’ Malware
Right now we know that Malwarebytes can detect it, and other anti-malware vendors will likely be updated soon.
T-Mobile Announces New ‘Magenta MAX’ 5G Plan
T-Mobile announced on Monday the release of its new Magenta MAX 5G plan. It includes 40GB of mobile hotspot.
Magenta MAX delivers unlimited Premium Data — 4G and 5G — on your smartphone. That means you can’t be slowed down based on how much you use. Plus, Magenta MAX is made for video streaming with UHD (ultra-high definition) streaming up to 4K resolution and Netflix on Us on all MAX plans, now including single line customers. And Magenta MAX comes with the industry’s most generous smartphone mobile hotspot at 40GB of high-speed data included for consumers.
