Spotify has announced that it has acquired WhoSampled. The music sample database will be used for the streaming service’s SongDNA feature, but will continue to exist as a standalone platform. Launched in 2008, WhoSampled is a music discovery service with over one million song samples. It is largely a community-driven database, where users submit information […]

Amazon Fire TV devices, at least those based on Android, support sideloading apps. Although it requires slight changes, it allows users to install apps on the device that are not listed in the Amazon App Store. One of my favorite apps for Fire TV is SmartTube, which is a YouTube frontend that eliminates ads and

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced price increases for HBO Max plans for 2025. This is the third time in three years that the streaming service has increased its prices. The platform launched in 2020, and had its first price increase in January 2023. HBO Max last raised its prices in June 2024, and now again

Windows 10 support ends on October 14, 2025. But it was not the only Microsoft product that was discontinued last Tuesday, Office 2016 and Office 2019 also reached end of support. Martin wrote about it in April to alert readers, but it finally happened. Windows 10 users have a lifeline, Extended Security Updates (ESU), which

Spotify has announced that it has partnered with ChatGPT. It says the chatbot will allow users to discover music with personalized recommendations. Spotify recently introduced search and play to free users with some limitations. So, why bother with ChatGPT when you can search for songs or artists directly in Spotify? Well, he can only search

Adobe has released the Adobe Premiere app for iPhone and iPad. You can use the video editor for free, with a few exceptions. Adobe has one Basic Video Tutorials That teaches you how to use the Premiere app, you can watch from within the app or from your web browser. is here another tutorial About

As of September 15, 2025, Spotify is upgrading its free tier to allow users on mobile to search, select, and play specific tracks on-demand, breaking the long-standing shuffle-only restriction. Users can now listen to specific songs, play shared tracks instantly, and have the previous 6-skips-per-hour limit removed, although ads and limited daily on-demand play minutes