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Sonos Restructures, Will Lay Off 200

One day before its next earnings announcement, Sonos announced it would restructure the company into…

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Sonos Preps First Video Product

Before the annus horribilis that was its 2024, Sonos was gearing up for the biggest…

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Designer Comes to Photos App in Windows and Microsoft 365 Copilot App on Mobile

Microsoft Designer is a generative AI-powered graphic design solution that's available in web and mobile…

Online accounts (2025)
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Online Accounts 2025 (Premium)

In the wake of my recent YouTube issues, I've decided to take another stab at…

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Deal: Get Six Months of Apple Music for $2.99

Apple is offering six months of Apple Music for just $2.99 as a part of…

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Spotify Surges to 675 Million Users, First Annual Profit

Spotify earned an operating income of €477 million on revenues of €4.2 billion in the…

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Google Offers Voluntary Exit Program to Employees Working on Android and Pixel

This isn't as serious as it sounds, but Google this week confirmed that it is…

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Apple Revenues Rise 4 Percent to a Record $124.3 Billion

Apple reported that it earned a net income of $36.3 billion on revenues of $124.3…

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Amazon Music Unlimited Gets a Price Increase in the US, UK, and Canada

Amazon has quietly raised the price of Amazon Music Unlimited in the US, the UK,…

Spotify paid $10 billion to the music industry in one year

Spotify Paid the Music Industry $10 Billion in 2024

Spotify said today that it paid out a record $10 billion to the music industry…

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From the Editor’s Desk: Online Accounts, a Cautionary Tale (Premium)

It was a tale that grew in the telling. Except that it really was this…

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YouTube Premium Members Can Test New Experimental Features

Google is making a couple of new experimental features available for testing for YouTube Premium…

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Netflix Subscriber Base Surges, So It’s Raising Prices Again

Netflix will stop reporting its quarterly subscriber numbers, but it went out with a bang,…

What I Use: January 2025
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What I Use: January 2025 (Premium)

It's a new year and a good time to take stock: Here or abroad, I…

Sonos Finally Fires Its CEO

Sonos quietly parted ways with Patrick Spence over the weekend and is now searching for…

Google TV is getting Gemini features in 2025

Google is Bringing Gemini to Google TV

At CES today, Google revealed that it will bring Gemini AI capabilities to Google TV…

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